Clearly I haven’t left yet. We all make bad decisions. Oh, I’m not afraid of doing my job. I do it very well. But you have established that you will manipulate admin and the health suite to excuse your child at, as you said, your discretion. I have no respect for people who manipulate the system, and in doing so create extra work. No apology or sense of understanding, just a “you work for me” mentality. My contract doesn’t state I have to respect that, and I don’t. |
No one is asking for information, no one cares. |
| Teachers are salaried contract workers. We have contracted hours. I walk out right at 2:35 most days when my contracted time ends. I am definitely not creating work packets during my one planning period of 45 minutes for students with uneducated trips. 45 minutes is the bare minimum to plan and grade. Plus I also have meetings that take up that planning time so some days I have zero planning time. |
A teacher on a power trip trying to get out of doing their job— giving makeup work to students who are absent— will not be given information to support that weird flex. |
It’s not manipulating the system. It’s following the exact rules. Now you can feel better about staying later to give that test knowing the rules have been followed to the letter. |
You lost me with your “at parent’s discretion” comment. I have respect for someone who thinks they are above the rules. I’ll help your child because I care about my students. (You’re welcome.) It’s not their fault this is how you choose to operate. |
Nobody on this thread has done that. There’s no “weird flex” other than your strange desire to create conflict. |
It follows the rules. Parents and their chosen professionals determine the best interest of students. Not a teacher who thinks doing her job needs a “your welcome” |
No, the “you’re welcome” is that I will help your child regardless of your disrespect for the system. It is not your child’s fault that you approach education professionals with so much disrespect. You’ve lost any footing with me. |
Your problem is you think this matters or should matter. If you don’t want to do “extra” meaning the work FCPS regulations clearly stipulated is your job, go somewhere else. Don’t pretend make up work is anomalous— its not— or that it’s harder based on your perception of why a student was out. |
You have no understanding of my job, nor do you respect it. You’ve been rude, dismissive, and entitled. I feel sorry for the teachers and administrators who have to deal with you in real life, as you have clearly established who you are on this thread. |
Your perception that it is rude to point out that you are required by contract to provide make up work says a lot about entitlement. I respect many teachers, but no, I do not respect you, or anyone else who acts as though doing the job for which they are hired and for which they accept public pay is some remarkable favor they are doing the world. You make good teachers look bad— always wanting extra, always wanting sympathy, always wanting a gold star. You, by the way, or why parents take note of teachers with so many absences and don’t provide the benefit of the doubt anymore. |
NP: nowhere does it state in my contract I must provide makeup work to kids with unexcused (vacation) absences. If you have information that states otherwise, please share! Official grading policy is actually that any vacation is unexcused and unexcused absences result in zeros. If a teacher is offering makeup work for a vacation, they are going above and beyond for your child. |
I’m the PP to which that poster was responding. You are correct, of course, and this has been pointed out multiple times. However, that poster continues to demand that make-up work is always required as absences are excused at “parent’s discretion.” There’s no way to reason with that poster, who will continue to morph our job description into whatever he/she wants it to be. I wouldn’t take any insults hurled by that poster seriously, either. |
It’s not your business whether a kid is on vacation just like you think it’s not a parents business if a teacher is. If vacation is in the best interests of the kid, it’s excused. A teacher who seems like they don’t understand it’s part of the job to provide makeup work will be informed by the admin that the student had a note. |