Is this rude from a child? Age 6, furious reaction from teacher

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My DS was at school today and his teacher addressed the class saying “I don’t want to hear from you unless you need the toilet, you’re in pain or injured.” My DS raised his hand and said “I’m pain and injured is kind of the same thing.” Another teacher overheard and shouted at him so much he was crying and still crying about it at bedtime.

obviously I only have his account of the incident so this is all the detail I have. He didn’t think he had said anything wrong. I’ve noticed this year he’s complained of strict scary teachers and he’s becoming anxious about going to school. Would appreciate opinions on whether this apparently very big telling off was justified. He said his friends were comforting afterwards and he was crying and apologising whilst the teacher continued to shout.

You’d think!😄

As they say, 'yet here we are...'

Yes completely concur with you &
It's never cool to just yell at such a young Child 😥

It does not mean that a teacher needs to be a machine and can't say something a random child may not get. Humour saved me many times and it's one of the reasons I can still do the job. Regardless if on some occasions one student out of 30 didnt get something I said.

not really sure why that's relevant - 6 year old kid is still unlikely to get the humour.

They don’t need to. They can still understand the instruction. Don’t interrupt me unless it’s necessary.

When my dd was in Infants, her teacher threw something at her saying”Here, Jenny. Catch!” And my dd responded “My name’s Jenny Brown not Jenny Catch” and got a huge telling off for being cheeky. She’s 48 now and still remembers it.

That is a horrible way to speak to young children. She could say guys would you mind only putting your hand up please if you need the bathroom? It is no way to speak to young children.

The context may well explain the statement.

It’s not normal if the teacher shouted at him as he described. Or it certainly shouldn’t be. Hope you got to the bottom of it.

🙄 It’s a jokey, lighthearted way of saying shut up and get on with it!

Oh fgs it’s lighthearted!

@partytimedYeah your DS sounds like a smartarse.

Children are always saying they've been shouted at when really they were just spoken to in a firm tone. The teacher was clearly at the end of her tether with them so another teacher stepped in to handle disrespectful backchat.

He was cheeky and he got told off. He's upset because he was embarrassed and knows he shouldn't have said what he said.

Let him learn from it and move on.

The problem is the number of parents who seem to believe that the only child that matters is Little Johnny and the other children should just sit and wait patiently whilst Little Johnny entertains everyone with his hilarious wisecracks.

This is 100% accurate. So many parents really do expect other adults and indeed, other children, to tolerate their child's poor behaviour. Often because 'it's just their way'.

They need to learn to be quiet. 6 isnt too young. Your child asked what might seem to him as an innocent question, and Im sure he wasnt trying to be funny, but from a teachers perspective, it is not on because it potentially opens up an unnecessary conversation. Older kids love to do it and it needs to be nipped in the bud. Your lad will get over his telling off and hopefully wont grow up to be the irritating kid!