Posted on 08/24/2018 2:29:33 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Fifth-grade boy is made to write 'ma'am' repeatedly as punishment for calling his teacher by the term of respect after she asked him not to
A fifth-grade boy has been punished for calling his teacher 'ma'am' after she asked him not to use the term of respect.
Student Tamarion Wilson, 10, was made to write out the word 'ma'am' repeatedly during class on Tuesday at North East Carolina Preparatory School in Tarboro, North Carolina.
His mother Teretha Wilson was shocked when he returned home from the public charter school with the sheet of paper, for her to sign in order to complete the punishment.
'I asked him what happened. He said he got in trouble for saying "yes ma'am",' the mother told ABC 11.
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I think it’s something that happens more in the South than in the rest of the country. I grew up in the Northeast and we were never taught to say “ma’am” or “sir”. We called all elders Mr., Miss or Mrs.
I hope the teacher pays a price for such stupid orders.
I want to clarify my previous post to ExTexasRedhead. After my post she PM’d me & clarified her post. I understand now why she wrote such a strong post. She has been involved for a long time and documented what she has seen. After mailing each other I realize we have a lot in common.
I applaud her for her activism. Education is in crisis & I don’t see a happy ending. So many things are too far gone. Unless of course there are a couple million ExTexasRedheads out there. And there aren’t.
I will toast her with a glass of wine tonight for her untiring work. L’chaim!
“damned if you do - damned if you don’t”
I would have been punished if I HADN’T called her ma’am. Because that’s the way I was raised.
How did you do that?
Not only that, he comes from an intact African American family teaching their son to be polite and productive...oh the horror!/s
Marcie always called Peppermint Patty “sir”—which drove Peppermint Patty nuts.
He should say “Yes, b***h”
Amen, Morgana. Did you see his picture? What an adorable, clean cut little gentleman. This boy has manners! That teacher is a clown. I would be livid!!
This is a charter school. The teachers are supposed to be the best of the best the system has to offer. Looks like we have a cowardly bully who belongs in an inner city public school with thugs referring to her as ‘ho’ and ‘bitch’ just before beating her to a pulp.
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