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Teacher made to apologise - “good afternoon girls”

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MrsMurphyIWish · 16/04/2023 08:10

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11976891/Female-teacher-forced-apologise-saying-Good-afternoon-girls.html

I’m a teacher and I have to apologise to a student for inadvertently calling a student by birth name and not chosen name. (Was early in school year and was calling the register in auto pilot). Had email from pastoral about how upset I had made them feel. I fell on tenterhooks round this student - especially at parent’s evening and reports as their parents are unaware so I have to use birth names. This is the worst that’s happened to me - I really feel for this teacher.

Female teacher forced to apologise for saying 'Good afternoon, girls'

Bosses at the £20,000-a-year school told the teacher to deliver the mea culpa after her class complained that she said 'good afternoon, girls' at the start of a lesson.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11976891/Female-teacher-forced-apologise-saying-Good-afternoon-girls.html

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BadgerFacedCoo · 16/04/2023 08:25

Some parents are so so silly they don't know they have a son not a daughter.

Not to worry, these children can rely on their rainbow families, no safeguarding concerns in helping and facilitating children in keeping secrets from their parents.

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MrsMurphyIWish · 16/04/2023 08:25

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I don’t know why parents are unaware. Students are my school transition without parental involvement but some do not want their parents involved, hence why their names isn’t changed on register and I forget when not thinking. Fortunately, I’ve never made the error at parent’s evening. I just omit pronouns and repeat their birth name. Dread to think the trouble I would cause/get into if I accidentally made parent s aware.

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Zodfa · 16/04/2023 08:25

The school is part of the Girls' Day School Trust. I hope they will be apologising for their offensive name!

The school itself isn't named but what's the betting it makes use of "girls" in its promotional material ... ?

ResisterRex · 16/04/2023 08:23

When teachers are made to apologise under watch of another teacher - bowing to the pressure of children who've clearly had unfettered access to dangerous ideology online - for making a clear mistake, something's gone very wrong indeed.

EndIessTea · 16/04/2023 08:21

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TeenDivided · 16/04/2023 08:20

The school shouldn't be changing names without the permission of the parents.

Makewayforsummer · 16/04/2023 08:16

I have greater concerns about the work of the Travistock and males who have committed sexual crime’s claiming to be women. But in your situation OP and the one in the daily mail I think an apology is the right thing to do. I feel sympathy for parents evening stress.

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