Family & Relationships / 3:10 PM - Friday February 10, 2012

my 12 year old daughter was called an EMO by a teacher?

is this good or bad? she's only 12 years old, not even a lady yet, and she's being labled by a teacher?

- Asked by Female, 29-35, Other Profession

Not good i would definately go to the xool and have a word with the teacher to help her/him understand that she/he does not have to destriy my kids self esteem with stupit comments.

- Response by Female, 26-28, Financial / Banking

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I didnt know what it meant so I looked it up:

Emo is a slang term derived from the word "emotional"

- Response by youngfuddyduddy, Female, 36-45, New York, Who Cares?

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That means she's a teenager, if she was called emo. It's all good!

- Response by richard77, A Creative, Male, Who Cares?, Self-Employed

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I just looked this up. This should help....

An emo girl is a girl who likes to dress in emo fashion, has an emo(tional) personality and listens to emo music. (Such as Bright Eyes.) Emo girls like to hang out with other emo girls and emo boys. They are usually sad most of the time, do not smile very often, and just like emo boys, show no signs of self worth or self confidence whatsoever and will not make eye contact with you.

An emo girl has very dark hair, either cut somewhere around their shoulder, or in the classic emo haircut, which is sort of short and spiky in the back with long sweeping bangs in the front. Their hair has to be very dark brown or black, or in some cases very light blonde as long as the cut is right. No matter what, it must be worn so that it is covering part of their face at all times. This is because emo girls tend to be shy and mysterious and don't really want their face to show too much. They usually wear a lot of dark eyeliner and tend to have washed out skin.

Most emo girls are vegetarians or vegans. Although some girls just dress in the emo style, most emo girls are sad; cry and write poetry a lot, and tend to cut their wrists. They usually hide this by wearing armbands or lots of happy colored bracelets.

Their clothing consists of tight jeans, converse and dark colored tight shirts. They also might have a scarf on. They may a few have pins from shows on their jeans. They usually have at least a few piercings and wear lots of happy colored jewelry. Some...

- Response by richard77, A Creative, Male, Who Cares?, Self-Employed

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I would tell the principal about this teacher and what she did to your child.

- Response by pawbuddys, Female, 46-55

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What is an EMO?

- Response by Female, 56-65

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Haha, it's emo, not an emo. It's short for emotional.

That aside, you seem really concerned about the fact that your daughter received this label, as though she is the one who caused it. Shouldn't you be more worried about the inappropriateness of a grown nan or woman labeling your twelve-year-old child to her face?

With all due respect, if I was in your shoes, I would have called the school already to find out what the hell is going on.

- Response by rslizzle, Female, 22-25, Student

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