Another pregnant teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Society:

We don't want to pay teachers more. But we want teachers to put their job first.

FCPS: We don't want teachers to take time off.
Also FCPS: We don't care if you have 1,700 hours of unused sick leave when you leave the district. We aren't paying you out for any of it.

+ amillion! I lost over 200 hours-no compensation. TEACHERS USE YOUR TIME! TAKE CARE OF YOU! FCPS will NOT!! YES I'M YELLING THIS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She probably doesn’t want to risk having the crap beat out of her, or have added stress of non-helpful staff and admin, or perhaps she hates teaching and doing it whilst pregnant just won’t work.

Bingo. Excess stress can harm the developing baby.

I’ve never been so stressed as when I was pregnant with my first. I should have quit, but didn’t. Kids is still paying for it years later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Society:

We don't want to pay teachers more. But we want teachers to put their job first.

FCPS: We don't want teachers to take time off.
Also FCPS: We don't care if you have 1,700 hours of unused sick leave when you leave the district. We aren't paying you out for any of it.

+ amillion! I lost over 200 hours-no compensation. TEACHERS USE YOUR TIME! TAKE CARE OF YOU! FCPS will NOT!! YES I'M YELLING THIS!

I'll add on..... parents don't care about you or your family....teaching is a job not a "calling". Don't be manipulated it's your sick time-if you need it use it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Well, that sort of goes another way too. They SAY they do it b/c they love kids and educating them. We have had lots of teachers miss lots of school in recent years and it IS disruptive. That is their right, so fine. But, don't act like it doesn't negatively affect the kids in their classroom. they have 10-12 weeks in the summer which is more than most people have. I certainly don't get that. i don't get why some of their issues cannot be handled or timed for during that time. Sure, it doesn't always work out. And sure, they CAN do whatever they want. That doesn't mean that they should and then expect parents whose kids aren't being taught sufficiently to be happy about it.

You don't get it both ways.

The FCPS calendar this year gives teachers a 7.5 week schedule. My specific position works longer, so I have 6.5 weeks. Like other teachers, I do my very best to “take care of my issues” during that time. Things I haven’t yet learned to schedule in the summer include:
A surprise broken tooth and subsequent removal and recovery
My father’s death
My house flooding
The flu
Pneumonia
Being in a car wreck
A pregnancy loss

I have nearly 150 days of leave that I have not used and will not be fairly compensated for at retirement. I do everything in my power to never miss a minute with my students, but sometimes I have to be a real human person with real human needs.

I too have not yet learned how to schedule certain life events for the summer. I have inconvenienced families by missing school for:

* My daughter's death
* An emergency surgery
* Hospitalization due to a lung infection
* Two pregnancy losses with my own hemorrhaging
* Being injured in my classroom

I got mean emails from parents about each of these absences. Even when my own child died, at least one parent didn't understand why I needed to be out for more than the day of the burial.

I’m going to call bs on this one.

[Anonymous]

I’m going to call bs on this one.

You wouldn't BELIEVE the kind of appalling stuff parents have the gall to say.

[Anonymous]

And it's not even just parents. When I asked to leave work early because my elderly, single mom was in the ER with sudden heart incident, my AP said, "Don't you have a sister? Can't she go?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Well, that sort of goes another way too. They SAY they do it b/c they love kids and educating them. We have had lots of teachers miss lots of school in recent years and it IS disruptive. That is their right, so fine. But, don't act like it doesn't negatively affect the kids in their classroom. they have 10-12 weeks in the summer which is more than most people have. I certainly don't get that. i don't get why some of their issues cannot be handled or timed for during that time. Sure, it doesn't always work out. And sure, they CAN do whatever they want. That doesn't mean that they should and then expect parents whose kids aren't being taught sufficiently to be happy about it.

You don't get it both ways.

The FCPS calendar this year gives teachers a 7.5 week schedule. My specific position works longer, so I have 6.5 weeks. Like other teachers, I do my very best to “take care of my issues” during that time. Things I haven’t yet learned to schedule in the summer include:
A surprise broken tooth and subsequent removal and recovery
My father’s death
My house flooding
The flu
Pneumonia
Being in a car wreck
A pregnancy loss

I have nearly 150 days of leave that I have not used and will not be fairly compensated for at retirement. I do everything in my power to never miss a minute with my students, but sometimes I have to be a real human person with real human needs.

I too have not yet learned how to schedule certain life events for the summer. I have inconvenienced families by missing school for:

* My daughter's death
* An emergency surgery
* Hospitalization due to a lung infection
* Two pregnancy losses with my own hemorrhaging
* Being injured in my classroom

I got mean emails from parents about each of these absences. Even when my own child died, at least one parent didn't understand why I needed to be out for more than the day of the burial.

