to think teacher calling kids this is inappropriate?

What? That is shocking. I was a teacher for 30 years. I would never have said that.

I didn't say it was the answer.
It's nice that you answered my post with a bit of indignation but no actual answer of what discipline could be used that would actually make a difference

This.

I would suggest saying " I don't like being called a wet wipe.. " otherwise it could come across as insolent.

I'd want to know the context before complaining.

Calling a slightly wet child a wet wipe isn't making jokes out of a dyspraxic child being unable to do PE.

That’s irrelevant.

Teachers should be modelling good communication skills to children, not teaching them Trump-like tactics with name calling and reducing everything to such a simplistic level. No wonder everyone is becoming so polarised in their views!

Putin must be laughing his socks off at his continuing success with the destabilisation of the Western World! 🤷🏻‍♀️

P.S. @lostintranslation148 You're a bit of a wet wipe. HTH.

Honestly you're just making yourself sound like a shit teacher.

I'm sure you're absolutely right. Tell you what, I won't bother going in tomorrow, then. My classes can be taught by someone with no qualifications, no training and no classroom management skills, aka 'a cover supervisor'. They'd be much better at it. Thank you. You are raising standards for us all.

<Bows reverently>

The ridiculous responses on this thread are why no-one wants to teach.
He's diffusing a situation with humour. Ffs

I'd not be worried by this. Just a funny phrase used instead of making a massive deal of something

Wow you really think humiliation is the answer? How is calling someone a wet wipe going to help anything? We're not even talking about rebellious teens we're talking about a 9 year old.

Really you can't manage without calling kids 'wet wipes'. I think that's grim and I work in a school. Do you really think it's ok to single out a 'cowardly' child? DS is dyspraxic and really struggled with sports, I would be fuming if a teacher was calling him a wet wipe in front the class at 9 or 14 because he was struggling, it's completely humiliating.

You don't make kids stronger and more resilient by humiliating them in front of other kids, I'm always amazed at how many people on here think that is the case. You do that by building self esteem and making kids feel safe. Even teachers don't have a clue by the seems of it!

I don't know what has throwing chairs and setting fire to the carpet got to do with anything. No one is calling a child a wet wipe because they're fighting and swearing at the teacher. Honestly you're just making yourself sound like a shit teacher.

This isn't a class of 14 year olds that it's being called to as a whole for a bit of silly banter. This is a 9 year old being singled out for supposedly being a 'coward'.

Ffs.

No but there's very little else left to use without someone shouting 'abuse'
Once kids realise they have all the power you're in trouble. Look at the number of threads on here about rebellious teens who just get violent when they don't get their own way.

sadly, if you had kids in primary school, you would be less surprised. It's frightening what bored mums manage to be offended by

Surely wet wipe is akin to calling someone toilet paper?

I've only ever used wet wipes to wipe sticky hands or take my makeup off...

I cannot believe how many people on this thread are, in fact, colossal wet wipes over children being called wet wipes.

On the scale of mockery it's basically equivalent to saying 'Come on, slow-coach!' to a child dawdling behind the others on a school trip, or calling a kid 'chatterbox' for talking in class all time. Total non-issue and completely harmless.

As the late Mark E Smith used to say: 'God help us if there's a war.'

I am reminded of the time a pupil entered a colleague's classroom late, moaning "my leg's broken" (this was clearly huge exaggeration). She told him "you'd better sit down quickly, before I break the other one", which he took in good part. A couple of days later, following a complaint from a different child's parent, senior management investigated her threat of violence. Fortunately one of the witnesses explained the concept of a joke to them.

Reason 1001 why I wouldn't be a teacher or encourage my dc to teach. Your job as a parent is to prepare your child for the world, taking offence at a teacher calling kids wet wipe is ridiculous.

name calling 😂

how do you react when something actually happens?

Baha I'd love to get this as a complaint. Get over yourself. No wonder kids are so precious nowadays.

There's a line between a bit of gentle ribbing and full on bullying. This falls into the former category. As the kids would say.... It's not that deep.

Ugh! Teachers who resort to childish name calling really need to go back to school!

Wouldn't bother me, esp at secondary. It's very mild, I mean come on!!

Kids do sometimes behave like a wet wipe and it needs calling out ... not genuine proper fear, but sometimes they fanny about all sorts of shite and I don't think it helps to pander to it too much. Not everything needs a deep meaningful discussion about feelings.

It depends on the circumstances. In a scenario where a teenager says they don't want to go out in the drizzle, I can imagine teachers saying it good humouredly without it being an issue. Being named a wet wipe for not wanting to read an essay aloud in assembly would be very mean.