to think this teacher is a bit of a cowbag?

[SaintLauren]

My DD is 5 is they started to learn how to sing "Alouette" in school. My DH is french and does not like this song because of what it's about and my DD can understand the song too.

Today she told her teacher that her dad doesn't like her singing that song because of what it means.

And the teacher replied that - yes that was absolutely fine, do you like the song Ring Around The Rosie.

My DD said yes she loved that song and the teacher replied that it's a song about people dying from the plague.

Aibu to think this makes her a cowbag?

What perfectstorm said at 16.30 yesterday. Couldn't agree more. And yes, I do think it was totally unnecessary for the teacher to say anything about the Ring of Roses song and it sounds very much like she was trying to score points over a 5 year old.

Well obviously not Justhold, but please do enlighten me.

How does impressing upon children that their feelings and concerns matter not a bit help them and not the predator?

Sparkle, JustHold was agreeing with you, not the original commenter. (Can get a bit confusing with all the quotation flying around!)

Oops, thank you perfectstorm :)

Sorry JustHold.

I am a teacher and I would have said the same thing as your DDs teacher. What about the 3 blind mice nursery rhyme that is similar - many of them are a bit gory.

So glad you don't teach my child, inadream. Why would you feel the need to say that? A 5 year old child tells you a song bothers her and that her father also does not like it: why would you feel the need to tell her in effect that she is being hypocritical because another song she likes happens to have a hidden unpleasant meaning that she didn't know about?

nennypops

"So glad you don't teach my child, inadream."

I love this response, for me it is equal with "not a very good teacher", How do you know that inadream, sooty or myself are not your children's teachers? or will be your children's teachers in the future.

We could be that teacher that your child doesn't stop talking about, that inspired your child to reach for their dreams, or equally we could be that teacher that is that nasty, evil "cowbag" for daring to say that your child should work harder and complete their homework, told them off for incorrect uniform, not shutting up or saying that they will fail if they do not complete that final piece of course work/controlled assessment.

I'd bet a fiver that this thread only kicked off because the OP was criticising a teacher. I don't like teaching bashing but in this case, I feel the teacher was wrong. OP wasn't going to charge into the school or report her to the HT, she was just posting about it. Jeez!

Most 5yos are fine with singing most English nursery rhymes precisely because they are not graphic. L'alouette is graphic, there is no getting away from it, and unlike Ring a ring, which is about something that happened through nobody's fault, in l'Alouette you have to be that rather unpleasant character.

I reckon it kicked off because op has a bilingual child aged only 5 so sounds like a very, very naice family. Agree with cory, there's no way of knowing what Ring a ring is about from the lyrics alone, and 3 blind mice doesn't compare either for graphic description - 1 line as opposed to verses and verses of nastiness.

BoneyBackJefferson, trust me, I know that you and inadream don't teach any of my children.

We used to sing What Shall We Do with The Drunken Sailor in 1984 in my kindergarten class. And oh we sang it with gusto! When my sister was in the class three years later another folk song one had been added to the repertoire about all the different women that the singer had kissed (and very unkind many of the lyrics were too). Sometimes I long for the 80s.

I'm intrigued to know why having 2parents from different countries means you're from a very naive family....why?!?

Wow, I'm apparently from a naice family.

(Rethinks ham purchasing strategy)

I don't think Sparkle meant they are "naice" because the child is bilingual. I think she meant in general.

Chipped you are not "naice".

I didn't say I was naice, I said I was from a naice family