What do teachers like parents to do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My one and only ask of parents is to read communications from me and the school on a review basis. I have parents who want nothing to do with anything except us taking their kids all day. I don’t care about the other things listed.

Can you all just send nice emails and bcc every one? I really have trouble with all the apps, websites, weird emails with pdf attachments etc. Too many places to find out any sort of information. A message on an app isn’t a good communication method.

Very few of my parents have email addresses.

Then even less would have smart phones to get the dumb app on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My one and only ask of parents is to read communications from me and the school on a review basis. I have parents who want nothing to do with anything except us taking their kids all day. I don’t care about the other things listed.

Can you all just send nice emails and bcc every one? I really have trouble with all the apps, websites, weird emails with pdf attachments etc. Too many places to find out any sort of information. A message on an app isn’t a good communication method.

+1,000.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My one and only ask of parents is to read communications from me and the school on a review basis. I have parents who want nothing to do with anything except us taking their kids all day. I don’t care about the other things listed.

Can you all just send nice emails and bcc every one? I really have trouble with all the apps, websites, weird emails with pdf attachments etc. Too many places to find out any sort of information. A message on an app isn’t a good communication method.

Very few of my parents have email addresses.

Then even less would have smart phones to get the dumb app on.

"fewer"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My one and only ask of parents is to read communications from me and the school on a review basis. I have parents who want nothing to do with anything except us taking their kids all day. I don’t care about the other things listed.

Can you all just send nice emails and bcc every one? I really have trouble with all the apps, websites, weird emails with pdf attachments etc. Too many places to find out any sort of information. A message on an app isn’t a good communication method.

Very few of my parents have email addresses.

Then even less would have smart phones to get the dumb app on.

They all have smartphones. They just don’t have email accounts. They use What’s App and Snapchat. Many are immigrants and on the younger side. Email is something middle and upper class professionals use frequently. Low income families use apps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I need you to reinforce polite behavior with your children, and teach them that school is important. I don’t need anything else. If your kid is at school every day, keeps their hands to themselves, and tries to engage with the material, then we are good.

This. Teach them to sit through an entire meal without getting up. Teach them to listen to an entire book without interrupting. Teach them to be okay with delayed gratification. Teach them to express their feelings without hitting another kid. Teach them that they aren't the center of every adult's universe. Teach them to take care of books and other items. Teach them to blow their nose, wash their hands after using the bathroom, and throwing away their trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you read the teachers sub on Reddit they just want you to send your kid to school fed, clean, with a good night's sleep, and self-sufficient. They especially seem to frown on parents who supplement; I remember a thread where someone was asking about extra math and reading for kindergarten and the consensus was that getting your child too far ahead of the others makes their job harder so don't do it. They want you to teach them how to tie their shoelaces and zip their coats instead.
At our public school they don't allow parent volunteers at all except at evening events so there is no contact with the teachers. They ask for Amazon wish list contributions.

That’s Reddit teachers. They come from schools all over the US, many of which differ dramatically from MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you read the teachers sub on Reddit they just want you to send your kid to school fed, clean, with a good night's sleep, and self-sufficient. They especially seem to frown on parents who supplement; I remember a thread where someone was asking about extra math and reading for kindergarten and the consensus was that getting your child too far ahead of the others makes their job harder so don't do it. They want you to teach them how to tie their shoelaces and zip their coats instead.
At our public school they don't allow parent volunteers at all except at evening events so there is no contact with the teachers. They ask for Amazon wish list contributions.

That’s Reddit teachers. They come from schools all over the US, many of which differ dramatically from MCPS.

Yeah, that doesn't sound very MCPS. We were told in 3rd grade "all the kids get supplemental math either thru a class or a tutor and you should do the same to keep up"

and we did and our kid is now in 10th and STILL has a weekly math tutor.

[Anonymous]

Teach your kids that teachers aren’t there to entertain them for an hour. They can’t just give up when they are bored. Basic respect for others and themselves. How to follow rules in a civilized society. This all has been on the decline since way before the pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Parents are known for only providing negative feedback so for the most part, teachers don't like or want anything to do with parents. They are pretty open with each other about their disdain. Especially with all this "Parent's Right's" nonsense going on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you read the teachers sub on Reddit they just want you to send your kid to school fed, clean, with a good night's sleep, and self-sufficient. They especially seem to frown on parents who supplement; I remember a thread where someone was asking about extra math and reading for kindergarten and the consensus was that getting your child too far ahead of the others makes their job harder so don't do it. They want you to teach them how to tie their shoelaces and zip their coats instead.
At our public school they don't allow parent volunteers at all except at evening events so there is no contact with the teachers. They ask for Amazon wish list contributions.

