Poll of the Day > 10 y/o North Carolina Kid is PUNISHED cause he kept calling his Teacher MA'AM!!!

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10 y/o Tamarion Wilson, a 5th grade student at North East Carolina Prepartory School in North Carolina was PUNISHED after he kept calling his teacher MA'AM" repeatedly in class after she asked him not to out of "respect"!!

So he was forced to write out MA'AM repeatedly during class as punishment!

His mom, Teretha was shocked when he returned home from the public charter school with the sheet of paper.

The teacher warned the class not to call her "ma'am" although the reason for the prohibition is not clear. The term is sometimes reserved for MARRIED WOMAN or those presumed old enough to have children but in many parts of the South, it is used for woman of all ages.

He was hospitalized last month for a seizure that included hallucinations and memory loss as the teacher was not aware of this. Teresa said the teacher said if she had something to throw at him, she WOULD!!.

The teacher has been there for several years and admitted in a parent conference that she would throw something at him as a joke.

Now Teresa and Bryant, the father said want their son placed in another class and it was granted by the principal.

They raised their children to address their elders as "sir" or "ma'am" as Bryant said "As a father, to feel kind of responsible for that..kknowing that i have been raising him and doing the best i can, it's not acceptable"

Do you ever call men and women "Sir" and "Ma'am"?

The punishment -

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/08/24/14/4F5B46D200000578-0-image-a-12_1535117515793.jpg

Tamarion -

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/08/24/14/4F5B407D00000578-0-image-a-11_1535117388430.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/08/24/14/4F5B400000000578-0-image-m-10_1535117372609.jpg

Parents -

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/08/24/14/4F5B401400000578-0-image-a-13_1535117521231.jpg

School -

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/08/24/14/4F5B717C00000578-0-image-a-16_1535117832158.jpg
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Totally came into this thread expecting the teacher to be a trans man. Instead, I'm just confused. Isn't that how students are supposed to address their teachers who are women? Like even the relatively young and hip teachers were still ma'am and sir.
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It was "Sir"or "miss" for me back at school if we didn't want to use the teachers last name all the time. Hell even now such as at the bank or whatever the worker called me "Mr *insert last name here* and I have no issue at all with it. It seems some folk just want to be offended these days.
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Damn polite kids, ruining everything.
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Golden Road posted...

Totally came into this thread expecting the teacher to be a trans man. Instead, I'm just confused. Isn't that how students are supposed to address their teachers who are women? Like even the relatively young and hip teachers were still ma'am and sir.

dude same.

Not a teacher, but I had this cash register who I saw often who scoldingly told me to stop calling her ma'am. (light heartedly of course)

gues peeps don't like the word ma'am
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He was asked not to do something and kept doing it anyway so.... fair next? However, it's a stupid thing to get mad about in the first place and teachers shouldn't be throwing shit at kids, especially not pre-teens.

Full Throttle posted...

Do you ever call men and women "Sir" and "Ma'am"?

Sir, yes, ma'am, no.

Golden Road posted...

Totally came into this thread expecting the teacher to be a trans man. Instead, I'm just confused. Isn't that how students are supposed to address their teachers who are women? Like even the relatively young and hip teachers were still ma'am and sir.

Usually it was title (Miss or Mrs) + name. Otherwise, you just called them teacher. Sir and Ma'am kinda sounds like some boarding school shit.
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Zeus posted...

He was asked not to do something and kept doing it anyway so.... fair next?

Hey Jimmy stop breathing!
*kid continues to breath*
That does it Jimmy! Give me 1000 lines saying "I won't breath"!
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Just another case of misplaced outrage.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Zeus posted...

He was asked not to do something and kept doing it anyway so.... fair next?

Hey Jimmy stop breathing!
*kid continues to breath*
That does it Jimmy! Give me 1000 lines saying "I won't breath"!

To my knowledge, nobody has ever suffered any sort of health consequences from not saying "ma'am" that are comparable to those associated with not breathing. At worst, you might get a case of OCD or a similar disorder where not saying it results in a panic attack, but in that case that justification would have been presented and probably accepted before this became an issue.

It's a pretty arbitrary thing to punish a kid over, but if somebody tells you they don't want to be called something and you keep calling them that (beyond reasonable forgetfulness), you're pretty clearly being a dick. I'd say it's a bit of an overreaction, but not an unreasonable lesson to teach a kid.
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adjl posted...

-snip-

https://imgur.com/DywrZiB
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Please don't defend the insane teacher.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Zeus posted...

He was asked not to do something and kept doing it anyway so.... fair next?

Hey Jimmy stop breathing!
*kid continues to breath*
That does it Jimmy! Give me 1000 lines saying "I won't breath"!

Because those things are in any way comparable and because teachers have jurisdiction over a child's breathing.
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Used to use sir and ma'am a lot in retail when dealing with anyone, whether it be on the floor or at the register. Sometimes people would say they're too young to be called sir/ma'am but whatever. 99% of people never gave a shit. Teacher is definitely on crack.
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Why are there no pictures of the teacher?
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SunWuKung420 posted...

Why are there no pictures of the teacher?

That's what I'm wondering, how am I supposed to know if she's hot?
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adjl posted...

you keep calling them that (beyond reasonable forgetfulness), you're pretty clearly being a dick.

They said he was suffering from memory loss, right? Because of the seizure...

