To think worsening behaviour in school is due to the size of children these days?

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Obviously not the only reason, almost definitely not the main one, but certainly a big one I think. I have siblings a good couple decades younger than me, at 11 my sister is 5’7 (apparently the lower end of avg. height in her year), 14 y/o brother 6’4, both overweight and massive. I’m 5’3.

I do find it hard to imagine how teachers would be able to break up fights, or even properly confront bad behaviour if a pupil that big is known to be aggressive. Surely this must impact?

😁😁😁

Who would collect that sort of data. Not everything has data.

It's a large claim made by the OP, so should be supported by something other than her perceptions.

Clue. There is no data. It is bollocks.

Judgmental bollocks from the OP.

Of course they’re half siblings but I think they’re great! I was just trying to give an idea of their size. Don’t for a second think I’m not overweight

5’7 was a typo but I meant 5’6. All her friends that I see are generally the same size or taller. Maybe I do live in a land of giants.

🤣🤣 so you were out by an inch and still think 5’ 6” is the lower end of average for an 11 year old?

You’re 🦇💩

DS is ten this week and 5 ft 3 and one of the easiest children to deal with at school.

The difficult ones are much smaller

You must live on Venus or something, if she's 167cm at 22 and she's one of the shortest.... 167cm is off the charts...

At 11*

You're certain she's in the less than 0.4% of all 11 year olds for height?

She's taller than most women around her?

And indeed shorter than her peers???

It's just seems very unlikely.

Unless of course you actually meant 4'6/7".

I'm amazed you actually know the precise height of your siblings tbh. Why would you know that?

But this has always been the way as people have been getting big each generation.

I'm a teacher and the average height of a year 7 girl is NOT 5 ft 7 😂😂😂 in fact I don't actually think I teach one year 7 or 8 who is this tall. Ditto 6ft4 at 14. These children are giants.

Yes but he didn't assault her because of his size did he?

It's more likely to be due to chaotic home lives, bad parenting and an increasing attitude that no one can tell off anyone else's child.
Also many parents have no respect for teachers anymore and kids are picking up this attitude.

I always read threads about bad behaviour getting worse and realise a lot of people grew up in nicer areas than I did!

You're talking shite. 5.7 is not average height for 11yr olds, it would be very unusual.

You’re so right, its the fatties causing all the problems

Wow - is this thread still going? I've heard a lot of utter bollocks talked about school, teaching and education in my time, but this theory takes the biscuit!

Just the one? Surely these fatty fatty boom booms are taking at least 6???

A 5’7 eleven year old is at the lower end of the average height of her class?? Does she go to school at the top of a beanstalk?

My D.C. attend pretty ordinary state comprehensive schools where the kids are mostly incredibly well behaved, polite and there’s very little disruption despite the kids being all shapes and sizes.
they have great leadership, and good teachers . The height of the year 7 girls has nowt to do with anything.

When was the last time you were inside an inner city school?

Maybe the amount of teachers and teaching assistants leaving the profession.

OP it's certainly harder to fit the children into small classrooms now they are all taller. I do think feeling crammed in doesnt help peoples moods

A friend of mine is a teacher in a school for kids who've been excluded from other schools. In other words he needs to be shit hot at discipline. He's small - around 5'1" I think - but he has that presence.

When was the last time you were inside an inner city school?