to think this was inappropriate

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DD is in y7 and the teacher taught them to remember a science experiment using words they know in an order.

She used Jimmy savile and said you will all remember that as its funny.

Aibu to be annoyed at this?

yes it is innapropriate - I can't see how that would help remember a science experiment either - how odd

Can I ask what the experiment was?

Very inappropriate

very inappropriate!!

They were remembering what order to do things in - a little like that 'naughty elephants squirt water' one we used to learn at school to remember the compass points but I don't know what the experiment was - would it make a difference?

Totally inappropriate, doesn't matter what the experiment was.

I agree completely inappropriate!

In uni we were taught one Oh Oh Oh Tubby Teens And Fresh Virgins Give Very Awful Head

Are they cranial nerves, Gray?

My issue is what precisely is funny about Jimmy savile?

You're right MrsPatrick

Inappropriate.

But then some teachers are idiots.

Completely inappropriate. I too do not see what's funny about Jimmy Saville either.
Why would you even speak that dirty beast's nsme around children.
If she thinks his behaviour is funny. She and the school needs looking at and quickly. Imo.

I remember Strathclyde Lecturers Take Prostitutes To The Central Hotel from uni... but Jimmy Saville used in a mnemonic for school children is soooo inappropriate!

But why would someone, think a paedophile, would be funny or appropriate?

Gray we had: oh oh oh to touch and feel virginal girls vaginas and hymens. ?? OP yanbu, that's not funny at all.

Do Year 7s even know who JS was? Wouldn't they be 8ish when he died and he wasn't on childrens' telly then or anything.

We don't know vanilla we're agreeing with you but we don't know the answer.

Completely inappropriate.

YANBU

Yes, of course they know who he is. I don't know - I suppose I wonder if it's worth taking further.

Yes, of course they know who he is

Every single 11/12 year old child in the class knew who JS was? How do you know? I am not sure about that.

DS2 is 13, if he wasn't in bed I would ask him if he knows.

Inappropriate. There's other JS abbreviations they could use, or they could make one up.

Jelly Smells
Jam Sandwiches

Of course it's worth taking it further, vanilla. If you feel strongly enough about it

Yes, just make sure that's exactly what was said and send an email to the Head of Dept or HOY.

Have you spoken to any other parents about it?

Jimmy Savile is funny in the same way that Ian Huntley or Ian Brady are, i.e. not at all. Can't believe how often - including today on the nasty celebs thread - I read new, awful things about him.
This teachers idiocy is making light of a horrific individual's horrific actions towards literally hundreds of children and women.
I'd find it difficult not to say anything. YANBU.

Sparkling I didn't interview them, but let's say for arguments sakes you are right and my daughter and her friend are the ONLY ones who know

So TWO little girls learned today that sex abuse is a joke. That a serial sex abuser is funny, something to be laughed at. That hundreds if not thousands of children being hurt, harmed, humiliated and upset is a big joke.

I'd say that's two too many, myself.

Judging from the reaction of her classmates I would strongly argue that most of them do know who JS is. Whether your DS knows or not is hardly the point.