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I was unsure whether to place this on school forum or here, but I thought given "social skills" it was more appropriate here...

I'm in 6th form this year, and my English teacher has a pregnant wife at present. He had the photo of his babies ultrasound as his desktop and when he hooked it up to the projector it came up(obviously) and that was normal.

A few weeks later, a girl in our class(one of the smarter/smartest) said that the ultrasound looked like a rat, which was met by roars of laughter.

Lo and behold, it did. Simply due to the babies position at the time the parts shaded white had the definite features of a rat. Not even vague, if you looked at the part of the image in question, you would have said 'that's a rat' without a second thought.

Anyway, that banter continued for a few more days and then I thought my teacher was getting a bit sick of it so I attempted to divert the whole situation, I asked him what he was going to call the baby.

He said he didn't know if it was a boy or a girl yet, so wasn't naming it. Just then the person behind me asked what the name was of the person who turned into a rat on harry potter?

Peter Pettigrew! I yelled in between fits of laughter. Straight after that the teacher looked at me with a cold stare and said "You're bordering on offensive now David"

That was yesterday. Today people brought it up again and I can tell he's getting sick of it, which no-one else seems to get(which is unusual because it's normally the other way around) and I blurted out, "don't all ultrasounds look like rats?" in an effort to defuse the situation.

I'm not sure whether I should apologise to him about it, or whether he's forgotten already, or whether bringing it up again would be a bad idea. What should I do? Sorry for long post

Dunno, probably shouldn't do anything. Laugh if it's funny but try not to add anything in, even trying to defuse it like that could cause misinterpretation. Apologize if you really feel bad. Otherwise just stay off the radar, what can be done?

How about writing a sincere note saying you empathize with your teacher and are sorry if your intent to diffuse the situation didn't work. This teacher may be hurt inside, but wise enough to know to remain silent in hopes students will drop it. Maybe you have classmates who would like to sign your note with you but are remaining quiet just like the teacher.

It sounds like the whole class was bordering on being offensive. Why pick you out for a clever remark?

I learned a long time ago that I'm useless at diffusing most situations, even with humor, so I don't bother.

He is feeling happy about his new child and excited. He is sharing that and wants those feelings reflected back at him. Maybe point out how exciting and interesting it is to see the development of his baby. You can also apologize.