Teacher gave Nephew a bag of kale. AIBU to think this is strange?

[CyanSnake]

Was speaking to my nephew last night, and he proudly showed me a bag of kale his teacher had given him...

He’s at secondary school; and apparently it was a prize for winning the tutor competition. He picked a prize out of a hat and ended up with the gag prize.

Honestly not making this up. AIBU to think this is a bit weird?

Honestly, this is the exact sort of thing that can drive you to tears on the worst most exhausted day.
Just the absolute refusal of some people to give us the benefit of the doubt, even when what you've done is a well recognised and funny thing, you then have to deal with the complaint, your line manager asking you about it (even if it is with an eye roll about how stupid the complaint is) - which then makes you think you might as well not bother next time.

Imagine that teacher, shopping for a booby prize, setting it all up- having a laugh- then this- thank god we do it for the kids as this is the sort of thing that just grinds you down. death by a thousand cuts and all that

Presumably you're aware that teachers are humans who also have a sense of humour...?

@thegcatsmother that’s amazing! Love that.

Genius idea. I was wondering what to do with my surplus kale. I'll give it to my students as a prize!

Its Friday...its 5 to 5...and its CRACKERJACK!

....or a middle class version using kale!

My Dutch DH was much bemused when he realised its more expensive than regular cabbage as its known as peasants or farmers cabbage in Holland!

Do you think the teacher is grooming your nephew with leafy greens?

Years ago I went to a PTA bingo night and someone on our table got a full house - her prize was a packet of toilet roll. Clearly the gag prize. Nowadays it would be first prize, above the wine and the free haircut voucher from the village hairdresser

I'd be very pleased not only is it a funny gag gift but I actually eat Kale (to the amusement of DP and DC they bond over it ) so yay extra groceries.

OP are you one of those people who claims " not to be able to get your head around " anyone not behaving exactly as you would do ? Honestly the faux wide eyed head tilt is seriously becoming tired now.

Get a grip it was funny.

oh and yes. YABU

It’s a joke!

Why are you wasting energy even thinking about it?

top prize in my class is a pencil pinched from ikea, a paper clip or similar and a round of applause.

booby prize is a bit of paper and a round of applause. I'd never thought of veg! genius! kale is minging though - that's punishment!

I've never heard of a gag prize. Is it the same as a booby prize?

YANBU. It is odd. But your nephew is happy enough with it, that's what matters.

What I am loving here, are the posters that are telling the OP to lighten up whilst using language that suggests they themselves are anything but lightened up.

In fact it sums up why the NHS is nearly dying under the strain of how badly people eat that kale is a joke and punishment when it is a good product more people should eat.

I think the teacher probably got a huge bag of kale in her Abel and Cole veg box that morning and inwardly groaned - it has happened to the best of us- then had a lightbulb moment.

It’s like the lemons that get handed out to the losers in a quiz night, or the litre bottle of Peach Love bubble bath, the one with slightly pearly swirls of a skin destroying chemical , that is the last to be picked from the raffle table.

I heart that teacher, and wish we had a heart emoticon.

As a teacher, the options for 'gag prizes' ( although that's a new term to me) - or indeed any prizes - have become more and more limited over the years.
We used to give sweets as default - can't do that now with healthy eating and dental concerns.
I used to collect up all the unwanted cracker prizes at Christmas after parties. One year I even asked a local hotel for their leftovers after party nights. But most would now be seen as plastic rubbish to pollute the ocean.
Pencils sermed a good safe bet, until s child stabbed themselves delving in the prize bag.
Kale seems an inspired choice to me!

1. His form tutor is not his "educator" - that's not what form tutors do. Their role is a pastoral role.
2. It's a gag prize - this is the entire point of a gag prize. A gag prize, by definition, is a prize that's weird and somewhat useless.

Nothing strange at all, it's a joke.

@Xenia

In fact it sums up why the NHS is nearly dying under the strain of how badly people eat that kale is a joke and punishment when it is a good product more people should eat.

I love vegetables but kale is like eating thistles covered in bleach. It's not about healthy eating - it's about kale being AWFUL

Kale tastes like cardboard

FAQs It was so nice of him, and he was pleased that I accepted it. I found him the next day and told him how I'd cooked it.

It's a bit of fun. Plus kale is delicious (roast in oven with a little garlic, chilli flakes and olive oil)

Teacher probably had to to buy it out of their own money too .

It's a gag.... you know, a joke?

Kale and bacon soup, made with homemade chicken stock, is my go-to Saturday lunch standby.

I am useless at baking it - I always end up with blackened soggy bits cemented into the oven tray