to think teacher calling kids this is inappropriate?

[OWetOne]

My child(9) told me their teacher will call a child a wet wipe if the child is 'being a coward' (how my child explained it). My child wasn't offended and told me about it because they thought it was funny, but they obviously have never heard it being used before. I wouldn't want my child calling someone else a wet wipe.

Am I being a wet wipe? Or am I right to think this is inappropriate?

The ridiculous responses on this thread are why no-one wants to teach.
He's diffusing a situation with humour. Ffs

Honestly you're just making yourself sound like a shit teacher.

I'm sure you're absolutely right. Tell you what, I won't bother going in tomorrow, then. My classes can be taught by someone with no qualifications, no training and no classroom management skills, aka 'a cover supervisor'. They'd be much better at it. Thank you. You are raising standards for us all.

<Bows reverently>

P.S. @lostintranslation148 You're a bit of a wet wipe. HTH.

That’s irrelevant.

Teachers should be modelling good communication skills to children, not teaching them Trump-like tactics with name calling and reducing everything to such a simplistic level. No wonder everyone is becoming so polarised in their views!

Putin must be laughing his socks off at his continuing success with the destabilisation of the Western World! 🤷🏻‍♀️

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the both sides which is why I wanted to see if I was being over sensitive. There have been other issues, otherwise I would've just brushed it off. I won't bring this up specifically yet. But will have a convo as there have been a few things come up. Also by other parents. I wouldn't go to the head. The teacher is very straight talking (clearly) and easy to talk to. I think their approach is to raise resilience by using banter/being direct so I can see what they're trying to do but unfortunately it's had the opposite effect on some kids. Maybe longer term it will help. I'm not sure

Calling a slightly wet child a wet wipe isn't making jokes out of a dyspraxic child being unable to do PE.

I would suggest saying " I don't like being called a wet wipe.. " otherwise it could come across as insolent.

I'd want to know the context before complaining.

This.

I didn't say it was the answer.
It's nice that you answered my post with a bit of indignation but no actual answer of what discipline could be used that would actually make a difference

What? That is shocking. I was a teacher for 30 years. I would never have said that.

Oh come off it honestly

Are they year 4 or 5?

My year 5 daughters teacher told the class (as reported by my daughter) 'play stupid games, get stupid prizes' when they were mucking around after many warnings, and were 5 mins late going out to break as needed to get work finished. At least 5 children told their parents that they were personally called 'stupid'. Some said they missed whole break, some that it was lunch break they missed not morning break, some that missed start of break. Every child will have a different version of what hapenned. Main thing is was your child upset by this?

1 very sensible parent said 'those who weren't mucking around will know it wasn't aimed at them' which was absolutely true. My daughter loves that this teacher tells it like it is, disciplines where necessary and rewards hard work, and she wasn't bothered at all - and she is quite sensitive. The parents who made complaints were those of children who muck around and disrupt the class - and as the wise parent said - they knew the comment was aimed at them without being named, and were bothered by it - and arguably that's not necessarily a bad thing. At year 5 they are starting to prep for secondary where they won't be tip toed around

Was she being sarcastic?

Also a secondary school deputy and in my experience sarcasm is used a lot less than it was by my teachers when I was a pupil.

Calling someone names isn’t on, especially when it’s used to mock someone.

Id be complaining. Teachers are there to education, not name call.

This.
OP, you’re being a bit of a wet wipe 😂

I actually think using language like this makes teachers more relatable to kids, and they feel like they don’t take themselves too seriously and get along with them better. Your kid wasn’t offended, honestly get a grip.
I despair…couldn’t pay me enough to teach nowadays.

This. I’m sure it was said in a jokey way, I can’t imagine getting worked up about it.

Thats not ok wonder how the teacher would react if theyre pupils refered to them that way

Nobody can take a joke nowadays. Everyone is offended by everything, and it rubs off on the kids.

No wonder people don't want to teach anymore. Being called a wet wipe is offensive? Really?

If I had a good relationship with my class I'd laugh, because I still have a sense of humour unlike many.

So your child wasn't offended, and finds it funny (presumably the teacher's aim!) but you still want to make a fuss?

Don't be a silly sausage.

This x100!

The irony is teachers have to take most things kids say with a good sense of humour!

I'm a teacher. I think this is not quite the right sort of banter. You could get away with this as a joke with some teenagers but it would have to be obvious the teen in question was not actually a wetwipe in order to be funny. Sort of like saying "You're such a shrinking violet" to the most confident /outspoken person in the room. I'd say it to my own son who could absolutely take it. Saying it to a primary aged child who might need to be more confident or brave just feels a bit mean.

I dont think this is a big deal at all.

Oh for goodness sake!! Get the governors in, get her sacked .. 🙄