"What do you mean, why? You were saying it to her multiple times. You seemed pretty comfortable saying it then. Why don't you wanna say it now? Because you're afraid to get in trouble? That's a bad reason. You shouldn't wanna say it because it's rude. And the reason why you don't wanna repeat it to me is because you know it's wrong,"
"If it's not something that you would comfortably come up and repeat to me, then you shouldn't be saying it at all. Do you think I don't know what that means, chopped? I know it means ugly. And why do you feel the need to comment on that? Because do you know that whether someone's ugly or not, that's just an opinion. It's literally just an opinion; it's what you think. And why does that matter? Does that change anything? You saying something about her, does that do anything other than tear her down and hurt her feelings? Or do you think that she would be more important if you perceived her as cute? Do you think that she's any less important because of the way that you think she looks?"
A teacher confronted a male student for calling a female classmate "chopped," a slang term meaning ugly. The student refused to repeat the insult when asked and became quiet. The teacher pressed the student, noting that reluctance to repeat the comment to an adult indicates awareness that the remark was wrong. The teacher explained that calling someone ugly is merely an opinion and only serves to hurt and tear someone down. The incident underscores that children invent cruel language and that more male figures in classrooms can help address and correct this behavior.
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