Is this acceptable? Re teacher using work example.

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My dd1 (12) was a bit upset because her English teacher photocopied a bit of her work and handed it around the classroom as a "bad example" of complete with bits crossed out, notes etc. DD is and has always been very good at English. She got 2 trophies leaving primary for creative writing and literacy and is working at a high level (she's in top 5 of her class) and this has really knocked her confidence. I was wondering if this is not acceptable or am I being pfb?

held up my book containing many blank pages (where I had planned to 'catch up') to the class...

I'm a teacher, that is awful - I'd definitely complain. Poor kid.

I'm an English teacher and that is completely unacceptable. I would only ever show work from the class I was going to praise. The examples I would like them to improve would be exemplar and not from their cohort. Please make sure you speak to the school about it- no student should be made to feel like that in front of others. It is not effective teaching.

Like booellesmum, a tutor did this to me when I was 16 - discussed an item that someone else had made, lots of praise justifiably given; turned to mine and said "now we'll look at a rubbish one". The other students gasped a bit and he backtracked, saying he "didn't mean it nasty-like". But what other interpretation could you put on it?

30 years on and I recall it perfectly. It put me off the subject for good as well.

It just isn't necessary. Your poor dd.

Similar happened to me while I was doing my A levels. I resat a year and changed English teacher. My new teacher handed out a full copy of my first draft coursework from the year before as a bad example of what to do and said it was a previous student's work. He probably didnt realize it was mine, or do it deliberately, but it was a piece of coursework I'd worked my arse off to eventually get an A on. He asked the class what we thought about it so I told him while it wasnt good it ended up fairly bloody good, and then pulled out my previous years coursework drafts to show him an exact original copy and further drafts.

He did apologize after I'd complained to the head of English, but I was mortified during the class knowing everyone had seen a rubbish bit of work from the "stupid girl resitting the year". Definitely complain to the head of year and failing that head teacher, it's totally inappropriate.

Totally unacceptable and absolutely complain to Head. Think of other subjects ...... PE, games where highlighting and showcasing 'poor performance ' would probably amount to abuse.

I do this all the time - with both good and bad examples (not photocopied, I hover the iPad over their book and airplay it onto the board).

Only ever with the children's permission though.

Most get confident with it after a while and like looking for and correcting their own faults as well as their friends. In fact, I get more reluctance when I ask if I can use a paragraph as a good example than a bad!

However, YANBU. She shouldn't have done it without asking and only if the child had explicitly given permission for it.

manic that is the key bit "Only ever with the children's permission though."

That is absolutely awful. Please say something to the school as this teacher could do more damage to your dd and others. This is how not to teach!

No this is not acceptable. When I was in school, in food tech we had to make shortcrust pastry. Never made pastry before in my life, it was a mess. My teacher held it up and told the whole class this was an example of how it shouldn't be and I wasn't even able to start again, just had to watch.
Now I usually tell this story with a laugh, and I'm sure the teacher meant no harm but it was not until about 12 years later that I even attempted to make pastry again, I was utterly convinced I was shit at it. But when I tried, it was fine. I still have only made it a handful of times though, I have a block. Pastry is not really a big deal, but teenagers don't need any more doubts and anxieties. I would advise her to speak to her teacher about it.

It's really mean. Even when showing others a good piece of work, basic manners would tell you that you ask the student if they would mind others seeing it. It's their work and actually often in English students bare their hearts or try out new words and so there has to be some trust between student and teacher.

Higher Education here and I only use good examples, with permission from the student, anonymously used. Like a PP stated, any bad examples would be written by myself.