I encourage this type of education.
Kids need to be held accountable for their actions, just like everyone else.

Normalize humility

How dare you try to humanise my horrid spawn!

Expensive pirate school

I would be sooooo tempted to respond "well this explains where they get it from".

That sounds like a fun career change, cool beards, getting to hang out in the Caribbean, chests of gold.

I’ll be joining the pirate school next semester

“unacceptable language”

i’d wager that this parent’s gripe is not about the word “bozo” but that their child’s behavior was criticized.

accountability is not abuse.

Never happened, but still funny.

Had to look up the derivation 'for fun'. - 1920, "muscular low-IQ male," originally appearing in boxing slang (compare bimbo).

Yeah you thought I was joking. These are the assholes ripping your bosses boss off in the future. Even the pirates‘ clothing sucks nowadays. Burning beard? Best I can do is a fucking vape. And the worst part ? I went to a pirate school

Idk but IB regulations are kinda like this, and ive heard of people actually taking other students/teachers to court over shit. IB is the most fucked up school you could choose ever, do not choose it(speaking from experience). So if your child wants to go on an international line its much better to get some government scolarship kindof thing if thats possible.

I don't believe this with the sole reason being "surely they wouldn't cry to their parents about being called a bozo"

And I bet he's too terrified to tell them.

I can't imagine where he learned to be an entitled little shit…

Probably didn't say a word about it

In what world is it OK to text a teacher? Like how does this person even know their teacher’s phone number? This conversation is exactly what parent teacher conferences are for.

Post office clerks put up signs saying "Position closed"

What?

Hard to buy aha, why would parents have the phone numbers of school teachers?

Apparently the derivation goes back to vaudeville and stereotypes about immigrants:

"Bozo" was in fact a personal name among immigrants to the United States from Serbian and Croatian regions. It seems likely that vaudeville's Bozo originated from this immigrant name and stereotypes surrounding eastern Europeans (akin to the use of palooka to refer to an oafish boxer, probably related to the Polish name Paluka).

https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/wordroutes/where-does-bozo-come-from-lets-not-clown-around/

That poor kid is probably so abused by the parents to make him so anxious.

The terms bozo and bimbo are not exactly pedagogical tools.

And Doofus is a cultural icon to some.

The kid may not have cried about it, but may have only made a passing remark, possibly not even to the parents, who may have overheard and overreacted. It may or may not have happened, but its totally believable.

The majority of my daughter's teachers in primary and middle school gave out their numbers. Not all, and it wasn't a requirement, but the majority.

Not that I ever used them. Teachers work hard enough, they don't need to be available 24x7.

That’s beyond strange to me. The only time I’ve ever used my personal phone for work purposes was the one job I had where they paid for it.

Maybe they're a family of clowns, and they consider "Bozo" to be a racial epithet against their people.

small private schools

Often there are apps specific for school, which I think is totally reasonable. (Although I'd like the schools to use less proprietary software and more open).

Its like when i was in high school when people would say "aww feck" and teachers would swear jar us, or tell us off.
So everybody just said fuck instead, if your gonna bitch about us "swearing" and using alternate words to comply with your "appropriate language" we might as well make it worth the 25 cents

And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats

Bloody love that song

Bozo dubbed over.

Apparently unpopular opinion but I don't think teachers should call students names

I went to an IB school 25+ years ago, didn't seem that crazy then. I'm curious how time has changed this

Maybe they're followers of a clown religion where Clown, Bozo the is considered a holy figure? It'd be like taking the Lord's name in vain!

This is such a non insult that your view is hilarious. Oh no a child has been exposed to the world's most mild of insults heaven forbid.

I’m very curious with a vested interest, as my young’un is going to a school with both IB and other types of qualifications on offer to study. How is IB flawed in comparison to, say, GCSE or A levels? Would value any insight.

I get the distinct impression being yelled at by his parents are why he was so nervous of speaking in public. It was the case for me as a kid

Its gotta be this one. I’ve got three members of my family with registered clown personas, and they'd be happy as clams to be called bozo, but correct you to their actual stage name.

People like you are a big reason republicans view liberals so poorly. Bozo? Really…I had a teacher call a kid retarded in 3rd grade. The parents pulled the kid out of the school and the teacher was fired, but bozo? God damn it

It happens so much sadly. I remember a classmate of mine getting a 9 out of 10 on an exam and when he heard that he started stabbing himself with the pointy end of a compass because it wasn't a 10 out of 10. Apparently the poor guy was chastised at home if he didn't get a 9,5 at the least.

Eh, if it's about their behavior, not them, then that little tinge of embarrassment at doing something antisocial or disruptive stings more when they know they're being a little shit and reminds them to do better. People judge adults acting up all the time, at least with kids there's time for feedback to have an effect

That's a bingo. Same here.

Nah, no need to drag disabled people into this thing about a student being a Bozo

Man. If my kids teacher ever contacted me like this, you can be damned sure my kid would be disciplined appropriately. Most likely a reduction of privileges until the teacher acknowledged that their behavior had improved. This kind of shit would never fly in my house.

Luckily my kids were all very well behaved and conscientious about their schooling.

If you take insults away from teachers you better let them carry pistols. You cant send them into the classroom with no way to defend themselves.

Just American things I guess