Teacher won't email back

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"Catering to parent emails" when the parent is trying to help the child get the work done should not be seen as a burden. They're literally trying to help you teach their kid. It's not like the parent was complaining about random stuff.

This should be handled by the kid, including the consequences of lookung at that zero until the end of the term when the teacher enters in late work

It has been handled by the kid and the kid was ignored!!

The teacher ignored your student speaking to her in person?

Yes. Brushed them off with a "I'll check" (go sit down) type gesture. But she never got back to child and child doesn't want to pursue in person further.

[Anonymous]

Some of you are so hellbent on making a case that teachers have it so hard but you fail to recognize that some teachers aren't great. This doesn't mean most teachers aren't doing God's work but this particular teacher is lazy and not doing her job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Catering to parent emails" when the parent is trying to help the child get the work done should not be seen as a burden. They're literally trying to help you teach their kid. It's not like the parent was complaining about random stuff.

This should be handled by the kid, including the consequences of lookung at that zero until the end of the term when the teacher enters in late work

It has been handled by the kid and the kid was ignored!!

The teacher ignored your student speaking to her in person?

Yes. Brushed them off with a "I'll check" (go sit down) type gesture. But she never got back to child and child doesn't want to pursue in person further.

Have your child email the teacher in a polite way to ask. After that second attempt BY YOUR CHILD, it may be appropriate for you to email the teacher directly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Catering to parent emails" when the parent is trying to help the child get the work done should not be seen as a burden. They're literally trying to help you teach their kid. It's not like the parent was complaining about random stuff.

This should be handled by the kid, including the consequences of lookung at that zero until the end of the term when the teacher enters in late work

It has been handled by the kid and the kid was ignored!!

The teacher ignored your student speaking to her in person?

Yes. Brushed them off with a "I'll check" (go sit down) type gesture. But she never got back to child and child doesn't want to pursue in person further.

Have your child email the teacher in a polite way to ask. After that second attempt BY YOUR CHILD, it may be appropriate for you to email the teacher directly.

Going to be honest, if I were OP (based on this new information), I would require my child to ask again in-person at an appropriate time where the teacher should have adequate time to respond. Kids do have to learn to advocate for themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Catering to parent emails" when the parent is trying to help the child get the work done should not be seen as a burden. They're literally trying to help you teach their kid. It's not like the parent was complaining about random stuff.

This should be handled by the kid, including the consequences of lookung at that zero until the end of the term when the teacher enters in late work

It has been handled by the kid and the kid was ignored!!

The teacher ignored your student speaking to her in person?

Yes. Brushed them off with a "I'll check" (go sit down) type gesture. But she never got back to child and child doesn't want to pursue in person further.

Have your child email the teacher in a polite way to ask. After that second attempt BY YOUR CHILD, it may be appropriate for you to email the teacher directly.

OP here. I am sorry if this has been missed in my account. Child messaged the teacher by email, it was ignored. So child spoke to teacher and was brushed off. Then child followed up again with a message and again, this was ignored. Parent emailed teacher 3x and never got an answer. I came here asking for what to do next. And all the crazy teachers jumped down on me. Child doesn't want me to escalate because they're afraid of retaliation since teacher has a rep of being "scary".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Catering to parent emails" when the parent is trying to help the child get the work done should not be seen as a burden. They're literally trying to help you teach their kid. It's not like the parent was complaining about random stuff.

Can you point to where it is seen as a “burden”?

I am one of the teachers who posted above. I never implied that parent emails are burdens. I did say that they compete with over 65 hours of other obligations, so it’s not unreasonable to assume a few may get missed. And these aren’t 65 easy hours, either. I often get to glance at my computer once an hour, and it’s during the 5 minutes 32 students are leaving my room and another 30 are entering. I glance at emails while 3 students ask to go to the bathroom, 1 student claims to have lost a phone, and 4-5 have random questions. (And I usually have to visit the bathroom, but I lost the chance while taking care of 10 students’ needs and glancing at my emails piling up.)

That’s not a “burden”. It’s merely an illustration of the day. Teaching is not like other professions in which you may get 30 minutes to yourself to dedicate to tasks.

Well when a parent emails on three different occasions on the same topic, I find it hard to believe this hard working, diligent teacher missed it. I work 65+hrs too (mostly away from a computer) and I don't miss emails.

