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Is this acceptable for a teacher to say..

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Countrygirlxo · 25/06/2024 17:33

My son is in year 7. So my child has sports day outside today in the sweltering heat. Drinking lots of water he asked if he could go to the toilet, the teacher who he hasn't spoke to or seen before said no he can wait, he didn't complain he waited until there were a few of them that needed to go and the teacher gave my son a 'key', a kind of card to access the door for them to go in.
He said "don't lose it or you're a dead man walking." My son wasn't bothered about the way he was spoken to (which he said was grumpy and wasnt said in a joke way) and shrugged it off but mentioned it in conversation, I just think it's an odd thing and unacceptable way to speak to a 12 year old as a teacher.

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Testina · 25/06/2024 17:41

FGS, my experience is that kids tend to warm to a teacher who doesn’t have a stick up their arse. Ridiculous.

Countrygirlxo · 25/06/2024 17:40

MultiplaLight · 25/06/2024 17:37

And people wonder why teachers have had enough.

Get over yourself.

I am a teacher and I would never speak to a child like that.

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TinyYellow · 25/06/2024 17:39

I’m usually very much on the side of teachers when people complain on here, but that wouldn’t be considered an acceptable way to speak to a child in my school. You don’t teach children to talk to others with respect by talking down to them.

vodkaredbullgirl · 25/06/2024 17:39

Sounds like you are more bothered than your son was.

MultiplaLight · 25/06/2024 17:37

And people wonder why teachers have had enough.

Get over yourself.

TooLateForRoses · 25/06/2024 17:37

You're making a massive mountain out of a mole hill

MushMonster · 25/06/2024 17:37

I would be bothered about that sentence.
I would be more than fuming about them locking the toilets and not allowing my child to go to the toilet! I would raise a complaint for that.
Fair enough, I would slso remind my kid to go to the toilet during breaks, but no way I would accept them refusing access if needed!

keylimedog · 25/06/2024 17:36

Sounds like a jokey comment about the importance of the key? At 12 if he's not bothered then not sure what the issue is?

Pixiedust49 · 25/06/2024 17:36

Is this a joke?

notnowmarmaduke · 25/06/2024 17:35

o for goodness sake, why is that worth the effort to make a post about?

fieldsofbutterflies · 25/06/2024 17:35

Sounds fine to me.

frightenedmum1 · 25/06/2024 17:35

wtf? what is your complaint?