AIBU to be shocked by language used by head teacher?

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Dd2 came home today and said the head had lost it and ranted at them calling them 'antisocial low life scum' ! Am I overreacting to think this is totally unexceptable?

How old and what were they doing?

If that happened it would be unacceptable, yes.

But.

I'd be very surprised if it happened. I'd want to know exactly what was going on at the time....it's not unheard of for children to embellish things, especially if they would like attention directed away from something they have done wrong...

It's the summer term. He/she is knackered....
But no. Not acceptable. What had the kids done to warrant such a reaction?

Sounds unlikely.

What were they doing?

What had they been doing?

What had they done?

What happened before that was said?

It doesn't matter what a child has done, no HT should be calling any child 'antisocial low life scum' if it actually happened

How old are the children?

In the unlikely event that happened, there must have been serious behaviour that provoked it and tbh, if kids are going to behave deplorably it's far kinder to be honest with them so they know what reaction the general public will have to them then to pretend they're just adorable rascals... Only oblivious, deluded parents think that.

It was today and it happened it was during a fire drill, one of the year 11s set of a fire alarm.
My dd2 is year 8 and hadn't even heard the word scum till today

Ideally no headteacher should be driven to that point. Even heads are human beings. Acceptable no, understandable - possibly.

We've taken away so many disciplinary rights from schools that sometimes they're having to manage really awful stuff day in day out effectively with their hands tied behind their backs. Its not surprising that heads and teachers occassionally snap. But when they do momentarily lose composure you can bet the little darlings that have pushed them too it, get parents to put in a complaint.

We cant have it all ways. Our schools and our teachers are struggling significantly because we as society aren't supporting them. Worse than that many are actively working against them.

Lead up to the coments would be interesting.

Anti-social isn't too bad
but
calling them "low life scum" is well out of order.
However, I'd be interested to know what provoked this!

So who was the HT allegedly "ranting" at?

So they were collectively called antisocial low life scum, or the act of setting off the firealarm causing major disruption is the work of antisocial lowlife scum?

there must have been serious behaviour that provoked it

I completely disagree with you. NO HT (or any other teacher) should be calling children 'low life scum'. No matter what behaviour was displayed there is no reason for any HT or teachers to say that. if it happened

Was it "you're all anti social low life scum" or "you're all behaving like anti social low life scum"? I can imagine a teen leaving the behaving out for hyperbole, but it's the difference between calling out their actions and insulting them.

To be fair only "antisocial lowlife scum" would set off a fire alarm as a joke after this week's tragedy!

They set off a fire alarm, during a drill - today!

He was right.

How does a child get to year 8 without ever having heard the word 'scum'?

Not even in a science/nature lesson?

So what he probably actually said was that "the perpetrators" were behaving like antisocial lowlife scum not every student in the school?

I suggest you rather focus on telling your child why letting off a fire alarm is inappropriate behaviour, rather than making it all about how awful the head is.

Considering what has been happening the last few days, I'd tend to agree with him.

Yes I agree too