My son tells me he has trouble learning from a teacher that is fat, should I just have him taken out of that?

Question

class? He is failing her class and feels that a teacher with less heaviness would be better for him.

Whoever gave this question a thumbs down is very arrogant!

Answer 1

Just tell him ...
son listen to me carfully I want you to form a group against fat people , and one of your major objective of the group is to get the fat people to get fit , and you know what you all start with your teacher ... :)

Answer 2

Are you stupid? Someone’s weight does not effect how someone learns your son clearly has a problem and that’s what you should deal with. Do you want him to grow up with prejudices against any person, people come in all different sizes and more in this world, it’s something he will have to deal with. I myself had several plump teachers in my day. Teachers are either good or their bad, it has nothing to do with their weight, race or anything. Are the other students in the class doing well, if they are then again you son has a problem, if they aren’t doing welling then its probably the teacher but again not due to her being overweight.

No one is arrogant for giving this question a hands down, I’d say the person who submit this question is pretty arrogant that they even think of removing their child from a class because the child feel they’d do better with a slimmer teacher talk about conceited

Answer 3

If he had said that she's a bad teacher, that's a whole different story. If many other kids are also failing the class, it's also a valid argument.
However, his argument is ridiculous. He has not done his work, now he's blaming the teacher's weight. It is hard on you, but you should let him stay in the class. If he fails, it will teach him that he needs to do his work. Will he quit his job one day because his colleague has facial hair? Or leave his wife because he got stretch marks? Is that the kind of person you want to raise?
You should teach him some responsibility and tolerance, instead of fostering irresponsible capricious behavior.

Answer 4

You're best bet is to leave him in the class. There is something else going on beside a fat teacher. He probably does not get the attention HE thinks he should get and is blaming the FAT teacher. I'm a fat teacher, and I've never had that reason stated as being a problem for not learning in class.

Answer 5

As a parent myself I would feel that if my child was failing a class and used that excuse that the teacher was too fat for him to learn from . If I were to condone that explanation I would be allowing the child to not take responsibility for his OWN actions and failures , and that might teach him that its ok to blame others for his own wrongdoing. thus producing a member of society who feels that the world should be just the way that he wants it to be , and that is an unreasonable outlook in todays diverse world he needs to be more dynamic.

Answer 6

Do not take your son out of this class. You would be sending an inordiante amount of very dangerous signals, not the least of which is that this world revolves around him. The sooner he has to learn that he is in this situation for the year, and that he better get over it, the better it is for you and everyone involved.

It doesn't matter if she has a 2nd head growing out of her chest that speaks in tounges. As long as she is a qualified teacher your son owes her his respect. He also owes it to himself to take his education into his own hands and learn regardless of any obstacle. And further, YOU owe it to your son to reinforce this idea. He is entitled to an education, but he is not entilted to any special treatment.

Answer 7

It kind of makes you wonder where he's getting this perception from, doesn't it? If he truly cannot learn from this woman, and if she really isn't a good teacher, then he should be taken out. If he's just saying that because she's heavy, then he should really be made to stay in the class. He's got to learn to accept people; life isn't always the way you want it to be.

Answer 8

You better not take him out. He needs to be forced to deal with her.

There are all different types of people in the world. Undoubtedly your son will encounter many types of people throughout his life. He needs to understand and learn that he has to accept everyone for who they are.

To remove him from this class would do a great disservice to him and encourage discriminatory thinking that could hinder him in the future.

Make sure he knows that his teacher's weight is irrelavant to his learning experience.

Answer 9

I think that is totally ridiculous! What would the teacher being fat have to do with him learning anything? How old is he? Why does he feel that a teacher who is smaller would teach him better. There must be some other reason.

Answer 10

Well I think you might have been the one who gave him that idea. have you put emphasis on not being fat, on fat ppl are gross? children are pretty much born neutral and its what you teach them that they learn. if you realize that you or someone he spends a lot of time with is giving him this idea then try to stop it. tell him it isnt right that he says this and there are all different colors and sizes of people and its not ok to just run away from them. you have to learn how to deal with people.

Answer 11

I'd make him sit in that class and grow up...a less heavy teacher would be better for him?! He needs to learn from a teacher..no matter what size he or she is...