I agree, they are not missed, they are just not a priority. The teacher has probably already spoken to the student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Catering to parent emails" when the parent is trying to help the child get the work done should not be seen as a burden. They're literally trying to help you teach their kid. It's not like the parent was complaining about random stuff.

Can you point to where it is seen as a “burden”?

I am one of the teachers who posted above. I never implied that parent emails are burdens. I did say that they compete with over 65 hours of other obligations, so it’s not unreasonable to assume a few may get missed. And these aren’t 65 easy hours, either. I often get to glance at my computer once an hour, and it’s during the 5 minutes 32 students are leaving my room and another 30 are entering. I glance at emails while 3 students ask to go to the bathroom, 1 student claims to have lost a phone, and 4-5 have random questions. (And I usually have to visit the bathroom, but I lost the chance while taking care of 10 students’ needs and glancing at my emails piling up.)

That’s not a “burden”. It’s merely an illustration of the day. Teaching is not like other professions in which you may get 30 minutes to yourself to dedicate to tasks.

Well when a parent emails on three different occasions on the same topic, I find it hard to believe this hard working, diligent teacher missed it. I work 65+hrs too (mostly away from a computer) and I don't miss emails.

I agree, they are not missed, they are just not a priority. The teacher has probably already spoken to the student.

Except that she has not!! Read the OP messages

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a,lot of wonderful teachers in FCPS


Quit chasing them away OP.

An email chases them away? Y'all are ridiculous. And teachers complain they don't have parental support.

Being an annoyance doesn't equals support.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Catering to parent emails" when the parent is trying to help the child get the work done should not be seen as a burden. They're literally trying to help you teach their kid. It's not like the parent was complaining about random stuff.

Can you point to where it is seen as a “burden”?

I am one of the teachers who posted above. I never implied that parent emails are burdens. I did say that they compete with over 65 hours of other obligations, so it’s not unreasonable to assume a few may get missed. And these aren’t 65 easy hours, either. I often get to glance at my computer once an hour, and it’s during the 5 minutes 32 students are leaving my room and another 30 are entering. I glance at emails while 3 students ask to go to the bathroom, 1 student claims to have lost a phone, and 4-5 have random questions. (And I usually have to visit the bathroom, but I lost the chance while taking care of 10 students’ needs and glancing at my emails piling up.)

That’s not a “burden”. It’s merely an illustration of the day. Teaching is not like other professions in which you may get 30 minutes to yourself to dedicate to tasks.

Well when a parent emails on three different occasions on the same topic, I find it hard to believe this hard working, diligent teacher missed it. I work 65+hrs too (mostly away from a computer) and I don't miss emails.

I agree, they are not missed, they are just not a priority. The teacher has probably already spoken to the student.

Except that she has not!! Read the OP messages

Yeah, like a different PP I am baffled that very few people on this thread have accounted for the possibility that this teacher is just a dud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Catering to parent emails" when the parent is trying to help the child get the work done should not be seen as a burden. They're literally trying to help you teach their kid. It's not like the parent was complaining about random stuff.

This should be handled by the kid, including the consequences of lookung at that zero until the end of the term when the teacher enters in late work

It has been handled by the kid and the kid was ignored!!

The teacher ignored your student speaking to her in person?

Yes. Brushed them off with a "I'll check" (go sit down) type gesture. But she never got back to child and child doesn't want to pursue in person further.

Have your child email the teacher in a polite way to ask. After that second attempt BY YOUR CHILD, it may be appropriate for you to email the teacher directly.

OP here. I am sorry if this has been missed in my account. Child messaged the teacher by email, it was ignored. So child spoke to teacher and was brushed off. Then child followed up again with a message and again, this was ignored. Parent emailed teacher 3x and never got an answer. I came here asking for what to do next. And all the crazy teachers jumped down on me. Child doesn't want me to escalate because they're afraid of retaliation since teacher has a rep of being "scary".

Yeah, at this point, I'd just let it go if possible. The teacher isn't going to respond. And won't respond going forward. There are some teachers like that. Your kid's teacher isn't like all of those "I work 60+ hours a week!" teachers who keep responding to messages in this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Catering to parent emails" when the parent is trying to help the child get the work done should not be seen as a burden. They're literally trying to help you teach their kid. It's not like the parent was complaining about random stuff.