Thusly, the "sure it doesn't always work out." And acknowledgement that they can do whatever they please. But there are also times when you can. I have to do that in my own work.

I also do not believe for one minute the story about the burial and someone complaining. I would bet the mean emails were asking about work related things that you were not ready to handly, understandabl so. But, if they did as you state, they are aholes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Well, that sort of goes another way too. They SAY they do it b/c they love kids and educating them. We have had lots of teachers miss lots of school in recent years and it IS disruptive. That is their right, so fine. But, don't act like it doesn't negatively affect the kids in their classroom. they have 10-12 weeks in the summer which is more than most people have. I certainly don't get that. i don't get why some of their issues cannot be handled or timed for during that time. Sure, it doesn't always work out. And sure, they CAN do whatever they want. That doesn't mean that they should and then expect parents whose kids aren't being taught sufficiently to be happy about it.

You don't get it both ways.

The FCPS calendar this year gives teachers a 7.5 week schedule. My specific position works longer, so I have 6.5 weeks. Like other teachers, I do my very best to “take care of my issues” during that time. Things I haven’t yet learned to schedule in the summer include:
A surprise broken tooth and subsequent removal and recovery
My father’s death
My house flooding
The flu
Pneumonia
Being in a car wreck
A pregnancy loss

I have nearly 150 days of leave that I have not used and will not be fairly compensated for at retirement. I do everything in my power to never miss a minute with my students, but sometimes I have to be a real human person with real human needs.

I too have not yet learned how to schedule certain life events for the summer. I have inconvenienced families by missing school for:

* My daughter's death
* An emergency surgery
* Hospitalization due to a lung infection
* Two pregnancy losses with my own hemorrhaging
* Being injured in my classroom

I got mean emails from parents about each of these absences. Even when my own child died, at least one parent didn't understand why I needed to be out for more than the day of the burial.

I’m going to call bs on this one.

You can call BS all you want, but it is true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Well, that sort of goes another way too. They SAY they do it b/c they love kids and educating them. We have had lots of teachers miss lots of school in recent years and it IS disruptive. That is their right, so fine. But, don't act like it doesn't negatively affect the kids in their classroom. they have 10-12 weeks in the summer which is more than most people have. I certainly don't get that. i don't get why some of their issues cannot be handled or timed for during that time. Sure, it doesn't always work out. And sure, they CAN do whatever they want. That doesn't mean that they should and then expect parents whose kids aren't being taught sufficiently to be happy about it.

You don't get it both ways.

The FCPS calendar this year gives teachers a 7.5 week schedule. My specific position works longer, so I have 6.5 weeks. Like other teachers, I do my very best to “take care of my issues” during that time. Things I haven’t yet learned to schedule in the summer include:
A surprise broken tooth and subsequent removal and recovery
My father’s death
My house flooding
The flu
Pneumonia
Being in a car wreck
A pregnancy loss

I have nearly 150 days of leave that I have not used and will not be fairly compensated for at retirement. I do everything in my power to never miss a minute with my students, but sometimes I have to be a real human person with real human needs.

I too have not yet learned how to schedule certain life events for the summer. I have inconvenienced families by missing school for:

* My daughter's death
* An emergency surgery
* Hospitalization due to a lung infection
* Two pregnancy losses with my own hemorrhaging
* Being injured in my classroom

I got mean emails from parents about each of these absences. Even when my own child died, at least one parent didn't understand why I needed to be out for more than the day of the burial.

I’m going to call bs on this one.

You can call BS all you want, but it is true.

Just another example of an a**hole parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Well, that sort of goes another way too. They SAY they do it b/c they love kids and educating them. We have had lots of teachers miss lots of school in recent years and it IS disruptive. That is their right, so fine. But, don't act like it doesn't negatively affect the kids in their classroom. they have 10-12 weeks in the summer which is more than most people have. I certainly don't get that. i don't get why some of their issues cannot be handled or timed for during that time. Sure, it doesn't always work out. And sure, they CAN do whatever they want. That doesn't mean that they should and then expect parents whose kids aren't being taught sufficiently to be happy about it.

You don't get it both ways.

The FCPS calendar this year gives teachers a 7.5 week schedule. My specific position works longer, so I have 6.5 weeks. Like other teachers, I do my very best to “take care of my issues” during that time. Things I haven’t yet learned to schedule in the summer include:
A surprise broken tooth and subsequent removal and recovery
My father’s death
My house flooding
The flu
Pneumonia
Being in a car wreck
A pregnancy loss

I have nearly 150 days of leave that I have not used and will not be fairly compensated for at retirement. I do everything in my power to never miss a minute with my students, but sometimes I have to be a real human person with real human needs.

