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I once had a teacher who told us we were lemmings, and should jump off a cliff and go to hell :eek:This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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xXMessedUpXx wrote: »I once had a teacher who told us we were lemmings, and should jump off a cliff and go to hell :eek:
sorry I know it shouldn't but that made me laugh.Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination:beer:
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I can't believe that this is even an issue!
Children are not delicate little flowers, why do you think all the most famous/successful fairy stories are dark and violent?
I've a son with ASD and if a teacher had said something similar to him I would have responded with option C. It gives you an opportunity to reinforce the notion that people do not always mean what they say.
Its no good being angry at the world because your child has this disability and expect all to accommodate them. Life doesn't work that way; Life for the child is going to be hard because they are different, to react strongly each time something minor is said/done will only make the child more anxious and confused. Getting worked up over little things is not helpful, keep the anger for the big battles! :cool:But if ever I stray from the path I follow
Take me down to the English Channel
Throw me in where the water is shallow And then drag me on back to shore!
'Cos love is free and life is cheap As long as I've got me a place to sleep
Clothes on my back and some food to eat I can't ask for anything more0 -
goodness me, what a response!!
it simply raised my eyebrows when my 6yr old daughter told me this, and my, do people assume!! notakid, why do you think im angry? i was just asking a question weather anyone else was A LITTLE shocked? why is everyone assuming im going to approach the teacher? it was simply a question, to gage other parents reactions.
ive been called "bonkers", told im going to have issues in the future, im making a fuss,and it is a rediculous issue.
and apparently she wasent even talking when the teacher said this to her, the teacher addressed the whole of the class.
IT WAS JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION!!3 wonderfull kids :female::female::male:, 1 fab hubby, 2 beautifull cats and 1 very large dog = my family!
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berniesmaster wrote: »goodness me, what a response!!
it simply raised my eyebrows when my 6yr old daughter told me this, and my, do people assume!! notakid, why do you think im angry? i was just asking a question weather anyone else was A LITTLE shocked? why is everyone assuming im going to approach the teacher? it was simply a question, to gage other parents reactions.
ive been called "bonkers", told im going to have issues in the future, im making a fuss,and it is a rediculous issue.
and apparently she wasent even talking when the teacher said this to her, the teacher addressed the whole of the class.
ITS JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION!!
I wasn't talking about you in response to the anger. I was commenting on the other posts in the thread where they particularly mentioned their children having ASD and that they wouldn't like it said to their child. Thats why I prefixed my comment with My son has ASD.......
You asked a simple question and you got answers. I don't see why you are shouting.But if ever I stray from the path I follow
Take me down to the English Channel
Throw me in where the water is shallow And then drag me on back to shore!
'Cos love is free and life is cheap As long as I've got me a place to sleep
Clothes on my back and some food to eat I can't ask for anything more0 -
I think that from the reaction of the majority, you can guage that most other parents on here would not have been shocked by this comment. You say you were shocked, and that if your child is concerned you are concerned. When a parent says this it usually means that they intend to take the matter further, most posters were simply saying that, in their opinion, this was a trivial, light hearted comment unworthy of further thought, and that laughing it off and thereby reassuring your daughter was the way to go.
The continuation of that is that a parent who runs to protect their child from any, and all, comments which could upset or offend, is asking for trouble down the line, and doing their child no favours.
If you did not intend to take it further than a post on here then none of that is applicable to you.0 -
we had a maths teacher who said funny things. On one day when everyone was very over excited and he walked by mumbling 'you're acting like a bunch of hamsters on a coach trip to rhyll'
he was a legend though. We loved him, he was like a walking theasaurus. :rotfl::rotfl:Mum of several with a twisted sense of humour and a laundry obsession:o
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I can't believe that this is even an issue!
Children are not delicate little flowers, why do you think all the most famous/successful fairy stories are dark and violent?
I've a son with ASD and if a teacher had said something similar to him I would have responded with option C. It gives you an opportunity to reinforce the notion that people do not always mean what they say.
Its no good being angry at the world because your child has this disability and expect all to accommodate them. Life doesn't work that way; Life for the child is going to be hard because they are different, to react strongly each time something minor is said/done will only make the child more anxious and confused. Getting worked up over little things is not helpful, keep the anger for the big battles! :cool:
A jokey throwaway comment from a teacher should be laughed at and the children should be taught how to laugh along too. Yes at that age many of them won't get the joke and one or two may even be afraid but there are dozens of innocent events every day that will doubtless scare some of them and they'll have to learn how to handle it. That's part of growing up. The teacher obviously wasn't trying to scare them - she was trying to gain their co-operation in a jokey, fun way.
A teacher who uses fear to control the kids will never get my respect. A teacher who uses humour? If you complain about this you are setting up a whole host of problems, from resentment to a very confused child. I want to emphasise that I'm not criticising your parenting skills - but on this issue I really disagree with you, as a teacher and a mother of a very literal young man!May all your dots fall silently to the ground.0 -
we had a maths teacher who said funny things. On one day when everyone was very over excited and he walked by mumbling 'you're acting like a bunch of hamsters on a coach trip to rhyll'
he was a legend though. We loved him, he was like a walking theasaurus. :rotfl::rotfl:
Sounds like my old maths teacher. He threatened to superglue pens to hands and if anyone was talking his fav comment was "I shall put a sign outside your mouth like the one outside The Windmill theatre during the war!".
Funnily enough not everyone knew what he was on about.
"we never close!" - just in case you are wondering........:rotfl:Jane 21120 -
I remember teachers throwing heavy blackboard erasers at kids.
I remember one teacher who used to hold up the nutter kids by the ears.[greenhighlight]but it matters when the most senior politician in the land is happy to use language and examples that are simply not true.
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The impact of this is to stigmatise people on benefits,
and we should be deeply worried about that[/redtitle](house of lords debate, talking about Cameron)0
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