To think kids shouldn't talk to teachers like this.

[onlyindreams]

I realise that the majority of kids will show respect to teachers but some of the stuff my dgc tell me is awful. One girl called her teacher a disgusting human being" , another said "you dirty little peado", another one said, when asked not to shout "who do you think you're talking to".

How has it all come to this, i despair, where's the respect gone, please tell me it's not all that bad and not typical of the average 12/13 year old and probably above.

Lm9004

That is terrible to be spoken like that for not letting a child go to the toilet. I would have no problems you not letting my girls go during lesson or making them stand up for swinging on their chairs.

I have spent time in my daughters year 2 class and they are back and forth to the loo. If I was the teacher i would have put a stop to it and let them cross their legs.

Some of the ways they speak to teachers is disgusting.

Be aware when discussing children being stopped from going to the loo that there are known trolls on mumsnet who will be getting their rocks off about it

I hate this kind of thing and would actually consider writing to the school (Head teacher) about it.... and how I perceived it ... any school worth it's salt would be concerned ... because it could essentially pur people off the school... affecting funding.

As a member of the governing body.... I'd like to know about it.

You can't respect someone who humiliates you and everyone deserves respect.

Cherrychasingdotmuncher

I am with you, I would be very grateful if lm9004 was my children's teacher, and avoided them being injured.

I would stand for the language and back chat and stand by lms toilet policy.

This week I have been spat at, called a slag and told to fuck off by a girl for telling her she could wait 25 minutes to go toilet. This is in year 3

That’s awful, and yes I would blame her parents. My DDs (8 and 5) wouldn’t even know such language never mind use it. The worst thing DD1 has said is ‘I hate you!’ but to me.

Mittens

I don't know how the dare use language like that. I am usually not to bothered about children going to the loo either, I only told her to wait because we were outside doing P.E so didn't want her going alone to the toilets which are a long way from the yard.

H. Cod

Oh and my daughter called me a pig on the way home from school a couple of weeks ago. I was furious. She was dragged home and sent straight to bed. She hasn't called me a pig yet.

One of the boys this week went into one of the classes and turned the tables over whilst on his lunch break after a mid day supervisor told him couldn't go on the Astro turf.

These are kids with serious issues. It's sad for the teachers to have to deal with it; even more sad for the kids as it's their life chances at risk of being wrecked by their inability to behave appropriately.

Catkind

Totally agree about issues. I don't agree with the principles that many schools have towards dealing with these children, and that we have to tread carefully.

I agree with most posters i don't agree with the teacher who made the girl stand up for 2 hours. How was she supposed to do her work effectively? Her legs must have ached terribly. Although no need for threats.

I have had chair swingers. I usually tell the if they cannot sit on a chair they will have to sit on the floor like babies. This usually puts a stop to it.

Teachers rights have been eroded away. All the rights are with the child.
Some children have vile parents they learn their behaviour from them.

It’s horrendous really because this sets children/teens up to become awful adults in life they are led to believe they can get away time after time with this sort of behaviour

I worked as a ta in inner city primary's 9 years ago and ok their behaviour wasn't brilliant and toilet training was bad but there was barely any swearing.

Going camping with my kids this summer really opened my eyes to some serious lack of parenting on some kids behalf, I realised what a sheltered life my dc have in terms of other kids behaviour. Over the summer we dealt with bullying, breaking toys, breaking other belongings of our dc by kids on the site and kids that were just hassling my two year old to come and play. I was pretty shocked at the behaviour.

I agree pretty.
Lots of children don't actually understand that stealing is wrong or that you do as you are asked in school.
Don't get me started on the number of children who can't go to the toilet by themselves.
Never mind the parents who believe it's the responsibility of the ta/teacher to clean up after their 6/7 year old when they have messed their pants yet again.
Strangely this behaviour seems to stop when the parent is told to come in and sort their child out.