Teacher writes "loser" on student's assignment..
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This happening in high school? Sure.
Sixth grade? That's a bit early, I think.
Sure, it's still pretty damn funny, but slightly less acceptable.
Sixth grade? That's a bit early, I think.
Sure, it's still pretty damn funny, but slightly less acceptable.
I'm only an IT Tech at the High School here but I know no one would write that on ANY assignment, even if we knew the student personally.
EDIT: And at 6th Grade, that's just going to injure her confidence now. (Grabs Pitchfork)
EDIT: And at 6th Grade, that's just going to injure her confidence now. (Grabs Pitchfork)
Move him to high school and give him a raise.
Problem solved.
In my school, one of my classmates was flipped off three times by a teacher, when he answered wrong, or was fooling around.
Everyone agrees that he is the best (or one of the best) teachers in the school.
Problem solved.
In my school, one of my classmates was flipped off three times by a teacher, when he answered wrong, or was fooling around.
Everyone agrees that he is the best (or one of the best) teachers in the school.
This isn't about students being thick skinned. Its about the trust between a teacher and a student being broken. A teacher calling someone a loser is MUCH different than some random stranger or student calling another student a loser. Students have to learn to be thick skinned eventually, but not from a situation like that. It's almost like a parent calling their child worthless. It is something that shouldn't be done.SmartIdiot said:
I could not disagree with you more, to start with let me tell you that I am about 15ish credits from getting by teaching degree.Blizzaga19 said:
with that in mind
A teacher takes on many roles in the classroom, one of these roles is to motivate students to achieve greatness, to show that student that he/she , can do anything if they work hard. This teachers actions are completely uncalled for. There are better ways of doing this than calling a student a loser. If you keep calling a student a loser they soon will think they are one. Then you have destroyed this child's life. Positive reinforcement is always better than negative reinforcement. Would you call your own children losers if they did poorly on a assignment.?
-20% for being a loser?
I got -20% for my paper being too long (even without a maximum). I think I should have made the news. My story is a far better one about how public education is in the shitter.
I got -20% for my paper being too long (even without a maximum). I think I should have made the news. My story is a far better one about how public education is in the shitter.
Okay i'm all for teachers being upfront with their students but this is going a little far. Also i love how when schools are faced with a known threat that had been complained about several times over they always are "investigating" which is their speak for "oh we know the problem but we're gonna pussyfoot around the issue to make you think we are taking care of it when all that's gonna happen is we give him a slap on the wrist and let him/her do whatever"
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Wow... i guess that makes him a real life troll. But seriously, a 6th grade girl? when I saw the title I assumed High school or College. Though I guess teachers now a days have been a little... over-encouraging?
Wow... i guess that makes him a real life troll. But seriously, a 6th grade girl? when I saw the title I assumed High school or College. Though I guess teachers now a days have been a little... over-encouraging?
ya, thats what I thought too, but maybe a little later in life (maybe grade 9?). It just seems a little harsh for a kid that age.quiet_samurai said:
Nice to see there's people aiming towards being a teacher that actually realize how much effect they can actually have on a kid's life. I had a teacher that kept telling me I'd never become anything in life, no matter how hard I'd try. My class was stuck with him for 2 years and at the end of that, he warned the next bunch of teachers about me, telling them that every single thing I'd say would be a lie and if I 'd ever get a positive result on any test or exam or whatever, I'd have to be cheating.mrx19869 said:
One of the major sources of a depression that took me several years to deal with.
Or just for about half a year. Your method isn't equivalent.daheikmeister said:
Saying a student's not very bright is one thing, saying they're a loser is an opinion. The teacher's saying what he thinks of that student and she's in the fucking 6th grade. You can ridicule kids when they're older for a joke but not at that age.
While I agree with some of the things you are all saying here, I still think it's a unfair for him to take 20% off of her grade for apparently being a loser.
Do we actually know that the teacher did it, or could it have just been some other student who wrote it? That sounds like a scheme that I would cook up to get revenge on a teacher I hated.
Also, while I don't think they should be quite this extreme, I think teachers should be more critical. It always annoyed me when they'd tell other students that "it was great, except for [insert long, winding explanation of how everything is wrong]". If it sucks, then say, "Look, I don't think you're too good at math." Tough love, yes, but it's better than fake enthusiasm.
Also, while I don't think they should be quite this extreme, I think teachers should be more critical. It always annoyed me when they'd tell other students that "it was great, except for [insert long, winding explanation of how everything is wrong]". If it sucks, then say, "Look, I don't think you're too good at math." Tough love, yes, but it's better than fake enthusiasm.
This should be completely unacceptable. While I think this could potentially be acceptable at, say, a college level with students who clearly don't care and aren't trying (though personally I would go with stapling a Burger King app to the paper), to say this to a 6th grader is repugnant.
I think people are just overreacting, the kid is in 6th grade. She's probably been called far worse and called others far worse by these day's standards. She isn't going to be curled up in a corner for the rest of her life because a teacher called her a loser for turning in bad work.
If anything, it teaches that there are consequences for failure and rewards for sucesss.
EDIT: Also, it appears that the student turned in an exceptionally bad paper. The grade was 0/200 if I'm reading that correctly, which would further justify the need for harsh punishment.
If anything, it teaches that there are consequences for failure and rewards for sucesss.
EDIT: Also, it appears that the student turned in an exceptionally bad paper. The grade was 0/200 if I'm reading that correctly, which would further justify the need for harsh punishment.
in response to all of the feedback towards this guy as a nice guy for being blunt: last year i scraped by with an F in math. This year i have a 94.6, the only diffrence is the teacher, from cold and unfeeling to actually working with me and encouraging me. i think that things like that only demoralize students.
