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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY Aug 27

    10-year-old Tamarion Wilson had to write the word "ma'am" dozens of times by hand because he continued to call his teacher "ma'am" after she asked him not to.https://usat.ly/2C3wqWT 

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      2. absummer‏ @absummer Aug 27
        Replying to @USATODAY

        I’d like to know what she wanted to be called.

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      3. Kathy Grindle‏ @Katstatic Aug 27
        Replying to @absummer @USATODAY

        I have something in mind I'd like to call her.

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      4. BlackSwan‏ @TheBody357 Aug 27
        Replying to @Katstatic @absummer @USATODAY

        The word ma’am is probably a reminder to her, she’s getting old. It triggers her

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      5. Kathy Grindle‏ @Katstatic Aug 27
        Replying to @TheBody357 @absummer @USATODAY

        I don't make mine say ma'am for everything, but they definitely have to say it if they have been reprimanded. I can see them not understanding and accidentally continuing to say yes ma'am in a situation like this.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. absummer‏ @absummer Aug 27
        Replying to @Katstatic @TheBody357 @USATODAY

        I even say “yes, sir” to my 3-yr old grandson. It is just manners, and treating others with respect. I don’t think any child should be reprimanded for it. I’m not sure teachers, or others, should require it, as long as the child is respectful. You have the right idea.

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      1. diane jorge‏ @djorge1013 Aug 27
        Replying to @USATODAY

        This took place in North Carolina, a Southern state! Saying Ma’am and Sir is a part of the culture and considered to be good manners. This boy was only trying to be polite and respectful in the way that he’d been taught. He was not the rude one here.

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      1. Elnora Butler‏ @ButlerElnora Aug 27
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Once upon a time we called that "good home training". Respectful.

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      1. Mrs. Bethune‏ @OthrSideOfAdble Aug 27
        Replying to @USATODAY

        She needs to write fired dozens of times.

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      1. Rain‏ @Astharteea Aug 27
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Probably she wanted him to call her Miss whatever her name is and the kid couldn’t get used to it. I don’t think he did it with malice. His mom said that’s what he Told them to call people older than them, ma’am and sir.

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      1. Richard Kapuaala‏ @rkapuaala Aug 27
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        Unacceptable. Ma'am has been a long established term of respect for generations. What is wrong with that teacher!!

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      2. LK‏ @NotMyPres808 Aug 27
        Replying to @USATODAY

        If she asked him not to and he kept it up, then he needs to learn the consequences of that. Clearly, he wasn’t getting the message or didn’t care what she said. Maybe now he’ll stop. And maybe his mama should teach him some manners.

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      3. (((BOO!nibrowser)))‏Verified account @madfoot Aug 27
        Replying to @NotMyPres808 @USATODAY

        How is "ma'am" bad manners?

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      4. LK‏ @NotMyPres808 Aug 27
        Replying to @madfoot @USATODAY

        Because she repeatedly asked him to stop. It’s extremely bad manners and you can take that to a whole other level. She asked him to stop and he didn’t listen. Now maybe he will.

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      5. (((BOO!nibrowser)))‏Verified account @madfoot Aug 27
        Replying to @NotMyPres808 @USATODAY

        "Tamarion was hospitalized last month for a seizure-related incident involving memory loss, perhaps contributing to a misunderstanding at school." You're a garbage human.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      6. LK‏ @NotMyPres808 Aug 27
        Replying to @madfoot @USATODAY

        Well, you actually make a fair point. But you lose it whe you finish with throwing in an insult. I should have read the article with my glasses on, and now you’re slamming my handicap. You could have pointed that out without the insult, and I would have had to concede. #manners

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      7. (((BOO!nibrowser)))‏Verified account @madfoot Aug 27
        Replying to @NotMyPres808 @USATODAY

        I guess. Or you could just not be awful in the first place. This has to have been tremendously humiliating for a kid who was just doing what he was taught at home. I wear glasses too, I'm not weeping for you.

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      8. LK‏ @NotMyPres808 Aug 27
        Replying to @madfoot @USATODAY

        At the end of the day, decent conversations are way better than throwing insults. I did learn something here. #noprejudging #readwithyourglasseson #manners

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      9. (((BOO!nibrowser)))‏Verified account @madfoot Aug 27
        Replying to @NotMyPres808 @USATODAY

        arright arright. I'm sorry.

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      2. Helena Hamilton‏ @TweetlySaved Aug 27
        Replying to @USATODAY

        C'mon now... home training is going to win out every time!

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      3. R. Smith‏ @rmattwill Aug 27
        Replying to @TweetlySaved @USATODAY

        Ehh if you believe that saying “ma’am and sir” are requirements for proper speak.

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      4. Helena Hamilton‏ @TweetlySaved Aug 27
        Replying to @rmattwill @USATODAY

        I didn't say that. But if a kid has been trained at home to use those terms, it's nearly impossible to break the habit because a teacher says "don't call me that".

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      5. R. Smith‏ @rmattwill Aug 27
        Replying to @TweetlySaved @USATODAY

        It actually isn’t. I wasn’t raised to say “Yes, Please”. But I was placed in situations where those in charge of me outside of my home reared me to start saying it. The child can change too.

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      6. Helena Hamilton‏ @TweetlySaved Aug 27
        Replying to @rmattwill @USATODAY

        I don't think that's comparable, but it's not worth arguing about. Suffice it to say, I can totally get why a kid who is required to say "ma'am" and "sir" at home is going to have a hard time not saying it elsewhere.

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