Class mom communicates with her law firm work email but forgets to inform teacher's birthday

[Anonymous]

There's a class mom who only communicates using her work email with a highly visible "Partner at Law" title. She rarely volunteers in person and has recently forgotten to organize and inform us about the teacher's birthday. I've never met her in person, but she doesn't seem like a nice person. Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Maybe she's a nice but very busy person, who should not be a class mom. Volunteer to help her.

[Anonymous]

Wouldn't care about the bday or the title - maybe you should add a title to your email?

[Anonymous]

It’s not normal to celebrate the teacher’s birthday

[Anonymous]

What makes her seem like a not-nice person? It sounds like you're intimidated that she's a partner at a law firm. I grew up going to school, my mother was a teacher, my grandfather was a teacher and I worked in schools for a few years. Students never celebrated teachers birthdays. So tell me again, what is your problem?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What makes her seem like a not-nice person? It sounds like you're intimidated that she's a partner at a law firm. I grew up going to school, my mother was a teacher, my grandfather was a teacher and I worked in schools for a few years. Students never celebrated teachers birthdays. So tell me again, what is your problem?

Don't know how you can extrapolate intimidation from this, but the biggest problem I see is that most companies actually forbid work email for personal use especially in a law firm that could have legal ramifications. I see no reason for her not to communicate with her personal email.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What makes her seem like a not-nice person? It sounds like you're intimidated that she's a partner at a law firm. I grew up going to school, my mother was a teacher, my grandfather was a teacher and I worked in schools for a few years. Students never celebrated teachers birthdays. So tell me again, what is your problem?

Don't know how you can extrapolate intimidation from this, but the biggest problem I see is that most companies actually forbid work email for personal use especially in a law firm that could have legal ramifications. I see no reason for her not to communicate with her personal email.

I would let the mom worry about this. Weird anyone else cares.

Also, what are the legal ramifications? Please be specific.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s not normal to celebrate the teacher’s birthday

Yes, it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s not normal to celebrate the teacher’s birthday

Plus 1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not normal to celebrate the teacher’s birthday

Yes, it is.

No, it's not.

[Anonymous]

To be fair, law firm signatures and titles are often automatic, so I doubt she is purposefully adding. My firm has blocked Gmail on our laptops, so if class mom needs to send emails that aren’t doable from a phone, that’s probably why she’s using her work email. And if she’s a partner, she’s busy. Why isn’t her husband stepping up?

[Anonymous]

Through my entire school career and both of my kids who are now adults, I’ve never even heard of anyone celebrating a teacher’s birthday. The idea is bizarre. Was the teacher turning 100 or celebrating some other landmark? Is it a leap-year birthday? Why would a class know about a teacher’s birthday? At most, I could imagine a teacher bringing a birthday treat for the class, if they wanted to and that was the class custom for birthdays in general, but I wouldn’t expect a class announcement for that anymore than if it was the birthday of Larlo Snowflake or Larla Helicopter.

[Anonymous]

+1 ^^ Nobody celebrates the teacher’s birthday.

[Anonymous]

I’ve never heard about a teachers birthday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s not normal to celebrate the teacher’s birthday

2 kids, one in college, one a senior. Neither has ever celebrated a teachers birthday.

I am a teacher - I celebrate my birthday with coworkers, friends, and family. Not once have my students celebrated my birthday