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Not sure whether to say something or not to school about teacher

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DartmoorDoughnut · 11/05/2018 09:54

Basically I’m not sure if it is my place to say something - and if it is then to whom I should say something to!

My eldest goes to the local pre-school in the afternoons & whilst walking him up to school on Tuesday we had to pass a PE teacher who was, for want of a better word, having a banter with some pupils, I’d guess they were about 7.

They were talking about a game at the weekend I think and one pupil was saying “sir I scored twice & one goal was with my left foot into the top left corner” obvs very proud of himself and rightly so. PE teacher responded with “were the team you were playing blind?!” he said it twice as he first time the pupil didn’t hear/responded “eh?”.

Now first of all I felt so sad for the pupil, why couldn’t the teacher say well done?! Secondly I’d bet my last pound that the teacher couldn’t play football wearing a bloody blindfold and those sort of derogatory comments are the sorts of things that pupils will pick up on and therefore they’ll decide that blind people aren’t as good as they are.

I don’t know though am I being precious?

If not and I should say something I don’t know where to start as my DS has nothing to do with ‘normal’ school yet!

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SuburbanRhonda · 11/05/2018 09:57

Yes, you’re being precious.

PaulAnkaDog · 11/05/2018 09:57

You’re being precious.

Looneytune253 · 11/05/2018 09:58

I prob wouldn’t unless there was an aggressive tone? It sounds like banter but teachers should know that younger children don’t get it. Prob about 8 they start to be able to have a laugh like that. I wouldn’t report it though unless he was obv being plain nasty

Jordan4531 · 11/05/2018 09:58

Don't be too concerned about kids tho king about blind people but I wouldn't be impressed with a teacher not saying well done when a child is proud of doing something. At 7 they need encouragement if it was a teenager who could take a bit of banter then fair enough but not a 7 year old. I would maybe talk to the headteacher and tell then exactly what happened and they will decide if it's worth investigating and talking to the teacher about

DartmoorDoughnut · 11/05/2018 09:59

Fair enough Grin

It’s not so much the not saying well done it’s the implication that blind people aren’t as good that’s bothering me.

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echt · 11/05/2018 09:59

Oh, FFS.

Overthinking or what?

Haven't you heard the "Ref, are you fucking blind??"

DartmoorDoughnut · 11/05/2018 10:04

@echt Yes I have and I don’t like it.

I know I can be a bit twee about wanting people treated fairly though so that’s why I wanted opinions!

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