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pet peeve: parents who treat me like their servant. signed teacher.
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05.27.09, 01:19 PM [ Flag ]
- Public or private? My dc's are in public and I feel like the teacher is the Queen, almost an honor to talk to her
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  05.27.09, 01:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- how do we do this?
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  05.27.09, 01:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- some parents are really nuts and try to micromanage every aspect in their child's life. I am with you, OP.
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  05.27.09, 01:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - all i want from our child's teacher is some of her work back. (maybe the odd test or assessment. something. zero. zip. zilch). it isn't too much to ask.
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    05.27.09, 01:27 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - what district???? noting but total respect for teachers at our school in Queens.
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      05.27.09, 01:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - I don't think that's what OP meant. Btw, by the end of the year you usually get everything the child has done.
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      05.27.09, 01:30 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - right, but this doesn't help at all. it's actually quite irritating to me.
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        05.27.09, 01:32 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        why?
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        05.27.09, 01:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        because i'm in it for the education. i don't want to control things, but with 33 kids in the class, it would be good to know (from a test or something) if my child didn't understand something thoroughly, so i could teach her myself.
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        05.27.09, 01:37 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        if your dc has 33 kids in the classroom, she/he must be in an upper grade. you should have a sense of what he is doing in the classroom from other means and intervene as needed.
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        05.27.09, 02:20 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        she has had 30 - 33 kids in class since k, she is in 2nd grade. this is an ongoing problem.
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        05.27.09, 02:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        which K has 30-33 kids, or 1st grade?
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        05.27.09, 02:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        apparently ours.
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        05.27.09, 02:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        I call bs. anyway, a 2nd grader can tell you what she is struggling with, or you can see with the homework.
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        05.27.09, 02:27 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        surely you don't think a second grader knows enough about reading and decoding to say that she is struggling with it, nor can you be defending the teacher for a normal request of sending home the work. ps. i can count, and know how many children have been in class with my child. SHEEEESH
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        05.27.09, 02:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        if you read with your dc daily, you should have a sense of their progress. also, if you check the homework, you have a pretty good idea about what they are learning and if your dc gets it, no? I am confused. I learn very little from classwrok sent home. I like to see it and all, but it is not all that informative.
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        05.27.09, 02:33 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        so we disagree.
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        05.27.09, 02:33 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - they call if its chilly to remind me to dress their kids warmly, ask me to check their lunchboxes to see if they have eaten the new sandwich sent that day, want me to wipe down the classroom of any germ going around, and on and on. they need to let their kids grow up!
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    05.27.09, 01:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - If you are a teacher at my DC's school I'd know exactly who you mean. Yes, it is sad that such parents exist.
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      05.27.09, 01:31 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - nursery or prek, I don't think parents in upper grade call teachers
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      05.27.09, 01:31 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - not calling but e-mailing. DS's teacher checks her e-mail during her break.
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        05.27.09, 01:32 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        we're forbidden from e-mailing the teacher. we can write a note or e-mail the parent coordinator.
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        05.27.09, 01:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - you have no idea!
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        05.27.09, 01:35 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

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pet peeve: parents who treat me like their servant. signed teacher.

Public or private? My dc's are in public and I feel like the teacher is the Queen, almost an honor to talk to her

how do we do this?

some parents are really nuts and try to micromanage every aspect in their child's life. I am with you, OP.

all i want from our child's teacher is some of her work back. (maybe the odd test or assessment. something. zero. zip. zilch). it isn't too much to ask.

what district???? noting but total respect for teachers at our school in Queens.

I don't think that's what OP meant. Btw, by the end of the year you usually get everything the child has done.

right, but this doesn't help at all. it's actually quite irritating to me.

why?

because i'm in it for the education. i don't want to control things, but with 33 kids in the class, it would be good to know (from a test or something) if my child didn't understand something thoroughly, so i could teach her myself.

if your dc has 33 kids in the classroom, she/he must be in an upper grade. you should have a sense of what he is doing in the classroom from other means and intervene as needed.

she has had 30 - 33 kids in class since k, she is in 2nd grade. this is an ongoing problem.

which K has 30-33 kids, or 1st grade?

apparently ours.

I call bs. anyway, a 2nd grader can tell you what she is struggling with, or you can see with the homework.

surely you don't think a second grader knows enough about reading and decoding to say that she is struggling with it, nor can you be defending the teacher for a normal request of sending home the work. ps. i can count, and know how many children have been in class with my child. SHEEEESH

so we disagree.

they call if its chilly to remind me to dress their kids warmly, ask me to check their lunchboxes to see if they have eaten the new sandwich sent that day, want me to wipe down the classroom of any germ going around, and on and on. they need to let their kids grow up!

If you are a teacher at my DC's school I'd know exactly who you mean. Yes, it is sad that such parents exist.

nursery or prek, I don't think parents in upper grade call teachers

not calling but e-mailing. DS's teacher checks her e-mail during her break.

we're forbidden from e-mailing the teacher. we can write a note or e-mail the parent coordinator.

you have no idea!

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