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Teacher insulting my daughter

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Lua1978 · 06/07/2022 10:59

I work as a teacher at the same secondary school my daughter attends. In the staff workroom yesterday, a couple of teachers were discussing which two pupils they'd overheard saying something about something another pupil had done which they needed to report as a safeguarding concern.

When one of these teachers (who clearly has no clue it's my daughter she's referring to) starts going into great depth discussing one of the girls appearance as they couldn't remember her name... all very personal comments. She then remembered the pupils name and said "oh yeah it's (dds name)" she's got a very unusual name and the only one in the school for sure.

TBH if they had said poorly applied fake tan and skirt rolled up to short I'd have thought fair enough! I'm not overly precious about my daughter but these comments were really personal. I just sat there absolutely stunned and then walked out as honestly I was going to lose my temper or cry if I didn't and I'm normally a really calm person who doesn't get worked up about stuff.

Should I report it- it was really unprofessional, obviously she had no clue it's my daughter but it was so derogatory

OP posts:
Thenose · 08/07/2022 01:08

You need to speak to the woman and tell her that you heard what she said about your daughter and you're angry and disgusted. Sloping away and approaching others to deal with the issue is unlikely to make you feel any better. Look her straight in the eye and tell the truth. The more you do it, the easier it'll get.

PlantSpider · 08/07/2022 01:21

Bertieboo82 · 06/07/2022 13:11

What a ghastly school

Horrible bitching in the staff room about students personal appearance

Overhead by a teacher, who only seems bothered by fact that it is her daughter they were bitching about

That this is your take says a lot more about you, than the OP.

PlantSpider · 08/07/2022 01:23

StopStartStop · 06/07/2022 11:32

let it go with the teacher. we're allowed opinions. she was being cruel to your dd in person.
talk to your dd about improving her presentation.

Either you just say things like this on an anonymous forum, and not in real life, which shows you likely know better but choose otherwise, or, you come out with this type of comment in real life and likely surrounded by people thinking WTF?

Either option isn’t a good look.

Yaya26 · 08/07/2022 01:48

I’m a teacher. The comments made were really nasty and horrible and very unprofessional no matter who the girl was. Id be gutted to hear them about my daughter. I’d tell the teacher involved as much the next opportunity I had in the staff room

heartbroken22 · 08/07/2022 21:16

@Lua1978 do you know this has been picked up the sun? I was appalled when I saw it. www.thescottishsun.co.uk/fabulous/9130864/teacher-insulting-appearance-doesnt-know-mum/

I fear posting personal stuff on here...

unname · 09/07/2022 14:13

heartbroken22 · 08/07/2022 21:16

@Lua1978 do you know this has been picked up the sun? I was appalled when I saw it. www.thescottishsun.co.uk/fabulous/9130864/teacher-insulting-appearance-doesnt-know-mum/

I fear posting personal stuff on here...

Wow, the typos in just the first few lines. But I don’t think it’s a big deal. Great if the teacher sees it and recognizes herself.

Bertieboo82 · 09/07/2022 17:02

Bitchy in general, bitchy at the workplace.

No mystery to it and no excuse because they were “letting off steam” in the scared staff room.

Nomorefuckstogive · 09/07/2022 17:29

Speak to the person who said it. Explain that she’s your daughter and you found their comments inappropriate. I’m sure they would be mortified. They probably didn’t mean it and were just letting off steam. They will hopefully apologise and you can move on.

ldontWanna · 09/07/2022 20:15

There's no need to "let off steam" in an overheard safeguarding issue though,

Bertieboo82 · 09/07/2022 20:18

Nomorefuckstogive · 09/07/2022 17:29

Speak to the person who said it. Explain that she’s your daughter and you found their comments inappropriate. I’m sure they would be mortified. They probably didn’t mean it and were just letting off steam. They will hopefully apologise and you can move on.

Explain that she’s your daughter and you found their comments inappropriate

Should be

Explain that she’s your daughter and you found their comments inappropriate

fact it’s OP’s daughter is irrelevant

beautyisthefaceisee · 10/07/2022 11:27

ldontWanna · 09/07/2022 20:15

There's no need to "let off steam" in an overheard safeguarding issue though,

Exactly!

Fwiw, it's not only op or the daughter.

What about the poor sod having her safeguarding issue discussed acros the staffroom?

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