Most Likely Not To Have Children Award.

Wow, that's really harsh. I can't believe the teachers were so insensitive and that the administration allowed it. I hope the parents dealt with it.

OMG! Those teachers should be removed from a classroom and never allowed to teach again. Harsh? I think not, when I was in fourth grade a teacher called me a rude name in front of the whole class because I forgot my homework on the bus. It's not something I've ever forgotten and it still hurts to this day when I think back to suffering that woman's stupidity for a year.

maybe he was kicked in the balls at recess?

When I was in the eighth grade the students did "dedications" where you would leave your attributes (bad haircuts, funny clothes, personality traits, etc.) to younger students, and there were not- so-nice nicknames involved. I was "hip to be square,"
one girl was "K-mart Queen." As long as it wasn't too bigoted or sexual, it was fair game and got pretty rude. The teachers laughed along with it, but didn't participate themselves, which was as it should be. For teachers to tell a kid he won't reproduce, even if it's a joke-that's pretty harsh!

This actually happened to me about 25 years ago. I had three teachers- two were amazing, but the third picked on me. In the end I was forced to sit with the "bad" kids in the room and she made many nasty cracks about me. The cracks used to involve "torturing" us to get us to do more work. Often of the "20 lashes with a wet noodle" variety or "when I was a kid the teachers were allowed to hit us with rulers," but enough to scare me. When I was about 25 my mother, out of the blue, brings her up and tells me that she had the principal reprimand her over my treatment. To this day I have not forgiven her.

I was awarded the 'future librarian' award in fourth grade. Damn proud. They should give out more of thoes.

Poor kid though.

Natalie The Future Librarian is a bad speller.

For pity's sake, if you're going to organise your education system as some kind of gladiatorial arena, don't be surprised if people get hurt. Frankly, with that kid's 'master of the universe' attitude, I hope that he doesn't procreate.

Your tax dollars at work.
What 'master of the universe' attitude? He told what happened and gave an honest opinion.

What gladiatorial arena? What does that have to do with teachers treating their students this way?

And what 'master of the universe' attitude? Some commenters needs to check their own attitudes.

Yeah, the story does sound a little harsh, but I'd really like to hear the other side of it. I would not be surprised if teh kid is a royal brat and the teacher(s) just exclaimed something in despair, sick of dealing with him. Let's hear the other side. Something tells me the kid is just a wuss who can't take it as well as he gives it out. His statement really smacks to me of something his parents told him to say, as well. I smell greedy parents with a sheister lawyer!

when i was in early elementary school i was duct-taped to my chair, by my teacher......my crime? holding the puppet before story time...(you would make the puppet 'tell' the story (kind of like kermit, or a punch and judy bit). being told you won't reproduce? give me a break.....

I'm a little annoyed that "most likely not to have children" is being implied as a negative thing.

I say we take care of those teachers with a real tall tree and a short piece of rope.

"I’m a little annoyed that “most likely not to have children” is being implied as a negative thing."

Well, it probably was meant as "such a loser that he'll never get laid" and this interpretation is rather negative.

You may see it as "smart enough to know bringing an innocent child in this rotten world is not a good idea" but that's not the common view.

In any case. Public school. Indiana. There you have it.