Anyone think that "who is your best friend?" is a good subject to learn about bar charts?

[DraculaNeedsArteries]

Cos when you find out that you child is only named twice it makes you

But then to see that the class brat has o makes you go

Actually BOT I did that deliberately (even though I admit I did think it), waiting for someone to pick up on it (thought someone would have by now).

The 2/3 points I was trying to make were

1. The poor children that don't come top
2. Parents feeling bad when they see that their child is not the most popular
3. Parents seeing that "the classbrat that nobody likes" is "Billy no mates" and having a good smirk at that fact.

And yess I will admit that I did think #3...it is natural...

we are clearly not alike

not strange at all janeite, my comment was slightly tongue in cheek but i do think the teacher was way out of line. Subtleties obviously lost on you though.

not strange at all janeite, my comment was slightly tongue in cheek but i do think the teacher was way out of line. Subtleties obviously lost on you though.

If my son's class had done this he would have had zero. Not because he is horrid or unpopular but because he doesn't tend to make close friends.

I would have been spitting.

Can I ask what school year this is, Dracular?

DS would probably not prove too popular, but I doubt he would be bothered; he only likes 2 children in his class, and one of them can't speack English.

Mmmm - subtle, eh?

It is Yr3.....very sensitive age IME (so far)

Year 3 is a sensitive age.

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In some schools, Year 3 marks the beginning of juniors. In our primary, it heralds a slightly different way of teaching and the children seem to grow up quite a lot.

Year 3 is when they stop all just piling in together and start to make groups of friends (or cliques). It's when you are most likely to hear "I am not working with her".

What was wrong with favourite colours - it would have instantly given a lovely way to decorate the bars?

I do however think it is on for eyerolling rather than complaining - unless it is a symptom of a school culture of bullying or someone got really upset.