My son teacher who is now a senco called my son an idiot fuming???

Kaye1

Bogalot wrote: »

Are you sure you came up with the word twonk? It's in the dictionary!

No, we as a class came up with it. Nothing too rude sounding but just naughty enough.....

Some were instantly discounted;)

It is quite possible one of the kids had heard it from the TV though- there is a good chance they had been watching it at home.

So this 'random teacher' wasn't trying to claim it as mine- just as an example of how teenagers need some gentle re-direction sometimes.

kingfisherblue

Prinzessilein wrote: »

I doubt that any teacher - especially one in line for a senior position (eg SENCO) is going to be so stupid that they insult a child in front of a whole class of witnesses!

Most teachers I know (and believe me I know a fair few...I used to be a teacher....in Special Needs as it happens) are very wary of saying anything that could be misinterpreted - youngsters today are only to quick to jump on anything (or nothing) and scream 'abuse'....all too often egged on by parents who can see the £ signs of compo dancing before their eyes.

That's not to say that teachers are always 100% blameless wingless-angels....but I would suggest that in this case a rowdy class are taking a softly phrased 'quieten down you soft eejit' type of remark and blowing it up out of all proportion (if the event happened at all........)

Unfortunately it can and does happen. My son's maths teacher called him a loser on two occasions. One was in front of the class. The other was in the corridor, in front of numerous pupils, when he was speaking to the head of maths. When I went in on parent's evening, the head of maths started shouting at me about what a dreadful, lazy boy my son is. This was in a classroom with three other teachers in, each with parents and pupils at their desks, and the door opening onto a busy corridor.

Both teachers were aware that my son is on the autism pathway and is being tested to see if he has high functioning autism or Asperger's Syndrome, and both were aware that my son needs help with organisational apects of learning (and yes, I do help him as far as possible).

The headteacher agreed that both teachers had acted in an unacceptable manner and spoke to them about the incidents. Following that, neither called my son a loser again.

My son is now in college and is much happier. His maths has improved greatly, although it certainly wasn't bad before (grade C GCSE, higher level paper. It could have been better, but he became very disillusioned and anxious).

Mr.Generous

Thankfully my parents never got involved with any aggro at school, they let me make my own mistakes and learn from them, and from the consequences. If I had gone home and told my parents stuff the teachers had done I'd have been asked what I'd done to deserve it.

Very few kids suffered from ADHD and all that stuff. We generally got on with learning, playing sport and learning life skills and lessons. One or two kids had parents who molly coddled them in each school year. Poor sods.