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Original poster

to think that my 8 year old's teacher should not be showing the class her baby scan pictures

140 replies

buize · 20/02/2012 19:53

My daughter came home to day from school and could not tell me what subjects she had learnt, but could tell me all about her teacher's baby scan. Is it me, or should this type of information be restricted to family and friend's.

OP posts:
Distended · 20/02/2012 19:58

Oh I think its rather lovely. dont be miserable.

Lueji · 20/02/2012 19:58

Yabu for all the reasons presented earlier

Yama · 20/02/2012 19:59

YABU

Your dd was clearly interested.

SauvignonBlanche · 20/02/2012 19:59

YABU

lazylula · 20/02/2012 19:59

Ds1's TA showed the children in the class her scan picture (mixed year 1/2). I thought it was a really nice thing to do. I can't see what your problem is? The reason she remembers it is because it was something different to the norm but doesn't mean she hasn't learnt anything all day!

agedknees · 20/02/2012 19:59

The teacher wanted to share her joy with her pupils. What is so wrong with that? We are in danger of becoming a joyless society.

YABU.

HippyDippyDooDaa · 20/02/2012 19:59

Really?????
Why does it bother you that a teacher has such a lovely relationship with her class that she wants to involve them like this?

BendyBob · 20/02/2012 20:00

Ah I think it's nice too, they're bound to be very interested. I wonder what she'll say when one of them inevitably asks about the baby's exit route Grin

MixedBerries · 20/02/2012 20:00

On the face of it, I'll say YABU as I can't understand from the post what exactly it is that you object to.

balia · 20/02/2012 20:01

How lovely of the teacher to share that. I did an introductory lesson on Skellig once and took my DS's photos and one of his tiny nappies and pictures of him in his incubator...the kids were fascinated and entirely appropriate and sensitive.

So no, this sort of info shouldn't be restricted, IMVHO although rampant misuse of the apostrophe certainly should be

scummymummy · 20/02/2012 20:01

You miserableskins! Agree with everyone else.

cookielove · 20/02/2012 20:01

YABU

Alliwantisaroomsomewhere · 20/02/2012 20:02

OP, I think YANBU - not sure why, but it just feels inappropriate to me. Like posting pics of a scan on fb and the like. It is a private matter and not for sharing with all and sundry and certainly not with a class of 8 year olds.

HolyNoSheDittantBatman · 20/02/2012 20:02

YABU

Avantia · 20/02/2012 20:03

I assume that if your child is 8 then she is Yr 4 ? Wait t'till Y5 when they watch the sex education films ... and you are complaining about a scan photo .... Hmm

PopcornBiscuit · 20/02/2012 20:04

YANBU. It's the teacher's personal family life and should be kept separate from lessons.

Tee2072 · 20/02/2012 20:04

Why ever not?

When my SIL was pregnant with her second, her daughter's pre-school teacher asked her to come in so the children could touch her belly and feel the baby move, if she was willing, which she was.

Of course, that was in Berkeley California, so things are a bit different from, well, everywhere else in the world. Grin

BoattoBolivia · 20/02/2012 20:05

Sorry, but I don't see what is so private about scan pictures? It's not like they show any embarrassing body bits and I would certainly wait as late as possible, but a new baby is exciting, surely.

TwoPinkShoes · 20/02/2012 20:05

Ha ha Grin DH went and taught an A Level class three hours after I gave birth to DD. He spent the first five minutes showing them every single photo he's taken of the newborn on the projector screen GrinGrin He then taught them a proper A Level lesson as I was fast asleep with the baby and my mum was with me less than five minutes away from school.

He spent the last few minutes telling them he'd be on paternity leave for the next week....

I think it's lovely a teacher wants to share a scan picture for a couple of minutes.

lockets · 20/02/2012 20:05

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OriginalJamie · 20/02/2012 20:05

If you took what children said about what they did at school at face value, then you'd imagine they did nothing (or is that just my children?).

OP, OTOH I don't think showing a scan picture is a great idea. I'm not sure exactly why. I think it's something about the inevitable difficulty if something were to go wrong with that pregnacy

ViolaCrayola · 20/02/2012 20:05

YABU - I remember a teacher of mine doing just this when I was about 8. She explained that she was having a baby, that she would be away for a while after she had the baby etc.
It felt lovely to be included in her life in a personal way, not inappropriate at all.

Would you rather she was cold and didn't tell them anything about it?

Loonybun · 20/02/2012 20:06

Yabu - my dd would have loved it!!! its educational too.

ChippingInNeedsCoffee · 20/02/2012 20:06

Almost unanimous - YABU I can't think of a single reason why anyone would object to this, maybe you'd prefer they were taught by robots?

TidyDancer · 20/02/2012 20:06

Oh what a lovely thing for the class to share with their teacher. :)

YABVU.

I can't believe anyone would have a problem with this.

How very weird.