To think it's not necessarily rude to correct the teacher?

[cherrycrumblecustard]

DS is nearly ten, he's always been well behaved for the most part and very polite. But lately he has had a bit of an edge to him. He's told me today he's been told off and had to lose his break for correcting the teachers spelling. I know it depends on how he did it. From what he's said he wasn't that rude but is it the correcting that's rude, full stop?

OP, I really hope you can find some help. I wasn't trying to upset you. Compartmentalising your life won't work, however.

My son once told a physics teacher that she had given them some wrong information. She shouted at him and said, "Maybe when you've got a degree in physics like I have, you can think about correcting me."

He is about to graduate with a masters in physics and would love to go back to the school and tell her - she only has an ordinary degree!

Maybe posters are unduly harsh, and if I have been, I sincerely apologise. It's not my intention to be unkind, honestly, but I am genuinely worried about you. And, yes, about your children. But really worried about you. I wish there was something more I could offer than hard words, but I don't know what that might be.

You haven't been dusty but honestly, seriously, PLEASE don't worry about me!

Everyone assumes the kids are Better off with me, they're not, not necessarily anyway.

I know DS is turning into a mini DH, give him ten years, he'll be there. Maybe. I hope not. I'm probably bring u fair.

I mentioned earlier that he would have learned that tone from someone cherry. I see you know who from. The thing is, if you can't challenge it you are right, he'll be a mini DH. That isn't unfair, it's realistic. Do you want him to be a mini DH? If not, I think you could do with making some changes. Talk to DS about how it feels when people talk to you like that. DS needs you to help him with this.

As a teacher I laugh and carry on if I make a mistake. I can't help laughing at myself - I don't take myself too seriously these days which has saved me a lot of stress, I can tell you! In the unlikely scenario that I can't think for a moment what the correct spelling/answer is then I will ask the pupil the answer and get another pupil to check e.g. in the dictionary/reference book.

I think it's very important to teach kids that adults make mistakes, but also that it is unimportant i.e. not something they should let bother them as they get older. Nor indeed something to tease others about.

This post does remind me of being at uni though... Studying music, and on my course at the beginning they briefly went over the basics of music theory to check everyone knew it all (astoundingly it wasn't a requirement). I must have corrected the teacher at least 5 or 6 times, and theory was my weakest subject...

cherrycrumblecustard

This thread has taken a horrible tone. Some schadenfreude on display.

I wish you all the best.

Jesus Christ what the hell happened here?!