A woman has said she wants to pull her kids out of their current school after overhearing one of the teacher’s morning storytime.
Explaining what had her worried, the mum said the teacher was asking students what they saw on their walk around the stream that day.
They were responding with the usual things; people, things, animals, whatever they had actually seen.
However, the teacher kept interrupting them to say they were wrong before claiming to have seen fairies. She then forced the children to awkwardly agree with her.
The mum’s post read: “The teacher was asking kids what they saw at their walk around the stream.
“Kids were naming real things which one might expect to see there.
“And she was like no… No….. No… To each kid, when they ran out of ideas what she wants from then. She blissfully announced that they saw fairies.
“I can imagine, since it is their regular walk, that they somehow decorated it with some fairies. But the kids were completely frozen, not single kid was like ‘oh yeah right, that’s true.’”
She went on to explain: “Then she asked them repeatedly if they saw them too and kids were really awkwardly, with little bit of fear and self doubt, answering tiny yeses.
“Wth was that, I’m kinda thinking about pulling my kids from there.”
Some parents responded in an understanding way, saying she was probably playing make-believe – but that she needs to explain this to the kids.
The Reddit user wrote: “Probably just discuss this with her. ‘My kids need to understand when you’re playing make believe. Wednesday when you told the kids there were fairies they seemed really confused.’
“If she tries to convince you there were fairies, it might be time to go. More likely she’ll take your feedback or respond with something about the importance of imagination.”
Another backed the teacher saying: “Did another adult witness this and find it weird? Was the teacher just trying to make some imaginative fun for the kids, and it didn’t land?”
However, others were quick to slam the teacher, with one writing: “That’s so weird and inappropriate. First denying legitimate responses and then insisting on something imaginary.
“The kids were then made to say yes in order to satisfy their authority figure. That’s a terrible lesson – agree to a lie.”
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