I too have not yet learned how to schedule certain life events for the summer. I have inconvenienced families by missing school for:

* My daughter's death
* An emergency surgery
* Hospitalization due to a lung infection
* Two pregnancy losses with my own hemorrhaging
* Being injured in my classroom

I got mean emails from parents about each of these absences. Even when my own child died, at least one parent didn't understand why I needed to be out for more than the day of the burial.

Thusly, the "sure it doesn't always work out." And acknowledgement that they can do whatever they please. But there are also times when you can. I have to do that in my own work.

I also do not believe for one minute the story about the burial and someone complaining. I would bet the mean emails were asking about work related things that you were not ready to handly, understandabl so. But, if they did as you state, they are aholes.

Implying someone's trauma was made up to score internet points, so that you can disprove the fact that people are mean to teachers....

[Anonymous]

Thusly, the "sure it doesn't always work out." And acknowledgement that they can do whatever they please. But there are also times when you can. I have to do that in my own work.

What makes you think that so many teachers are taking off when they don't "need" to? You seem to bet operating under the assumption that teachers are taking off all the time for reasons that aren't (by your judgement) necessary. Getting a substitute is SUCH a monumental PITA (and these days, far from a sure thing), the vast majority of us aren't doing it unless we need to.

This is so typical of the nitpicking and micromanaging that I experience in this profession.

[Anonymous]

And it's not even just parents. When I asked to leave work early because my elderly, single mom was in the ER with sudden heart incident, my AP said, "Don't you have a sister? Can't she go?"

+1
When my daughter's college shut down during COVID, and I had to drive to the Midwest to get her since she couldn't fly home, the AP said, "Can't you wait until the weekend to go get her?"
Um, no. The dorm was closing. She had no place to go.

Don't be martyrs, teachers. Admin and parents don't care about you and your family. Take the leave you need to take.

[Anonymous]

I had a parent send me a message on Class Dojo that read “Your dad must live on the other side of the world!” I was out for a week and a day when he died. No lie. Parents on DCUMs cannot fathom that not all parents are like them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Society:

We don't want to pay teachers more. But we want teachers to put their job first.

FCPS: We don't want teachers to take time off.
Also FCPS: We don't care if you have 1,700 hours of unused sick leave when you leave the district. We aren't paying you out for any of it.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Well, that sort of goes another way too. They SAY they do it b/c they love kids and educating them. We have had lots of teachers miss lots of school in recent years and it IS disruptive. That is their right, so fine. But, don't act like it doesn't negatively affect the kids in their classroom. they have 10-12 weeks in the summer which is more than most people have. I certainly don't get that. i don't get why some of their issues cannot be handled or timed for during that time. Sure, it doesn't always work out. And sure, they CAN do whatever they want. That doesn't mean that they should and then expect parents whose kids aren't being taught sufficiently to be happy about it.

You don't get it both ways.

The FCPS calendar this year gives teachers a 7.5 week schedule. My specific position works longer, so I have 6.5 weeks. Like other teachers, I do my very best to “take care of my issues” during that time. Things I haven’t yet learned to schedule in the summer include:
A surprise broken tooth and subsequent removal and recovery
My father’s death
My house flooding
The flu
Pneumonia
Being in a car wreck
A pregnancy loss

I have nearly 150 days of leave that I have not used and will not be fairly compensated for at retirement. I do everything in my power to never miss a minute with my students, but sometimes I have to be a real human person with real human needs.

I too have not yet learned how to schedule certain life events for the summer. I have inconvenienced families by missing school for:

* My daughter's death
* An emergency surgery
* Hospitalization due to a lung infection
* Two pregnancy losses with my own hemorrhaging
* Being injured in my classroom

I got mean emails from parents about each of these absences. Even when my own child died, at least one parent didn't understand why I needed to be out for more than the day of the burial.

Thusly, the "sure it doesn't always work out." And acknowledgement that they can do whatever they please. But there are also times when you can. I have to do that in my own work.

I also do not believe for one minute the story about the burial and someone complaining. I would bet the mean emails were asking about work related things that you were not ready to handly, understandabl so. But, if they did as you state, they are aholes.

Implying someone's trauma was made up to score internet points, so that you can disprove the fact that people are mean to teachers....

Oh oh heres one for the parents who think I care what they think.....I don't. I don't give any of you a second thought because there are so many rude parents. I take care of myself and my family and I do not bow to parents. Get over yourselves.