Crappy teacher said something negative to my child and now she's checked out of class

[Anonymous]

99 percent of the time it's the kid's fault -- not the teacher's

[Anonymous]

I think she said the teacher called her child a “kindly slave owner”. That’s egregious. I would be concerned about the context (were the acting out roles?) but any way you slice it, that’s inappropriate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think she said the teacher called her child a “kindly slave owner”. That’s egregious. I would be concerned about the context (were the acting out roles?) but any way you slice it, that’s inappropriate.

That was a different poster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think she said the teacher called her child a “kindly slave owner”. That’s egregious. I would be concerned about the context (were the acting out roles?) but any way you slice it, that’s inappropriate.

What does “kindly slave owner” even mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think she said the teacher called her child a “kindly slave owner”. That’s egregious. I would be concerned about the context (were the acting out roles?) but any way you slice it, that’s inappropriate.

What does “kindly slave owner” even mean?

It means you have slaves, but you don't whip or rape them, or beat them if they don't pick enough product.

[Anonymous]

People here are so uptight - they'd complain if a teacher said "Shit" in front of a class or if a teacher apologized for being late because she had a surprise period and had to run around to other teachers to find a tampon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Either what the teacher said was bad enough to talk to the teacher or principal about, or it wasn't so bad and you need to talk to your daughter about building resiliency.

Correct.

+2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tell your kid to buck up. That's life. Temper tantrums past age 3 or 4 should not be tolerated.

But inappropriate behavior by the teacher should be tolerated?

DP. It doesn't sound to me like OP really thinks it was "inappropriate" or she would have acted. I think she's just being a Drama Queen and jumping on the ME, TOO (!!!) train by criticizing teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tell your kid to buck up. That's life. Temper tantrums past age 3 or 4 should not be tolerated.

But inappropriate behavior by the teacher should be tolerated?

DP. It doesn't sound to me like OP really thinks it was "inappropriate" or she would have acted. I think she's just being a Drama Queen and jumping on the ME, TOO (!!!) train by criticizing teachers.

Also a DP. There’s no way of knowing whether the teacher actually acted inappropriately based on this vague post. Not sure what purpose creating it serves, honestly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think she said the teacher called her child a “kindly slave owner”. That’s egregious. I would be concerned about the context (were the acting out roles?) but any way you slice it, that’s inappropriate.

That was a different poster.

It was not OP. And the teacher didn’t call my child a kindly slave owner, she described a historical figure as a kindly slave owner and silenced my daughter for refuting that with facts about the man’s behavior.

[Anonymous]

Why is OP posting this on DCUM? Either address with the teacher or tell us what was said.

[Anonymous]

Kiddo, your grades are yours forever; this is your teacher for a few more months. You will move on, she will stay put. Do what you need to do to get yourself to the next grade. I love you, and you are wonderful. Do not let one person's bad behavior on one day disrupt your life and force you off of your path.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Either what the teacher said was bad enough to talk to the teacher or principal about, or it wasn't so bad and you need to talk to your daughter about building resiliency.

This. If it’s objectively bad, then you should talk to the teacher and discuss concerns. If not properly addressed, then the principal should know. Your kid should also know you will and do stickup for her when there is a real problem. That gives her confidence.

If negative is a kid who got a D on the tests being to put more effort in, than the teacher was was doing her job, and your discussion is with the kid about whether there was a lack of effort, or a failure to understand, which needs intervention.

But why would you just do nothing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Either what the teacher said was bad enough to talk to the teacher or principal about, or it wasn't so bad and you need to talk to your daughter about building resiliency.

This exactly!

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Either what the teacher said was bad enough to talk to the teacher or principal about, or it wasn't so bad and you need to talk to your daughter about building resiliency.

This exactly!

+1

Talk to a person about being more resilient? That'll work great!

Can you hear yourself?