To this this is gloriously mean spirited?

[lalalalaloo]

This is lighthearted and weird.

Dd (9) is at school. It's been snowy here.

A lot of the children made snowmen on the school field over breaks/lunch.

DD's temp teacher took the class outside after last break and told them all to find the snow man they had built and destroy it/get rid because and I quote 'you should only create art if you are prepared to destroy it'

I'm not sure what she meant by that (the teacher seems a bit pretentious to me and difficult for 8/9yr olds to understand) but anyway DD took the snowman down her and her friends made so whatever.

But does anyone else find it quite mean making kids destroy their snowmen? It was only DD's class and they'll be gone by the end of the week.

Still can't work out if it was some weird statement on art 😂😂

Thay temp teacher is Banksy.

Do you think mumsnet will delete the thread if we post too many personal insults? You're all cunts.

Wanker bumshits fanny bollocks.

En y va!

Is it still snowing where you are? Creep into the playground tonight and rebuild all the flattened snowmen.
Get you dd to then talk about art and rebirth

Easy way to waste 5 minutes? I would imagine some were enthusiastic about the destruction

[quote GammyLeg]@TableFlowerss there’s nothing wrong with the phrase “mean spirited”. That’s your (weird) problem that doesn’t need to be aired on this funny thread.

OP that is bonkers but very funny. So many days blend into one at school, your DD will remember this one forever![/quote]
What you getting all tetchy for?! I’m just saying it makes me cringe when people use the term. You baby dictate who can comment on a public forum

can’t

@tableflowerss I guess I'm "tetchy" because it was a needlessly spiteful thing to say, and I'm really sick of seeing people cutting other people down on MN. It's the reason I've stopped starting threads of my own.

Nasty twat.

I was a quiet kid at school, well behaved etc etc but I'd have said 'no' to this & if she had let the others I'd have told another teacher & cried.

Probably still would now! I get very attached to things, especially those with faces. There no way I'd smash one, or anything really. I'm too soft hearted.

I wouldn't be 'being neutral faces' with DD either, I'd have been quite open about what a bag she was when I was a child.

Well DD wasn't really that gutted, at 9 she knows a snowman is temp anyway.

But the other classes weren't made to come out and knock theirs over so it was this teachers job. She's full time, but was looking after DD's bubble.

What's wrong with the phrase 'mean spirited'? My meaning was that as a teacher (someone with insight into children's behaviour) that there is a risk more a probability that the children will be upset/annoyed/confused if they are told to destroy anything they have made. She should know that. But as I said she's a big old meany and no one likes her anyway so there.

In terms of the comment about remaining neutral when talking to my daughter about her teachers, I just think that it is best to keep my personal opinions away from her, so that she can form her own opinions of the teacher (I think she thinks she's a dick, too tbf) and so that I don't influence her to not concentrate/disrespect the teacher. I thought most people did that?

[quote GammyLeg]@tableflowerss I guess I'm "tetchy" because it was a needlessly spiteful thing to say, and I'm really sick of seeing people cutting other people down on MN. It's the reason I've stopped starting threads of my own.[/quote]
If you take offence that easily, then I can completely understand why you don’t start your own threads. Get a grip!