For me, I do sir for men, ma'am for women, and even sir for certain women. There was one lady who didn't want to be called sir, though... She threw his food... Though some women prefer it for some reason... That being said, I'm also in the military. So, it comes with the territory...

SunWuKung420 posted...

Please don't defend the insane teacher.

I... agree...
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A child is raised to be respectful and is punished for it.


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Fundabz posted...

SunWuKung420 posted...

Why are there no pictures of the teacher?

That's what I'm wondering, how am I supposed to know if she's hot?

Considering the topic, her hotness is surprisingly somewhat relevant.
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LinkPizza posted...

That being said, I'm also in the military.

Army or.... Navy?!

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Keebs05 posted...

A child is raised to be respectful and is punished for it.

"That's a paddling"
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Haha. Nope. Air Force. But the Navy sure does look like fun now.
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That's nothing.
When I was in fifth grade I had to fill a marble composition book with the sentence "I will never forget my blue folder again".
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a truly polite boy should not use contractions. he should have called her madam, not ma'am..
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Why is it always the woman/gals that cry about this things? I've never seen a guy say "I was so offended when he called me Sir!"
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LinkPizza posted...

They said he was suffering from memory loss, right? Because of the seizure...

Because Duckbear, I really don't know. It's not clear whether those symptoms are persisting or not.

Keebs05 posted...

A child is raised to be respectful and is punished for it.

Respectful is calling people what they want to be called, not adhering rigidly to a name that the person doesn't want because it's arbitrarily been deemed the most polite. It's good to have a baseline that most people can be expected to be fine with, and to consistently make an effort to follow it, but if somebody doesn't like being called "ma'am," calling her that stops being respectful.

_AdjI_ posted...

Respectful is calling people what they want to be called, not adhering rigidly to a name that the person doesn't want because it's arbitrarily been deemed the most polite.

Yeah I mean imagine my outrage when this 80 something year old woman said "thanks love" when I held the door open for her. Such disrespect!
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@adjl calling a woman who is older than you "ma'am" is already a sign of respect. The teacher is crazy.
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Yes sir, no sir, sorry sir!
Yes maam, no maam, sorry maam!

Yes Mr. Last Name, no Mr. Last Name, sorry Mr. Last Name!
Yes Miss/Mrs. Last Name, no Miss/Mrs. Last Name, sorry Miss/Mrs. Last Name.

Just about summed up every sentence ever uttered to my teachers growing up...
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People like to act offended.

Trancer Hunter posted...

People like to act offended.

In her mind, she's too young to be a ma'am, which is dumb because it has nothing do to with specific age.
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wwinterj25 posted...

_AdjI_ posted...

Respectful is calling people what they want to be called, not adhering rigidly to a name that the person doesn't want because it's arbitrarily been deemed the most polite.

Yeah I mean imagine my outrage when this 80 something year old woman said "thanks love" when I held the door open for her. Such disrespect!

If she's somebody you see on a regular basis, and you let her know that you're not a fan of being called "love"? Yes, it is disrespectful for her to disregard your feelings on the matter and keep doing so. Good intentions don't mean a thing if you ignore how your audience feels about what you're doing.

SunWuKung420 posted...

@adjl calling a woman who is older than you "ma'am" is already a sign of respect.

Irrelevant. Cultural norms like that will give you a baseline to work from, but treating people respectfully entails taking their individual preferences into account.

It was "Miss" and "Sister" back at school and "Sir" and "Ma'am" at University.

This kind of thing happening to a child is just ridiculous really. What ever happened to common courtesy, common decency and common sense?
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I'm glad Tamarion was placed in a different class, hopefully his new teacher isn't an imbecile like the last one.

_AdjI_ posted...

If she's somebody you see on a regular basis, and you let her know that you're not a fan of being called "love"? Yes, it is disrespectful for her to disregard your feelings on the matter and keep doing so. Good intentions don't mean a thing if you ignore how your audience feels about what you're doing.

It seems it's true. Computers don't understand sarcasm.
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Alexandra_Trent posted...

What ever happened to common courtesy, common decency and common sense?

Indeed. What kind of jackass keeps calling someone by a term that they've specifically asked not to be called by, which flies in the face of common courtesy, common decency, and common sense?
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dainkinkaide posted...

Alexandra_Trent posted...

What ever happened to common courtesy, common decency and common sense?

Indeed. What kind of jackass keeps calling someone by a term that they've specifically asked not to be called by, which flies in the face of common courtesy, common decency, and common sense?

Unless he was really suffering from memory loss...
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wwinterj25 posted...

_AdjI_ posted...

If she's somebody you see on a regular basis, and you let her know that you're not a fan of being called "love"? Yes, it is disrespectful for her to disregard your feelings on the matter and keep doing so. Good intentions don't mean a thing if you ignore how your audience feels about what you're doing.

It seems it's true. Computers don't understand sarcasm.

Nah, your sarcasm was pretty transparent, and demonstrated once again that you just don't get it. The scenario you sarcastically presented is in no way analogous to the one at hand. I amended it to be analogous, demonstrating that you did not have a valid counterpoint.

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_AdjI_ posted...

Cultural norms like that will give you a baseline to work from, but treating people respectfully entails taking their individual preferences into account.

Only relevant to adults. It's a 10 year old who has been raised to use sir and ma'am respectfully. The teacher is making a mountain out of a mole hill.
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