DS punished for teachers mistake

Plenty of teachers would think this is absolutely nuts.

I would reply and say no because the name was wrong. Unless he wanted a nickname and the name is his full name. Then the teacher is being a dick but I'd be wary of making a fuss and the (clearly ridiculous) teacher might double down during school time.

My mom just suggested swapping the book covers.

The Hell would i make him do that.

I'd be sending both books back and telling the teacher they can relabel the original book with his CORRECT name.

I'd also be backing it up with an email to the SLT about my thoughts on it.

Marylou62 · Today 18:11

God this is awful.. I'm 62 and still remember the teacher insisting she knew my name better than me...

My daughter had this. Her teacher was called Mrs. Riddle, she pronounced it Ri-dell She was 7.

I told her to call her Mrs. Riddle until she stopped mispronouncing her name. She got really angry and gave her Hell and tried to make her pronounce it Ri-dell and took her to the headmaster, who gave her a rocket and asked why she was cheeking her.

She explained that I'd told her that until Mrs. Riddle stopped deliberately mispronouncing her name, it was Mrs. Riddle.

The pair of them spoke to me when I collected her and complained that she'd been rude. I replied, "Mrs. Riddle, I've told you twice how to pronounce it, but you've decided not to." The head wasn't impressed with her.

@babynot so he’s done the requested work in the book given to him. If he hadn’t have written his name on it - would he still have been tasked with writing it in a new book?

if not - the teachers being petty IMO.

I think op is saying the old book has a sticker with the wrong name crossed out and the correct name written on the book underneath - so just swapping the stickers over won't work.

I would get a bigger sticker to cover the bigger area on the old book and write the correct name on that sticker.

No way would I do what the teacher is requesting.

Seems too much to have to rewrite, but you should have notified her of the fact he hates his name and wants to be called something else.

Put a sticker over the top and tell the teacher what you have done. No need for a new book. What a ludicrous waste of time and resources.

Remove the sticker using steam and glue it onto the old book.

Did he definitely tell her in a polite way that the name was wrong?

Or did he whinge about it when she was trying to teach something else and then she absent minded said ...'don't worry', or 'leave it for now' and then saw his crossing it out as rude when she might have sorted it out a bit later?

If she's given him a punishment it might be more for attitude rather than the actual crossing of the name? Is she USUALLY unreasonable and dishing out silly punishments?

I only ask because my son sometimes explains an unfair situation to me at school, but thankfully he has a very cautious teacher who also will come out an explain the situation if my son comes out in a strop. Usually without the teachers explanation it would seem like he's a crazy dictator (the way my son describes it) but with a clear explanation it usually makes a bit of sense. Also he's a great teacher who DS gets on with and has helped him immensely so I know not to jump to conclusions. Do you have the whole picture?

Chop the name off the new book and stick it over the old one. Add sticky back plastic if you have it.

Switch the covers over?

Your son did exactly right, used his common sense. He has vandalised nothing. His name has been vandalised by person who made the label. He doesn't need to rewrite anything. A new label just needs printing. Simple.

I too would push back on thus one and just tell her no, ds won't be doing it, ti cover for her initial mistake.

This is a hill I'd die on too. When my daughter started primary school, she came home with her book bag and her surname was spelt wrong. It's a common error, it gets spelt wrong often even when we spell it out 🙄.

However, back to school it went and we asked them to replace it. I did get a look of shock when I asked for it to be replaced. I think they expected that we'd just put up with it. Absolutely not. It's her name. It deserves to be spelt correctly.

It's encouraged for children to take pride in their work, crossing mistakes out neatly with a single line through it rather than a deep scribble over the top. Just a thought?

At my school we 'encourage' them to cross things out with a cross.

If you were the head at the school where the teacher did this she would be upholding your rules.

Listen to what, precisely? You have drawn you own conclusion as to the teacher's meaning to the phrase "don't worry about it" (i.e. don't worry about it for now, as I'll correct it this evening). Just as likely the teacher meant don't worry about it as it is just a small error and we all still know that is your book. If the teacher meant the former statement, they failed to properly communicate with the child and to acknowledge and empathise their upset at the wrong name being used. Therefore, the child cannot be punished for unclear "instructions". If they meant the latter, they are being unbelievably rude and disrespectful to the child.

What do you think that head and governors are going to do?

This is what I would do.

My maiden name was Baugh, pronounced 'bore'. For the entire seven years of primary school the head pronounced it 'bow'. I corrected him, my parents corrected him. Took absolutely no notice 🙂

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and email rather than a note, cc'd to the head and/or governors

Could it be the manner in which he's crossed out his name, rather than the act of crossing it out?

It's encouraged for children to take pride in their work, crossing mistakes out neatly with a single line through it rather than a deep scribble over the top. Just a thought?

This is a hill I'd happily die on.

I'd write the work myself and tell her he won't be punished for her mistake..it was not vandalism, it was a correction.

Yes, my thoughts too.
Is this a stapled jotter?
If so, open up the metal prongs of the staples in the centre pages of both books, and reassemble with newly labelled cover paired with original workpages. Then put the staples neatly back through the pin-holes and bend the prongs back in the centre pages to secure.