Daughter's teacher called her a numpty

[Ottermum23]

Hi all,
We have a lovely little daughter, in year3.
She is a very enthusiastic learner, who always loved school and loves academic challenges.
This year, she had a new teacher, who is not the nicest, but nevertheless, We thought, just give her the benefit of a doubt.
Our girl been contstantly saying, that the teacher shouts, and today, she said, she called her a numpty, as she accidentally started to do her writing on someone else's book.

I find this very frustrating and just would like to hear others opinions.
Thank you.

The language used at home by (some) parents to their own children is not a useful guideline for teachers when judging what language is appropriate in the classroom.

But I use the same language at home with my child and with other children when I'm teaching. No harm done in over 18 years

Blaa - When teachers are asked about the language they use in the classroom to control behaviour, their opinions as to the effect it has on students are at variance with the effect students say it has upon them.

user, I really don’t think on this thread is going to take anything you say seriously until you provide us with some peer reviewed research. So I’d respectfully suggest you give it up.

But we're bot talking about language used to control behaviour though are we?

As user seems to at least be using the correct terminology today (compared to last week when her brains/minds and various branches of linguistics were all one big minestrone) I suggest she may have been asking google rather a lot this weekend.

Though her answers bring to mind those annoying bots/answering machines which are just programmed with seven sentences that they repeat ad nauseum at whatever question they are asked.

What reading schemes do you like User?

Ignore, ignore, ignore? Goodness me.

Blaa - yes, we are talking about language used to control behaviour. As many posters have pointed out, the intention of the teacher in the OP was to try to ensure that the child who had made a mistake did not dwell on it. The teacher was trying to control the child’s emotions and behaviours. Teachers have to manage their students’ behaviour all the time. There are really bad ways of doing this; less good ways; better ways.

Well I would suggest this is a more than acceptable way to manage this situation and until you can provide me with some research that suggests otherwise I will continue to think (and behave) that way

Blaa - you have made it perfectly clear that you aren’t interested in thinking this issue through for yourself.

And you’ve made it clear that you have nothing to back up your assertions user, so I guess it’s a stalemate!

Haha i'm an academic in an education faculty at a university that regularly comes top in the league tables for it's teacher training. I have a PhD in Education and have over 18 years experience in formal and informal teaching. The 'research' you claim is the foundation of your opinions doesn't appear to exist. As an academic I am trained to find evidence to back up all of my opinions. Stating I'm not willing to think the issue through for myself purely because i'm asking you for YOUR evidence just further displays your complete lack of understanding of how academic research and academia works.

How can I think through the issue if there isn't any evidence??????

it’s teacher training?!!!!

@user ???

😂😂

Are you okay @user?

Still 😂😂😂

Have I missed something?

I think you’re being mocked for your typo BlaaBlaaBlaa

@BlaaBlaaBlaa
You made a minor grammar mistake. Using it's not its. I struggled with auto correct to write that.
User (lots of anonymous numbers) finds this terrible.

If we listed errors in terms of heinousness this is obviously far worse than making up academic research.

Ah okay...yeah a victim of autocorrect on an ipad. Shoot me!

Still, i was give some fabulous advice when I started my academic career and had to present work to panels of other academics....if the panel are commenting on any SPG errors and the use of certain words it's because they have nothing else to criticise. Take it as a compliment as it must mean your ideas and research are sound.