Can you point to where it is seen as a “burden”?

I am one of the teachers who posted above. I never implied that parent emails are burdens. I did say that they compete with over 65 hours of other obligations, so it’s not unreasonable to assume a few may get missed. And these aren’t 65 easy hours, either. I often get to glance at my computer once an hour, and it’s during the 5 minutes 32 students are leaving my room and another 30 are entering. I glance at emails while 3 students ask to go to the bathroom, 1 student claims to have lost a phone, and 4-5 have random questions. (And I usually have to visit the bathroom, but I lost the chance while taking care of 10 students’ needs and glancing at my emails piling up.)

That’s not a “burden”. It’s merely an illustration of the day. Teaching is not like other professions in which you may get 30 minutes to yourself to dedicate to tasks.

Well when a parent emails on three different occasions on the same topic, I find it hard to believe this hard working, diligent teacher missed it. I work 65+hrs too (mostly away from a computer) and I don't miss emails.

I agree, they are not missed, they are just not a priority. The teacher has probably already spoken to the student.

Except that she has not!! Read the OP messages

She said she'd check. Late work is still not a priority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Catering to parent emails" when the parent is trying to help the child get the work done should not be seen as a burden. They're literally trying to help you teach their kid. It's not like the parent was complaining about random stuff.

Can you point to where it is seen as a “burden”?

I am one of the teachers who posted above. I never implied that parent emails are burdens. I did say that they compete with over 65 hours of other obligations, so it’s not unreasonable to assume a few may get missed. And these aren’t 65 easy hours, either. I often get to glance at my computer once an hour, and it’s during the 5 minutes 32 students are leaving my room and another 30 are entering. I glance at emails while 3 students ask to go to the bathroom, 1 student claims to have lost a phone, and 4-5 have random questions. (And I usually have to visit the bathroom, but I lost the chance while taking care of 10 students’ needs and glancing at my emails piling up.)

That’s not a “burden”. It’s merely an illustration of the day. Teaching is not like other professions in which you may get 30 minutes to yourself to dedicate to tasks.

Well when a parent emails on three different occasions on the same topic, I find it hard to believe this hard working, diligent teacher missed it. I work 65+hrs too (mostly away from a computer) and I don't miss emails.

I agree, they are not missed, they are just not a priority. The teacher has probably already spoken to the student.

Except that she has not!! Read the OP messages

Yeah, like a different PP I am baffled that very few people on this thread have accounted for the possibility that this teacher is just a dud.

Could be, but repeated emails will not make them the teacher OP wants them to be.

[Anonymous]

Teacher is a dud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Catering to parent emails" when the parent is trying to help the child get the work done should not be seen as a burden. They're literally trying to help you teach their kid. It's not like the parent was complaining about random stuff.

This should be handled by the kid, including the consequences of lookung at that zero until the end of the term when the teacher enters in late work

It has been handled by the kid and the kid was ignored!!

The teacher ignored your student speaking to her in person?

Yes. Brushed them off with a "I'll check" (go sit down) type gesture. But she never got back to child and child doesn't want to pursue in person further.

I usually have 10-12 students at my desk during the 6 minutes between classes. (It’s also the only time I can get to the bathroom, which never happens.)

I am not able to pull up an assignment and conference with a student during that time. I triage needs and handle what I can. I’m merely human and I can’t stop time, so I can’t help everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Catering to parent emails" when the parent is trying to help the child get the work done should not be seen as a burden. They're literally trying to help you teach their kid. It's not like the parent was complaining about random stuff.

This should be handled by the kid, including the consequences of lookung at that zero until the end of the term when the teacher enters in late work

It has been handled by the kid and the kid was ignored!!

The teacher ignored your student speaking to her in person?

Yes. Brushed them off with a "I'll check" (go sit down) type gesture. But she never got back to child and child doesn't want to pursue in person further.

I usually have 10-12 students at my desk during the 6 minutes between classes. (It’s also the only time I can get to the bathroom, which never happens.)

I am not able to pull up an assignment and conference with a student during that time. I triage needs and handle what I can. I’m merely human and I can’t stop time, so I can’t help everyone.

Are you the teacher of OP's child? If not, no one here is talking about you so please stop making this about yourself.