As a boy who was one of the shortest in 7th grade

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Aug 21, 2019
4:00:46pm

gurt All-American

That’s freakin messed up

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Son came home sad on his 2nd day of 7th grade. His science teacher had kids line up tallest to shortest to illustrate

BlueBlood94 All-American

8/21/19 3:46pm

Yeah not the best idea.

Grit for Brains

8/21/19 3:48pm

Yeah. The teacher apparently wasn't thinking. Your son will survive.

Benfica1

8/21/19 5:15pm

Kids will make fun of him for being short anyway. Didn't help for the teacher

SandYFan

8/21/19 3:48pm

Overreaction

stoils

8/21/19 3:48pm

The teacher probably should not have done it, but I think it is best to teach the kid

Sea Chicken

8/21/19 3:49pm

That's what I did. It doesn't help that he's shy, sensitive, and already emotional. He's a good kid, was actually

BlueBlood94

8/21/19 3:57pm

Harmless and shouldn’t overreact.

TayPower

8/21/19 3:49pm

But, does he have a full head of hair?

A_blue_car

8/21/19 3:49pm

Tell your kid he has to find the tallest kid in class tomorrow, walk up and sucker punch him. That'll restore order.

Tokolosh

8/21/19 3:49pm

7th grade kids are demons. Doesn't matter what you do, you'll be made fun of

Cougarclaw

8/21/19 3:49pm

If hasn't gotten over the fact that he is shortest by now, I don't know

Baron

8/21/19 3:50pm

In his elementary school he was never bullied or picked on. Was actually voted to leadership council and very popular.

BlueBlood94

8/21/19 4:00pm

Being made fun of because he is short is not bullied or really mean.

Baron

8/21/19 4:03pm

Dang, I was really hoping this story ended with him destroying the tallest kid

David Lo Pan

8/21/19 3:50pm

RE: Son came home sad on his 2nd day of 7th grade. His science teacher had kids line up tallest to shortest to

spugeddy24

8/21/19 3:51pm

I mean that statement isn't even true. I guess it is for kids but overall

JuicyJam

8/21/19 3:52pm

Exactly, any science teacher should know that tug-of-war is all about leverage

A_blue_car

8/21/19 3:54pm

Go to school website. Make a poster board that lines up teacher photos.

JAGA97

8/21/19 3:53pm

Teacher should have known better. Best practices say that kids should not be

mrphotogenic

8/21/19 3:53pm

Misread your subject line...

m0resn0w

8/22/19 10:06am

Was the teacher's hypothesis correct?

IceBlueCoug

8/21/19 3:53pm

Have him start training BJJ and he will learn skill is more important than size

Zedhead

8/21/19 3:53pm

That was a terrible idea...

EEcougar

8/21/19 3:54pm

Dumb activity

Hoosier77

8/21/19 3:54pm

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Buffalo

8/21/19 3:55pm

Harmless

Backcountry

8/21/19 3:57pm

Not Optimal - Not the end of the World. Hard things are growing opportunities.

ClackamasCoug

8/21/19 4:00pm

As a boy who was one of the shortest in 7th grade

gurt

8/21/19 4:00pm

I would feel a little sad if it was my kid too. Because it’s my kid. But I

Gerald-DeGroot

8/21/19 4:01pm

Probably not a good idea, but definitely not worth escalating.

NWCoug

8/21/19 4:01pm

I was 5' 1" on the last day of 7th grade and I was 5' 9" on the first day of 8th

Shihan

8/21/19 4:06pm

"long pants" That's a term I haven't heard in a while! Love it.

TayPower

8/21/19 4:52pm

Well, the long pants looked more like shorts when I put them on.

Shihan

8/23/19 9:09am

Kids will make fun of anything.

KingDave

8/21/19 4:08pm

Sure. But do they really need the teachers help?

JAGA97

8/21/19 4:09pm

Of course not

KingDave

8/21/19 4:31pm

I was as tall as I am now in 7th grade.

Freeagent12

8/21/19 4:08pm

This was me as well. I was 5'11" in 7th grade. Played center in bball.

marticorp

8/22/19 12:06pm

Haha, guy in my ward now was like that

stoils

8/22/19 12:54pm

7th grade sucks. I'm sorry this happened, but it was probably pretty innocent

The Machine

8/21/19 4:23pm

Sometimes the truth (science) hurts. Let it go.

coolblue

8/21/19 4:24pm

RE: Sometimes the truth (science) hurts. Let it go.

Q-grr

8/21/19 5:01pm

Just tell him he will get over being short

stoils

8/22/19 9:51am

This is a teaching moment, that not everything is what it seems.....

BYU Grounds

8/22/19 12:27pm

Now let's compare grades from tallest to shortest. Maybe it'll make him feel

Powerbait DPM studnt

8/22/19 12:49pm

Introduce him to wrestling.

WashingtonCoug

8/22/19 3:25pm

RE: Introduce him to wrestling.

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