You are right....there is no excuse for rudeness.

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This teacher should be fired..

I remember in 6th grade the teacher asked a question.I raised my hand I knew the answer ,I was excited I knew the answer HE stopped everything and gave me a speach in front of all the kids saying Im just a drop in the bucket.
Then in 3rd year The teacher had a bunch of kids sitting around a table.She was having us all read.She stopped and made fun of the way I read that.I said my last teacher said I read good.she said no you dont you cant read.I remember I hated her ever since.

words like that can damage that childs self esteem
in an instant. And to be on going... ridiculous
I spent hours on a drawing I did in the thrid grade... the teacher accused me of lying.. she said that my mom had to have
done it for me. Mom didn' .. I worked hard and thought it
was a wonderful picture of one of Grandma's dahlias.

i don't remember much from elementary, but being called a
flat out liar by one of my teachers... ive never ever forgotten that.

I still cry or almost cry when I think about my sixth grade teacher telling me the afternoon of our big concert (all schools) in a big downtown auditorium that she didn't want me to sing but just mouth the words and turn the pages for the other kids. My mom had made me a new dress and I was so excited....until then. I didn't go.
I know I have a terrible voice but didn't until then but I love to sing.

In my area, a bus driver duct-taped a kid's mouth for talking on the bus. He's been fired. Hope that teacher gets the same thing. Sticks and stones may hurt my bones...

-20% means she got 80% which is generally a B grade. So I guess I am the only one seeing the irony.

Every story has 3 sides...... what one person said,what another said and the truth. We are only being told one side.

By the sixth grade some teachers get creative with staying connected to their students. If he just singled out the one girl I would agree it was wrong. But if the rest of his class "gets" his humor it may just be a mother's problem. No one has said anything about how the girl feels. She may be fine with it and the mother may be a bigger problem than the teacher.

One of my son's favorite teachers was a male who was similar in his speech. He related to the kids by adopting their "tude. Not all the time but enough to lighten things up. All the kids loved him and they really learned from him because they listened.

There is a big difference in calling someone a loser and the way middle school kids are apt to use it joking around with each other. There is "you loser" LOL and then there is you are nothing but a loser. Loser used alone usually means the former. Even grown men in the workplace are apt to use the term as long as the PC police aren't around. It's humor.

This sort of reminds me of that movement telling teachers they could no longer use red ink to grade papers because the red ink was too aggressive and harmful to self-esteem or some BS. They were instructed to use purple or some other color because it was "friendlier".

Wildchild, I cannot think of any way for a teacher to write "loser" on a paper would be ok. That is unprofessional, to say the least.

Well reports are coming out that the girl is receiving texts and facebook threats from her peers.

The mother herself is responsible for making her DD into the real loser. Stupid stupid woman should have kept the media out of it. She could have simply asked for a transfer before getting her panties in a wad and going to the media. She has ruined her DD's social life for the next 3 years all because she doesn't get sarcasm or humor.I feel so bad for the little girl.

Seems to be no father in this picture either. Just the sketchy looking mother.

Kids on Facebook.com/news13 are blogging that they adore this teacher and he jokes with everyone.

Here is a link that might be useful: Parents Defend Teacher

Sorry, I don't agree that the teacher is staying connected with his students.

I still cringe when I remember my eighth grade teacher saying in a voice for all to hear "What! You don't know how to divide fractions?" Put me off math for the rest of my school years. I wasn't the only one who was the target of this man. Another student had trouble with spelling and received a similar nasty remark. Wound up my mother, and four other mothers went to the principal's office to complain about his method.

Just reading what he said does make it hard to decide, as we don't know the tone he used. In my case and the other four students it was sheer mockery and downgrading.

There are two sides to every story, and I'm sure there may be more to this than meets the eye, but an honestly good teacher would not write comments like that on a school assignment. Also, just because alot of kids like this guy doesn't mean he is a good teacher. And for goodness sake, Wildchild, what does not having a father in the picture have to do with anything?

I can't believe anyone would defend this jerk!! Why should the kid have to uproot herself and transfer, and I agree with Barb on what the heck difference does it make if the child has father in the picture? The teacher is the adult, should be professional, and is way out of line.

As obvious from previous posters, the cruel things that teachers did when they were young still bothers them years later. I myself had my share of sadistical teachers, and the remarks still sting over 40 years later!!

I think all of us with children have dealt with teachers/children problems. I don't agree with what the teacher wrote, but not with texing etc sometimes a small problem blows out of proportation. I personally would not tell the world about it, but the damage has been done and I think Mom should keep her mouth shut to the world. Mom should have talked to the principal/teacher/board of education, not the world.

And for goodness sake, Wildchild, what does not having a father in the picture have to do with anything?

A male perspective might have kept emotional mommy from running to the press for one.

This teacher has been teaching for 12 years at that school without complaints. All the kids seem to love him. He nicknames all the kids and they call him T-Rex. The other students have posted that he writes "loser" on papers are done well. Many of the students he teaches are gifted. He has never put derogatory statements are papers that are lacking. They have also said that he is the one teacher that will go the extra mile to help students having trouble with their work. They say he jokes a lot but knows when to get serious. They have a lot of respect for him and past students ave posted they learn from him.

The problem seems to be with just this one parent.

I just love the way the media has played this. That is NOT a failing paper. The picture of the girl looks to be a few years old. Her Facebook profile shows a normal almost teen wearing make-up, big earring etc. not a little kid who looks around 8. LOL

A friend of the girl's post hints strongly that the girl wasn't upset. It was her mother that was.

What kind of mother takes it to the media and causes her poor child to be the subject of ridicule? She could have handled it with the school and the teacher directly. That child will forever be known in that community as the one whose mommy went on TV to air her grievance because of perceived hurt feelings.

The whole thing has gone viral on the net with a country judging a man on the basis of a "human interest" media clip.

The teacher has apologized to the mother. now it's time for her to apologize to many, starting with her DD.

I am in no way convinced that this teacher is "loved by all" except by this student. I would bet serious money that he's had trouble with other kids, and that he probably picks on insecure kids and butters up the more popular kids. I have seen many, many teachers who do that. I have seen (in my area), teachers who have been convicted of inappropriate sexual behavior towards students, and STILL have lots of students sticking up for them and singing their praises.

Kids are not always emotionally developed enough to understand that most people who are inappropriate in some situations are appropriate in other situations and in other relationships. They think that if their own experience is positive, or even if it just isn't negative, that there can't be a problem elsewhere. And, there are more dynamics that play into situations play out- too many to go into here.

There is no way a caring professional shouldn't see that he was hurting that child. He was completely inappropriate and unprofessional- even abusive, and it's not helpful to distract from his behavior by blaming the mother. This guy does a disservice to all the good teachers out there.

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If what you are saying is true Wildchild , it does look like a case of (once again) the media picking and choosing their facts and looking more like the National Enquirer.
I am not defending this teacher but I do understand what happened if what you have discovered, is true.

I've noticed the kids constantly call each other names at school whether they have done something well or not. Sure they congratulate each other but it has been a regular way of talk for several years to hear them use derogatory language to praise each other. I personally think its immature, but, they are immature.

Maybe this gal had been doing poorly and by getting an 80% he gave her -his idea of a high five and it went over like a rock with her mom. I don't know, but I suspect the whole picture is not being presented. IMO, the teacher should come up with his own ideas of praise and leave the slang to the kids to grow out of.
In it's own way it's funny but in this instance I can see where the teacher was taking his chances and it backfired.
I remember the word LOSER becoming common when the movie Shrek first came out. I had the theme song on my cell phone.