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to think this memory of infant school is a bit dodgy

110 replies

MyDogHatesMe · 17/06/2011 11:01

I have a really strong memory from infants, when I was 5 or 6 (so about 28 years ago) of us having to do a 'Science Experiment' in class. Our teacher was a female and seemed elderly to me at the time but was probably actually in her 50s.

The experiment was to find a partner and then touch tongues with that partner. I chose my best female friend and I don't know if anyone chose a member of the opposite sex.

Looking back it seems really weird, I can't imagine why we had to do it, and everyone I tell about it looks at me like Hmm. It's not a false memory by the way - I know it definitely happened!

Did any teachers ever make you do anything like this?

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ClarasMummy · 17/06/2011 14:13

I just feel awful for the OP, she seemed genuinely upset about all of this and for good reason.

I don't post much on AIBU but I think some of you should feel ashamed of yourselves.

BeerTricksPotter · 17/06/2011 14:21

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

faverolles · 17/06/2011 14:22

I wish MN would come down harder on trollhunting.
If anyone has doubts about a poster, report it to MNHQ.
Why all the song and dance trying to expose someone as a troll or paedo?

faverolles · 17/06/2011 14:24

Beertricks - our pe teacher used to watch us in the shower and flick the fat ones (me) with a towel to see us wobble.
Oh the good old days Hmm

hobbgoblin · 17/06/2011 14:28

LOL @ "Can you remember touching something else with your hand "

BootyMum · 17/06/2011 14:28

I think it's the way some posters convey "knowing" about other posters and their motivations that gets my goat. And then they accuse others who don't agree of being naive.

This is an anonymous on-line forum. Most of us don't know each other in RL. So the only way this can operate is if we give each other the benefit of a doubt that we are posting about real feelings and experiences [except for the obvious joke threads].

I can imagine that if i were new to MN, posted a question like the OPs and then got such a hostile response from some posters I would also be hurt and shocked. I mean for god's sake, why do some posters [MN Royalty?] get away with the Friday night bumsex posts and such and one like this has accusations of the OP being a paedophile or of providing paedophiles with their jollies?

Is it because she is new to MN and thus has to "prove her credentials"? How can any of us do this? We could all be posting as Mums and Dads with 2.4 children, in our 20s and 30s, who work as IT consultants or somesuch but how do you know we aren't 55 yrs old odd ball in stained wife beater vest who enjoys child porn? I mean it could be any of us really. But I prefer to give everyone here the benefit of a doubt and if I feel uncomfortable about any thread here I will not post on it.

valiumredhead · 17/06/2011 15:24

Loads of weird things went on at school in the 70s and, pe in underwear is an example

The school I did my training at still did PE in underwear and that was only 10 years ago! Looking back it seem outrageous now.

I can understand why the OP is upset.

TheBigJessie · 17/06/2011 15:32

Could it have been something to do with testing the ability to tongue curl, and the teacher wasn't that clear in explaining what she wanted you to do?

here

porcamiseria · 17/06/2011 16:29

aaaaaw poor OP, dont get upset chica. and dont forget some people may have had paedo experiences that make them react so badly.

good luck and dont let a sully forum upset ya

QueenofDreams · 17/06/2011 16:33

Hmm, well seeing as I've posted on another thread by this op asking about having grandparents to stay just after giving birth, I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt :)

QueenofDreams · 17/06/2011 16:39

oh and if you're uncomfortable with a thread either stay away or report. Don't accuse the OP of being a peadophile FGS. THat's just unnecessarily nasty!

Bennifer · 17/06/2011 16:44

I remember being filmed in the showers by the gym teacher at school (or at least I think I do)

PeppaKew · 17/06/2011 16:46

Actually assuming the OP is genuine I think there is something to this. I am saying this as 3, yes 3, of my high school teachers have since been taken to court, fined and jailed for various acts of pedophiliac behaviour. All 3 were dodgy to saw the least when I was at school and nothing was done. My chemistry teacher had a 'girlfriend' for example that he had taught for 2 years at the school who had just turned 18...He was caught taking pictures up girls skirts (by a supermarket photo shop) 10 years later.

LolaRennt · 17/06/2011 16:50

I assumed the OP was asking if anyone else had done this experemint (as in the exact same one) or if something odd had happened that day.

I can see it would be interesting never really thought about it, do tongues taste of anything, since we always taste them? Hmmm Must remember to check with DH when he come home. They don't do they. I'm sure. Has it been so long I can't remember ? Shock

ImeldaM · 17/06/2011 16:55

Although if the OP was genuine would she be so OTT in her outrage at negative postsConfused
AIBU always attracts negative posts, some OTT.
Its only a forum

BitOfFun · 17/06/2011 17:00

She sounds very upset to me, understandably.

QueenofDreams · 17/06/2011 17:00

imelda OTT? she was accused of being a paedophile. Sorry I'd be pretty pissed off about that to be honest. She is also pregnant and hormonal.

Yes AIBU attracts negative posts, but shouting 'paedo' at a poster? That isn't just negative it's bloody horrible.

LolaRennt · 17/06/2011 17:04

Imelda but rarely does AIBU no matter how brutal get you called a pedophile.

Fraochsmum · 17/06/2011 17:05

I think it is interesting too peppa. I didn't ever do an experiment like that, but am quite sure the OP remembers it correctly and I'm quite shocked at the reposnse by some other posters. Before leaving primary school in the v late 80's we had a physical check (eyes, hearing etc) by an old doctor, who also checked "for lumps and bumps" down below. I don't know if he did it to the boys too and to this day can't think of what he could possibly be checking for with that exam. My sister had the same a couple of years later when leaving the same school and had mentioned it to my dad years later (when realising it was quite Hmm) who also said it must be a false memory.
I agree with the other posters who have said that some people will, and do, get off on many things. If this is it, then that's just quite sad. I hope the OP does decide to give MN another go and finds good support through an AN thread.

spookshowangel · 17/06/2011 17:12

you people are insane do you know that, i mean really.

TheBigJessie · 17/06/2011 17:24

Well, no-one likes the idea of people manipulating other Mumsnetters, whihc is why people feel a duty to warn each other about their suspicions.

On the other hand, people frequently use AIBU to work out whether they are justified in their reactions to past events in their childhoods, so "Paedo!" actually accusations have the potential to hurt and shut down victims of abuse. Which I'm guessing isn't the intent when people submit "Paedo!" posts on a thread.

JanMorrow · 17/06/2011 17:36

OR

katkitya · 17/06/2011 17:46

It really is shameful the way people get away with all the bullying around here. We were discussing not long ago when people where asking WWIFN has gone. Has that thread been pulled as well? I feel so sorry for the OP, just as much as I felt sorry for the woman that pm'd be the other week so distressed because her original post had been read wrong and a group of people had backed her into a corner and no matter what she said they twisted it around. Some of them where looking at her old posts and cross referencing them. It made me feel sick. All coming from highly educated women as well.

Its disgusting.

browneyesblue · 17/06/2011 17:58

I hope that the OP does come back! I can't believe how nasty some of the responses were, and I have reported them.

FGS - I know things can get 'spirited' on AIBU, but this crossed a line.

SardineQueen · 17/06/2011 18:10

Poor old OP Sad

It read perfectly reasonably to me.

Fraochsmum we had the doc stick his hand down our knickers at our physical exam as well. There was a nurse there in the room as well. I remembered this recently and felt a little baffled. Maybe there was a reason. Fuck knows what though Hmm