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?

@noblegiraffe More rudeness. Goodness me. Your true colours. I thought I had engaged with every point you have made in your posts. I apologise if there are any points you feel I have missed out. I would suggest a change of career to anyone who is unhappy in their current role. I don’t see anything contentious or insulting in that. Have a good evening.

I’m not unhappy in my role and nothing I have said would suggest that.

Times have changed and therefore I tell this anecdote not to compare or condone, but when I was at primary school decades ago our teacher Mrs Fullford, used to call us blithering idiots!

Progress aye!

if one of my kid was coming home telling me the teacher had called them "blithering idiots" , my only question would be: what stupid thing have you done now 😂

You made me laugh!

Wet wipe- like snowflake? I do not think it's appropriate.

You are very passive aggressive. You say you have not taught for a long time so you can't really comment on how children are today. There has been a massive change in the last five years.
My year 7s are a bloody nightmare with their lack of resilience and inability to do anything independently. A few years ago only 4 or 5 kids in a class would struggle to do anything without 20 questions, now it's most of them. In my class of 33 I would say that 25 of them need spoon feeding. Sadly we have no TA. It's a bit of a nightmare.

And I love my job!

I think it's hilarious

But then again l have lots of wet wipe colleagues. Plus people being wet and pathetic drive me insane

Ha, ha. The teacher has a sense of humor.

If that were my child returning from school, I would ask what they had done to earn the moniker!

Are you able to retrain for a career working exclusively with adults? It may be less stressful for you.

Rude!

I know which of the teachers/ex-teachers on this thread I’d prefer to be teaching my kids