‘I got told off’: Hamish Blake reveals he was shamed for using the term ‘home schooling’ because it’s OFFENSIVE to teachers
Hamish Blake was shamed for saying he was ‘home schooling’ his five-year-old son, Sonny, after schools in Victoria closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Lego Masters presenter, 38, revealed on The 3pm Pick-Up on Monday that he’d been ‘told off’ for using the term many Australians have been using in recent weeks.
‘Have you been told off yet for calling it “home schooling”, when it’s actually “learning from home”?’ Hamish asked hosts Rebecca Judd and Katie ‘Monty’ Dimond.
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‘I got told off!’ Hamish Blake was shamed for saying he was ‘home schooling’ his five-year-old son, Sonny, after schools in Victoria closed due to the coronavirus pandemic
‘I got told off,’ added the comedian, who shares Sonny and daughter Rudy, two, with his beauty guru wife, Zoë Foster-Blake.
‘Who told you off?’ asked Rebecca in disbelief, to which Monty replied: ‘One of the teachers, probably!’
Hamish clarified that it was not a teacher at Sonny’s school, but instead ‘a person that was offended on behalf of teachers’.
They apparently told Hamish that the term ‘home schooling’ is offensive because it suggests ‘you can suddenly be a teacher’.
Sensitive much? Somebody told Hamish the term ‘home schooling’ is offensive because it suggests ‘you can suddenly be a teacher’. Pictured with his children, Sonny and Rudy
Rebecca, who has four children aged between three and eight, said: ‘There is always someone offended. But obviously we are not teachers. We’re just assisting teachers.’
Hamish responded: ‘No one in their right mind is doing this learning from home thing at the moment and thinking we are teachers.
‘[We have] mountains of respect for teachers for what they do every day.’
Family life: Hamish shares Sonny and Rudy with his beauty guru wife, Zoë Foster-Blake
Hamish recently celebrated the launch of season two of Lego Masters.
The Channel Nine program premiered on Sunday night to the highest audience for any entertainment show so far this year.
The brick building competition attracted a national audience of 1.68 million viewers for its debut, including a metro audience of 1.23 million.
Lego Masters continues Tuesday at 7:30pm on Channel Nine
Tune in! Lego Masters continues Tuesday at 7:30pm on Channel Nine. Pictured: Hamish and his co-host Ryan ‘The Brickman’ McNaught in the Lego Masters ‘brick pit’