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What the fuck.
I suspect there's nuance or personal nicknames being lost from context here. I strongly doubt a teacher (unless they want to be fired) calls students out like this without prior development of the material.
But I'm sure my take is far too rational for the knee jerk wing of my peers.
Teachers can just be cruel sometimes. Some of my worst bullys in school were teachers. One of my teachers meowed like a cat at my friend in front of the whole class to mock my friend for him meowing.
I don't think there's anything close to room for nuance here. No matter how "friendly" you think you are with your students and how much you think they like you, this is not acceptable behavior from a high school teacher.
Wouldn't it be wierdos, not wierdoes? My autocorrect seems to think so.
Also in the UK, where I'm from, we have standardised testing, when i was a kid the tests were all made by exam boards like AQA, OCR and EdExcel. I believe they still are.
Despite the flaws that come with that it was better than allowing an individual to come up with the test as it removed personal bias and, obviously, derogatory remarks about students in the class.
I have also learned that “weirdos” is hugely offensive and California, USA. Almost as bad as “goof” in parts of Canada (goof means paedo in Canada)
No it doesn't.
Ah, I looked it up. It’s actually prison lingo from a while back.
https://www.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/3qv3cx/is_the_word_goof_a_prison_term_for_child_predator/
I've lived in a handful of different provinces and have family in basically every region of Canada and I have never heard of goof being used that way. Where did you hear that?
Calling someone a goof is just another way to say they're being silly/ ridiculous, which I'm pretty sure is the same way it's used everywhere else.
Oops—it’s prison lingo!
https://www.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/3qv3cx/is_the_word_goof_a_prison_term_for_child_predator/
I call my son a goof when he does something silly! In the UK, it just means silly. The image in my head is of Goofy, the disney character.
Good to know if i ever go to canada.
Also, weirdo is so innocuous in the UK. It wouldn't turn a head. But then i suppose we call people a "cunt" or a "dickhead" and it can be as friendly as saying "love you" or "you are hilarious" and as nasty as saying "die in a fire"
So i suppose i shouldn't be surprised by the nuances found in language even if we are speaking the same language, especially when there's an ocean of space between us.
Oh yeah it’s wild! Both “goof” and “weirdo” are completely innocuous where I am as well!
Fire them.
Holy shit. Reads like the teacher fully lost it.
You should see the “sleeping in class” one. He pseudo-curses in it and talks about how rude it is before going on with the question.
Wants to be in the rubber room and not have to work for the rest of his career?