To think her Science teacher was being quite insensitive?

[fedupintheoffice]

My friends DD is 16 in January and in year 11 at school. She is larger than most of her year group at a size 16/18 and by far larger than her classmates in her Science lesson.

She came home upset because the teacher had them weighing themselves in class on weighing scales for some kind of Physics lesson, and then every pupil had to write their weight on the board for everyone to see. The teacher said for anyone who didn't want to write their true weight, write it at 200lbs so friends DD did this, fearing it might be more (she weighs 208lbs really) and the whole class apart from one girl was laughing at her. She is a really quiet girl and this is a particularly rowdy class where the teacher fails to take control and FDD says the laughing and making fun of her went on for the rest of the lesson (40 mins). AIBU to think that the teacher did a damn stupid lesson plan to begin with?

I think gaytony summed it up beautifully in the second post on this thread.

I would definitely get your friend to take this up with the school.

As grown women i think the comments about a 16 year old girl's weight are a bit distasteful even if she can't hear them.

That is vile. I was a fat kid at school and this would have fucked me up completely.

I am pretty laid back about interfering with school stuff but this would have me up there causing all sorts of drama.

Not on.

Being humiliated like that does not help, it breaks you up a little inside and you retreat a little further.

The kid knows she is fat, she knows that it isn't good for her, why twist the knife like that?

as a science teacher myself, i can say that is AWFUL, and the poster who said volunteers should have been asked for was correct

NEVER embarass a teen about their looks/weight etc............that sort of thing has led to attempted suicides FGS

complain!!

as a science teacher myself, i can say that is AWFUL, and the poster who said volunteers should have been asked for was correct

NEVER embarass a teen about their looks/weight etc............that sort of thing has led to attempted suicides FGS

complain!!

I am that a teacher can still think they can get away with things like that.

I am even more to read the other children (exept 1) laughed at her!

When was in sedondary school (25 years ago) there was an overwieght boy. The teacher told him once "X, roll to the black board!" I can tell you no one in the class was laughing, we all felt his pain and went as a delegation to see the principal and complained about it.

YANBU.

What a complete pillock DD1 is yr11 and has had the choice this year about which sports to do in PE. She has chosen something she doesn't particulary like as the alternative is trampolining and the 'popular' girls all look underneath the trampoline to see how far it goes down when the other girls jump on it. They then completely take the pee out of the other girls, saying that they are fat and that the trampoline nearly hits the floor. DD1 is now petrified of being made to go on the trampoline (even though she has a gorgeous figure, she thinks her curves are fat)

Why anyone would think that publicly weighing children in senior school is a good idea is beyond me.

Anything where you are using physical characteristics should be voluntary, and teacher should go first!