AIBU to be furious at a PE teacher for saying this?
The child in question is the youngest in the class, loves football and is enthusiastic and keen and, yes, not that good at it but wants to be.
Came home really upset at this put-down.
I feel really angry because no teacher of any academic subject would ever (well, not these days) say to a child "you are the worst at maths in the whole class" or "you are the worst at reading in the whole class". It is sending an terrible message.
It may be true, but surely any decent teacher should be praising children of all ability levels according to how much effort they are putting in, and only criticizing if a child isn't really trying to improve? Or do we want our children to get the message that there is only any point doing something if you are already good at it?
(MN regular NC as I suspect I'll end up making a formal complaint to the school and don't want this to be linked to my normal MN name)
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To 5yo: You are the worst at football in the whole class
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PeachZucchini · 04/11/2014 11:25
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