Family Fuming Over Student's Unflattering Awards

[LateNight]

For cryin' out loud, nobody can take a joke anymore.. I betcha, this kid was the freakin' class clown.. Teachers probably thought a little payback was in order. Who knows.. but I see they are saying the kid needs Therapy now ??? give me a break.

[joepole]

I doubt it's positive, but that doesn't mean it is inappropriate or cruel.

[BrainSmashR]

Originally Posted by joepole

I doubt it's positive, but that doesn't mean it is inappropriate or cruel.

It's is completely inappropriate and cruel and a notice should be added to this teachers folder as evidence of a habitual problem should these lapses in judgment continue....and although I seriously doubt the children need therapy, I can understand how being presented with this "awards" in front of their classmates would be somewhat traumatizing.

[LateNight]

I sure would love to hear the "other side" of this story.. 6th graders can be big pains in the ass. If the teachers involved are "good" teachers.. I would tend to think this kid had it coming.. other than that, we'll all just have to speculate.

Sometimes when a kid is being a horses' ass, you have to call them on it

[BrainSmashR]

Originally Posted by LateNight

I sure would love to hear the "other side" of this story.. 6th graders can be big pains in the ass. If the teachers involved are "good" teachers.. I would tend to think this kid had it coming.. other than that, we'll all just have to speculate.

Sometimes when a kid is being a horses' ass, you have to call them on it

Children should never have it coming. If they cut-up, you punish them, you don't hold a grudge until the end of the year then publicly humiliate them in front of the whole class....that's a sign of someone with their own problems.

I'm not suggesting these teachers should be punished or reprimanded in any way what so ever. They should simply be told to refrain from such activity in the future...their boss doing his or her everyday job and taking extra note of the particular problems each of his employees displays.

[Pocahontas]

Originally Posted by BrainSmashR

Children should never have it coming. If they cut-up, you punish them, you don't hold a grudge until the end of the year then publicly humiliate them in front of the whole class....that's a sign of someone with their own problems.

I'm not suggesting these teachers should be punished or reprimanded in any way what so ever. They should simply be told to refrain from such activity in the future...their boss doing his or her everyday job and taking extra note of the particular problems each of his employees displays.

I agree Brain. If it were high school it might have been a different story but this is a middle school aged kid being humiliated by authority figures in his own school in front of his peers. I can't even imagine the boys humiliation at having the entire school laughing at him and no one to tell them to cut it out!

[joepole]

I still don't get the "have children" one so I can't comment on its cruelty, but a "Sir Clowns a lot award" isn't exactly "humiliating."