Teacher Writes "Loser" On Students Assignments....

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Teaching is a very noble profession. I have many friends that are teachers as well know a few of you on here that are credits to their profession. This character who called the kid a "loser" is not a credit and I don't care if it was a joke, it is so not funny. The guy needs to be fired and should not be teaching young children, this coould be so detrimental to their psychological growth. Think back is there a teacher you had that actually singled you out and embarasshed you in front of your peers? I can understand that some teachers want to get to the kids level, well these were 6th graders and the guy is an immature *%$. I work in health care and you know if I ever talked to a patient especially a pediatric patient like that my rear would be fired so fast I would not know what hit me and I would lose my nursing license. Why on earth would a school district put up with that! If I was a parent of a child in his class I would get them out of them fast!!! It's horrid that an adult would say that to a child let alone put it on a paper to let his parents see. The guy probally thinks now he is a celebrity now all of this is hitting the wires of the internet.
 
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I doubt that any of the kids in the gifted program have learning disabilities. And joking typically is not considered verbal abuse. And, I am from the ghetto and my mom behaved with perfect decorum at all times. I resent your stereotype.

Actually, gifted kids are just as likely to have learning disabilities, or to be emotionally sensitive as any other kid.
 
Thanks SS! I was getting tired of defending my position myself!

Yes there is a lack of respect but it is both ways; at the University it was common for the students to address professors by their first names. When I asked the students about it they said the profs were ok with it and why did I insist on calling them Dr. whatever.... I told them it was an issue of respect and they were the teachers, not our friends. They are the authority figure and the 'in charge' person so by calling them by their first name puts them on the same level as the students. Not acceptable with me.

I am friends with some of my past professors and it is STILL difficult to call them by their first names! Even when I have lunch with them!
 
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It is funny you mention this because I sometimes struggle with what to call my professors. Most of mine have always asked to be called by their first name. If the teacher does have a PhD. , it is a little easier to know how to address them because it sounds more appropriate to call them "Dr." than "Ms,. Mr., Mrs.", especially when some of them are younger than me and a lot of other students. The vast majority though will tell you straight out to use their first name. I don't think it is as much a respect issue as in K-12 because you are talking about two adults, not an adult and a child. Most of my professors have been very real down to earth people and as I said, I have had a lot that are only in their early to mid 20's. If I referred to them as "Mrs.", they would look at me like I was crazy.
 
Speaking as an old codger, if I were to enroll in a college class, I would likely be as old or older than many of the professors. I certainly know several neighbors who are ASU professors who are younger than I am. Likely if I KNEW the person I would continue to call them by whatever name I already call them; however, in class I would refer to them by the appropriate title. When I introduce my grandchildren to adults I always introduce them using the adult's title. At the very least it is "Miss Katie" or "Miss Doreen." But only if I know that is how the person prefers to be addressed. If in dout it would be Mrs. Smith or Dr. Jones. However, I would expect the same courtesy extended to me. It annoys me when a complete stranger such as a waitress or airport porter expects to be on a first name basis immediately. I don't want to go back to the old days of almost everyone calling each other "title lastname," but neither do I think we should completely abandon formality.
 
Yeah, I agree. I think we should respect how they want to be addressed. I understand the formality and respect issue. I also think it is a respect issue if they ask to be addressed with their first name (which most seem to do) and we insist on addressing them with "Mr., Ms., etc..". I think you should always address someone in the way *they* want to be addressed.
 
I like comfy, casual, funny, silly, zany, first name basis kind of living. I would rather be laid to rest than to have to live with endless stuffy rules and formalities and have to refer to everyone I meet by their last name. This isn't the 40s.

That's just me. Everyone else can be as uptight as they like. I can't do it.

And I work in corporate. I tone down my real personality but it leaks through. And you know what- people respond to the honesty. Life is too short to make it a formal affair. Let's have fun.
 
No..its not the 40's..but i find thats part of the big problem....
You see..America has lost alot of their values and morals.. (to the point that a teacher thinks its "cool" to call a kid a loser... )
And it shows in ALOT of todays children....IMO
 
If going back to the 40s means that villiagers are going to gather with pitchforks every time someone makes a joke, then I am all for progress.
 

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