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Teacher looking in to child’s mouth for gum?

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BlueBrightFuture · 11/12/2015 16:12

Teacher insisted that year 7 DD was chewing even though she told the teacher that she wasn’t but that she had a painful ulcer. Teacher clearly did not believe DD so she asked DD to have a look in to her mouth in front of her peers and show her that there was no gum and that she had an ulcer… Whilst I appreciate that gum in schools is a pain I don’t think it is ok for a teacher to inspect a child’s mouth for gum in front of her class mates…

Not happy about this, especially not that it was done in front of her peers.

Just wanted to vent...may mention it on parents evening...

thanks

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BlueBrightFuture · 11/12/2015 16:23

I bothers my daughter. She felt embarrassed and therefore It bothers me.

BrilloHair, do you think all DC are liars?

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honeysucklejasmine · 11/12/2015 16:20

Why is this a problem? Did the teacher grab hold of your child's face and poke about with a stick or something?!

cuntycowfacemonkey · 11/12/2015 16:19

good grief.

AuntieStella · 11/12/2015 16:19

This wouldn't bother me in the slightest.

IHaveBrilloHair · 11/12/2015 16:18

I was wondering where the child's gums had goneConfused

WorraLiberty · 11/12/2015 16:18

I don’t think it is ok for a teacher to inspect a child’s mouth for gum in front of her class mates…

Why not?

LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett · 11/12/2015 16:17

Can you articulate why you don't think it's ok for a teacher to look in a child's mouth?

SpaggyBollocks · 11/12/2015 16:16

sigh.

it must be very tiring to give a crap about something so minor.

FannyFifer · 11/12/2015 16:14

It's not like she did a strip search & looked up her arse ffs.
[Hands op a grip]