A teacher's failure to prevent a child from being injured is always considered negligence.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Only in certain circumstances
• D. Never

Answer: (B)

Negligence is about whether a teacher met the duty of care to supervise children and follow safety standards, not simply about whether an injury happened. A teacher is expected to actively supervise, remove obvious hazards, and respond promptly to risky situations. If those reasonable safety steps are taken and an injury occurs anyway, it isn’t automatically negligence—the harm happened despite proper care, which can occur with accidents or unpredictable events. However, if there was a known hazard or a lapse in supervision that a reasonable educator would have prevented, that breach of the standard of care could be considered negligence. So, a child being injured does not by itself prove negligence; the key is whether the teacher’s actions met the expected safety responsibilities in the circumstances.