AIBU to be a bit shocked at this teacher

[Canshopwillshop]

My DS has come home with a list of spellings for English homework. One of them is the word ‘August’ for which the teacher has broken down into a nice memorable ‘All Ugly Girls Use Spot Treatment’! I feel this is totally unacceptable and a terrible message to put across to young kids.

[Sugarhunnyicedtea]

I'll be honest, it wouldn't bother me

[Marie0]

OMG what a complete over reaction!

[FunkyBoldRibenas]

If you don't pull teachers/people up on this sexist bullshit, then it drips insidiously into their ears and attitudes and you end up with people saying 'it doesn't bother me'.

Absolutely pull the teacher up on it.

And it is technically incorrect. Spot treatment does not 'cure' ugliness.

[chicken75]

I think it's a bit off to be honest. Plenty of other ways they could have done this.

[Tiredtomybones]

I'm sorry but that made me laugh. Change the girls to guys if it makes you feel better. I bet your DS will never ever spell August incorrectly.

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

Big
Elephants
Cannot
Always
Understand
Small
Elephants

There -that's sizeist because it implies the big elephants can't be arsed even trying to understand the smallies.

[Awwlookatmybabyspider]

I think it's an absolute disgrace.
What a thing to say to young impressionable girls.
I don't think youre over reacting at all.
If they have to use insults as a way of teaching young girls. Theyre in the wrong career frankly.

[Canshopwillshop]

I should say that DS is year 7 - a time when a lot of young girls (and boys) will be starting to get acne and feeling very self conscious about it. Surely a better phrase could have been used.

[AutisticHedgehog]

That’s terrible. Easy to dismiss as “harmless fun” but it’s that attitude that has allowed so much appalling behaviour to continue unchecked.

Definitely complain.

[Anasnake]

'Every good boy deserves football' I still remember 30 years on. Better report that as sexist rubbish too

[Canshopwillshop]

Tiredtomybones - it’s not a boy or girl thing, it’s the fact that at this age there will be lots of v self conscious kids starting to get spots.

[ShalomJackie]

Missing the point - a year 7 can't spell August? Also still have spelling tests in year 7.

What on earth is Every good boy deserves football help you recall?

[AutisticHedgehog]

Make Britain great again.

[Anasnake]

Musical notes Shalom

[Sugarhunnyicedtea]

I'm more shocked that August is given as a spelling in year 7.
EGBDF is a music scale (I think, I'm totally unmusical)

[greathat]

Ha there's one for remembering the electro magnetic spectrum

Gay
Xmen
Use
Vibrators
In
Men's
Rectums

Save your complaints for better cases

[AutisticHedgehog]

shalom reading music - treble clef lines

[Anasnake]

It's the treble clef

[glueandstick]

Never Eat Cake, Eat Salmon Sandwiches And Remain Young

[BoneyBackJefferson]

[MrsStrowman]

She
Came
In
Every
Night
Carrying
Eggs

Why is it always a woman doing the egg carrying.... FFS, you'd think you didn't have other things to worry about, like your eleven year old not being able to spell August

[Canshopwillshop]

@Shalomjackie and @sugarhunnyicedtea - thanks for that. I am well aware that August is an easy spelling for some year 7’s that’s why I didn’t originally state what year he is in. However my DS has dyspraxia and struggles so is in lowest set - happy now?

[happyhippo150]

Big
Elephants
Are
Useful
To
Indians
For
Unloading
Logs

🤔

[Canshopwillshop]

@mrsstrowman - believe me I worry a lot about my DS and his dyspraxia so do one.

[VodkaRevelation]

If you don't pull teachers/people up on this sexist bullshit, then it drips insidiously into their ears and attitudes and you end up with people saying 'it doesn't bother me'.

This.

It’s not super cool and relaxed to not give a shit about the small instances of sexism that feed into the much bigger picture. It just makes you part of the problem and clearly unable to see you’re part of the problem.