That’s Reddit teachers. They come from schools all over the US, many of which differ dramatically from MCPS.

Yeah, that doesn't sound very MCPS. We were told in 3rd grade "all the kids get supplemental math either thru a class or a tutor and you should do the same to keep up"

and we did and our kid is now in 10th and STILL has a weekly math tutor.

That’s a certain kind of MCPS. My kid is in compacted math at MCPS and we don’t know anyone who does math supplementation. That’s an easy county thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents are known for only providing negative feedback so for the most part, teachers don't like or want anything to do with parents. They are pretty open with each other about their disdain. Especially with all this "Parent's Right's" nonsense going on.

Yea..... who do those parents think they are!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you read the teachers sub on Reddit they just want you to send your kid to school fed, clean, with a good night's sleep, and self-sufficient. They especially seem to frown on parents who supplement; I remember a thread where someone was asking about extra math and reading for kindergarten and the consensus was that getting your child too far ahead of the others makes their job harder so don't do it. They want you to teach them how to tie their shoelaces and zip their coats instead.
At our public school they don't allow parent volunteers at all except at evening events so there is no contact with the teachers. They ask for Amazon wish list contributions.

At our school it's just the opposite. The kids that are ahead just get ignored so the teacher has even less work to do. My kid's teacher, for example, has taken 4-5 personal days this month on top of the many holidays. Personally, I have to not only supplement I have to teach them to read and do math since the school mostly neglects them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you read the teachers sub on Reddit they just want you to send your kid to school fed, clean, with a good night's sleep, and self-sufficient. They especially seem to frown on parents who supplement; I remember a thread where someone was asking about extra math and reading for kindergarten and the consensus was that getting your child too far ahead of the others makes their job harder so don't do it. They want you to teach them how to tie their shoelaces and zip their coats instead.
At our public school they don't allow parent volunteers at all except at evening events so there is no contact with the teachers. They ask for Amazon wish list contributions.

At our school it's just the opposite. The kids that are ahead just get ignored so the teacher has even less work to do. My kid's teacher, for example, has taken 4-5 personal days this month on top of the many holidays. Personally, I have to not only supplement I have to teach them to read and do math since the school mostly neglects them.

Realistically, unless the teacher is showing off vacation photos, you have no idea what she’s taken her personal days to do. When my hoarder dad had to go into a nursing home, I took 5 personal days in the first month of school to clear out his apartment because there would have been an eviction otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you read the teachers sub on Reddit they just want you to send your kid to school fed, clean, with a good night's sleep, and self-sufficient. They especially seem to frown on parents who supplement; I remember a thread where someone was asking about extra math and reading for kindergarten and the consensus was that getting your child too far ahead of the others makes their job harder so don't do it. They want you to teach them how to tie their shoelaces and zip their coats instead.
At our public school they don't allow parent volunteers at all except at evening events so there is no contact with the teachers. They ask for Amazon wish list contributions.

That’s Reddit teachers. They come from schools all over the US, many of which differ dramatically from MCPS.

Yeah, that doesn't sound very MCPS. We were told in 3rd grade "all the kids get supplemental math either thru a class or a tutor and you should do the same to keep up"

and we did and our kid is now in 10th and STILL has a weekly math tutor.

That’s a certain kind of MCPS. My kid is in compacted math at MCPS and we don’t know anyone who does math supplementation. That’s an easy county thing.

My kid was in compacted math in 4th/ 5th and is in top tier math. He is at Whitman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you read the teachers sub on Reddit they just want you to send your kid to school fed, clean, with a good night's sleep, and self-sufficient. They especially seem to frown on parents who supplement; I remember a thread where someone was asking about extra math and reading for kindergarten and the consensus was that getting your child too far ahead of the others makes their job harder so don't do it. They want you to teach them how to tie their shoelaces and zip their coats instead.
At our public school they don't allow parent volunteers at all except at evening events so there is no contact with the teachers. They ask for Amazon wish list contributions.

At our school it's just the opposite. The kids that are ahead just get ignored so the teacher has even less work to do. My kid's teacher, for example, has taken 4-5 personal days this month on top of the many holidays. Personally, I have to not only supplement I have to teach them to read and do math since the school mostly neglects them.

Sure, Jan. Name the school. Name your grade.