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Is this punishment 'fair enough' and normal practice?

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youarenotkiddingme · 04/02/2017 10:07

So a child in yr 7 is walking through school with friends.

See's older pupils wearing something non uniform policy. It's very obviously not in keeping with the school. The school have a massive image complex and drum it into the pupils.

Pupils makes a comment to friends about how come they get away with it, they don't like the image and then says it makes them look like (but not racist/ disablist or anything)

Teacher overheard the comment (or rather the context of conversation) and pupil out on harshest detention they dish out for using an unkind word.

I'm being vague as don't want to be outed.

But I'm wondering if it's normal to punish children so harshly for a comment made in passing to friends in a corridor?
(Teacher admits they didn't actually hear word first time and only know exactly what was said as pupil asked and she told her)

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WomanWithAltitude · 04/02/2017 10:22

If the word was something like 'chav' or 'pikey', then it was absolutely justified. Awful appalling words.

What was the word.

Saucery · 04/02/2017 10:22

Perfectly acceptable. You don't walk down corridors being nasty about other pupils, lesson learned, hopefully.

Wumpychoo · 04/02/2017 10:20

Was the word chav? If so i think that's quite bad. Flogging at dd's school there are different levels of detentions.

BitOutOfPractice · 04/02/2017 10:20

And of course the word itself matters. Not sure why you're being so coy about it

BitOutOfPractice · 04/02/2017 10:19

How would you feel if your dd came home and said another pupil had been calling her names and making derogatory comments about her appearance loudly in a corridor. I imagine you'd be pretty cross.

museumum · 04/02/2017 10:18

Depends on the word.
If it was sexist / misogynistic then absolutely.

EvilTwins · 04/02/2017 10:16

If I overhear a student swearing or using derogatory language in the corridor I issue a detention. It doesn't matter who they are speaking to.

Floggingmolly · 04/02/2017 10:13

What's the "harshest" detention? Surely a detention is fairly standard? And yes, if she was name calling in front of the teacher it was hardly going to be ignored.
Maybe she should learn to police herself as regards correct uniform, and not worry about infringements other people are making?

LadyPenelope68 · 04/02/2017 10:11

I think it's totally acceptable. If they're making a derogatory comment about another person in public where they could be overheard, then they have to accept the consequences.

Rickandmorty · 04/02/2017 10:08

It depends what the word is.

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