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17 Jun 2014, 5:14 pm

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/mothe ... 396jg.html - Not sure what to make of this....


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17 Jun 2014, 5:31 pm

That... is one messed-up teacher, and I think this is dangerously close to sexual assault.



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18 Jun 2014, 1:06 am

In Australia that would be classified as a breach of human rights. The teacher can't technically do this without consent.



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18 Jun 2014, 5:40 am

cyberdad wrote:
In Australia that would be classified as a breach of human rights. The teacher can't technically do this without consent.


Breach of human rights and also criminal assault, I would have thought.

This is messed up on lots of different levels, actually.



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18 Jun 2014, 2:48 pm

Isn't it the teachers job to prevent, or at least try to prevent, this child from being picked on? And to educate the other children as to why this childs armpit hair is a non-issue



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18 Jun 2014, 4:22 pm

khaoz wrote:
Isn't it the teachers job to prevent, or at least try to prevent, this child from being picked on? And to educate the other children as to why this childs armpit hair is a non-issue


You'd think. It's never actually like that in reality. They either don't care enough to do anything about it, or mishandle the situation and make it worse. I've only met a small handful of teachers who actually perform their tasks the way they were ideally intended to.


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18 Jun 2014, 7:53 pm

Yet another abuse of a speacial needs kid by a teacher. I think parents with speacial needs children should really consider homeschooling.



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19 Jun 2014, 3:25 pm

That is just weird.I'd be pissed if someone did that to one of my kids.
I had a first grade teacher tie a string to a loose tooth I had,then she tied the other end of the string to a doorknob and slammed the door.I never liked her much after that.I was always suspicious she would do something else to freak me out.


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20 Jun 2014, 12:10 pm

It was a life skills class and shaving is part of the curriculum. I wonder if the child consented and the parent didn't?



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20 Jun 2014, 1:11 pm

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It was a life skills class and shaving is part of the curriculum. I wonder if the child consented and the parent didn't?


I don't think so because the daughter was extremely upset by the incident and said previously that she didn't want to shave after seeing her mother do it to her own armpits.

Ugh teachers, they think they're always right.



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20 Jun 2014, 6:10 pm

When my mother was in school in the 1970s, teachers could hit students, cut their hair, and take off their nail polish.


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22 Jun 2014, 7:41 pm

So help me, if a teacher shaved my daughter's armpits without my consent, I would make it my mission in life to see to it that that teacher was fired - if not banned from the teaching profession.


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23 Jun 2014, 1:58 am

I actually spoke with a teacher today and she explained that the girl in question was enrolled in what we classify here as a "special school" where among other things the children are taught life skills. The teacher legitimately thought it was ok as she asked the student's permission to demonstrate shaving one's armpit in front of the class (apparently this was not reported by the journalist). What transpired, however, was the student felt humiliated during the demonstration and perhaps the teacher should have used better judgement before subjecting the poor student to what is clearly an embarrassing experience.



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23 Jun 2014, 2:49 am

cyberdad wrote:
I actually spoke with a teacher today and she explained that the girl in question was enrolled in what we classify here as a "special school" where among other things the children are taught life skills. The teacher legitimately thought it was ok as she asked the student's permission to demonstrate shaving one's armpit in front of the class (apparently this was not reported by the journalist). What transpired, however, was the student felt humiliated during the demonstration and perhaps the teacher should have used better judgement before subjecting the poor student to what is clearly an embarrassing experience.


And what has shaving your armpits to do with "lifeskills"? O_o We dont live in the 19th century anymore, so luckily woman can now be treated as humans as well, which means that life skills should be about things you need to know, to live on your own. Shaving your armpits is simply a fashion stuff, and actually becoming a barbie should no longer be a "life-skill" for a woman. O_o What else do they learn in that school? High-heels walking, applying nail colours and giggling? O_o



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23 Jun 2014, 2:56 am

Schneekugel wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
I actually spoke with a teacher today and she explained that the girl in question was enrolled in what we classify here as a "special school" where among other things the children are taught life skills. The teacher legitimately thought it was ok as she asked the student's permission to demonstrate shaving one's armpit in front of the class (apparently this was not reported by the journalist). What transpired, however, was the student felt humiliated during the demonstration and perhaps the teacher should have used better judgement before subjecting the poor student to what is clearly an embarrassing experience.


And what has shaving your armpits to do with "lifeskills"? O_o We dont live in the 19th century anymore, so luckily woman can now be treated as humans as well, which means that life skills should be about things you need to know, to live on your own. Shaving your armpits is simply a fashion stuff, and actually becoming a barbie should no longer be a "life-skill" for a woman. O_o What else do they learn in that school? High-heels walking, applying nail colours and giggling? O_o

Agree with your post



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23 Jun 2014, 6:19 pm

Schneekugel wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
I actually spoke with a teacher today and she explained that the girl in question was enrolled in what we classify here as a "special school" where among other things the children are taught life skills. The teacher legitimately thought it was ok as she asked the student's permission to demonstrate shaving one's armpit in front of the class (apparently this was not reported by the journalist). What transpired, however, was the student felt humiliated during the demonstration and perhaps the teacher should have used better judgement before subjecting the poor student to what is clearly an embarrassing experience.


And what has shaving your armpits to do with "lifeskills"? O_o We dont live in the 19th century anymore, so luckily woman can now be treated as humans as well, which means that life skills should be about things you need to know, to live on your own. Shaving your armpits is simply a fashion stuff, and actually becoming a barbie should no longer be a "life-skill" for a woman. O_o What else do they learn in that school? High-heels walking, applying nail colours and giggling? O_o


I agree with you on this one. That is very old school and very vapid. Shaving armpits and femininity have nothing to do with life skills. I feel it's more important that banking, budgeting and job searching be taught. If anybody ever did that to me when I was 14, I would have twisted their wrist. I wouldn't do that now, but I was a different person when I was 14. What do they teach the young men in that class? How to make whey protein shakes and flex their muscles? I'd rather learn that stuff.


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