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How completely inappropriate.  I can't imagine why someone would think this was a good idea?

I don't think its very funny either.  

"I would have just accepted the things and said something along the lines of "You like me. You really, really like me." But maybe that's just me."  

Really, cryitout? You would have said that if you were the same age as that boy?  How mature, quick-witted, and clever you were as a young un!  I know I would have been humiliated.  Oh well...I guess all we can do is aspire to be as cynical/funny/smart as cryitout was when she was young.  There is no way we can touch her now...she is just  so brilliant!

Waiting for a snappy snarky quickwitted response!

i'm a high school English teacher, and I've given out "silly" awards every single year. Granted, 10th graders aren't 6th graders...but my kids looked forward to Awards Day, having heard about them from kids who'd had me before. I did try to keep them positive--Sir Clowns A lot might have been "Best Joker" in my room. I tried very carefullly not to give any that might have been embarassing--like "Most Quiet" (always a backhanded compliment) even if the kid was a bonehead sometimes. Mine were always given in a spirit of friendship, as I genuinely enjoyed most of the kids I have had. I like kids. That's why I teach.

Sounds like this incident lacks the details of context. Maybe the kid had it coming. Maybe his teacher is a mean-spirited jerk. Or maybe this group of kids was not mature enough to understand what the teacher's point was in recognizing the idiosyncratic qualities each member of a class brings.

By the way, I have also received my share of kid-made awards, and I always handled them gracefully even if they sounded mildly insulting ("Wackiest Teacher" etc.) I sympathize with being on the receiving end as well.

Wow, just read the article..."Most Likely Not To Have Kids" is totally not appropriate...sheesh.

Class clown awards aren't anything new. To my knowledge class clowns love the attention of the award. At least they always appeared to when I was growing up !

But can you imagine being a 12 year old boy and winning the "most likely not to have kids" award in front of your school! My husband is certain that in the mind of a 12 year old that  translates to "most likely to never have sex", perhaps the most humiliating thing possible to say to a kid entering puberty.

I can't even imagine how that award is supposed to be interpreted. Is it the same a most immature, or most unlikely to get a date, or something else. All around I think that award was really inappropriate for a kid. I would pissed if that happened to my son and I'm sure I be mortified if I was actually the kid.