[glib]

Another day in Woketown and a training session funded by the National Education Union (NEU) has ordered its teachers not to use the words ‘boy and girl’ as it isn’t ‘inclusive’

It has also been recommended children are not exposed to basic vocabulary such as ‘son’ and ‘mother’, as it is ‘exclusionary’, and kids as young as 3 are being told they need to ‘drop Mr & Mrs’ and use ‘Teacher’ instead, to grab the attention of the ‘educational consultant’.

So, Teacher, are the 3 year olds you are refusing to teach basic vocabulary offended?


Pictured ‘Dr’ Elly Barnes MBE, who has demanded students don’t use the words Mr or Mrs

The Union had to pay the grand sum of Ł400 just for Mrs Barnes to tell teachers not to teach kids the word boy and mother

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.d...e-Teacher.html

[Niamh.]

It's a real attack on language at this stage, if we have no way to actually all understand each other things will get very murky

[bitontheslide]

Using terms like Mr & Mrs and Ms is actually being polite and respectful. Take that out of the school and it will make classes a bigger mess than they already are

[LeatherTrumpet]

this has got to be a piss-take

[glib]

Elly Barnes is actually an MBE, which was awarded to her services for ‘equality and diversity’

[Cherie]

What will kids refer to the teacher as if not Miss and Sir

Oh they have to say Teacher...lol

[Livia]

So rather than exclude a tiny minority they're going to exclude a vast majority. Smart...

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Cherie

What will kids refer to the teacher as if not Miss and Sir

Oh they have to say Teacher...lol

This ties into what I was about to say - I thought it stupid when some "think"tank went on about how the terms Sir and Miss aren't equal, because Sir sounds more important ...
But there's nothing inclusive about removing the acknowledgement of sex. Not that I think anyone will take these demands seriously.

[Toy Soldier]

Meanwhile, it seems that every actual, reputable human rights organisation has realised that all sense of anything resembling balance has been lost and is stepping away from Stonewall and this sort of rhetoric...

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Cherie

What will kids refer to the teacher as if not Miss and Sir

Oh they have to say Teacher...lol

To be fair schools here (currently, and at the very least, as far back as when I started school in 1990 ) call teachers Mr/Miss/Mrs Smith etc. which I much prefer to the old fashioned/authoritarian-flavoured "Sir/Miss".

I don't know what they're suppised to do if neither is an option though . "Shazza". "Bob"

[michael21]

Originally Posted by Cherie

What will kids refer to the teacher as if not Miss and Sir

Oh they have to say Teacher...lol

You there

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

To be fair schools here (currently, and at the very least, as far back as when I started school in 1990 ) call teachers Mr/Miss/Mrs Smith etc. which I much prefer to the old fashioned/authoritarian-flavoured "Sir/Miss".

I don't know what they're suppised to do if neither is an option though . "Shazza". "Bob"

Funny thing is if you then called the teacher by their first name,then you'd be in trouble.

Kids can't just call a teacher 'teacher' . It was the same when I was a kid I remember calling teachers "Mr Smith" e.g & "Miss Jones" etc and so on .

[bitontheslide]

its a long long time since i was in school and we didn't use sir/miss then unless the lady was a miss

I think Scotland has an aversion to calling anyone Sir and always has

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

To be fair schools here (currently, and at the very least, as far back as when I started school in 1990 ) call teachers Mr/Miss/Mrs Smith etc. which I much prefer to the old fashioned/authoritarian-flavoured "Sir/Miss".

I don't know what they're suppised to do if neither is an option though . "Shazza". "Bob"

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Funny thing is if you then called the teacher by their first name,then you'd be in trouble.

Kids can't just call a teacher 'teacher' . It was the same when I was a kid I remember calling teachers "Mr Smith" e.g & "Miss Jones" etc and so on .

My brothers kids go to a gaelscoil which is an Irish speaking school and they call their teachers múinteoir Sarah etc which mean Teacher and then the teachers first name

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

My brothers kids go to a gaelscoil which is an Irish speaking school and they call their teachers múinteoir Sarah etc which mean Teacher and then the teachers first name

That's interesting I didn't know that .
I can't imagine kids in other places being allowed to say the teacher's first name, even if they put "Teacher" before it .

[LeatherTrumpet]

when i was at school it was Sir and Miss

[glib]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

when i was at school it was Sir and Miss

We aren’t in the 60s anymore

[Alf]

When I went to school Sir made me do PE in my underpants. We sang hymns and said prayers. The headmaster would set the cock of the school on any bullies or alternatively tan your arse with a slipper.

Great days!

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

It's a real attack on language at this stage, if we have no way to actually all understand each other things will get very murky

Most people thankfully will call this bollocks out and they'll have to reverse the decision.

I do agree with you though Niamh.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Alf

When I went to school Sir made me do PE in my underpants. We sang hymns and said prayers. The headmaster would set the cock of the school on any bullies or alternatively tan your arse with a slipper.

Great days!

How odd to feel nostalgic about abuse...welcome to conditioning.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

How odd to feel nostalgic about abuse...welcome to conditioning.

It was old school style of abuse, before abuse got such a bad name.

[Alf]

So what if these kids are asked what their favourite TV show is and it just so happens that one kids favourite show is Mr & Mrs?

Do they have to stop liking that show as their favourite because those words are offensive to some selfish bastards out there?

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Alf

So what if these kids are asked what their favourite TV show is and it just so happens that one kids favourite show is Mr & Mrs?

Do they have to stop liking that show as their favourite because those words are offensive to some selfish bastards out there?

Let's not take this so seriously - no-one's going to listen to her, it's not gonna catch on. Just laugh at the weirdo who thinks she can erase language.