Terrible teachers at TJ

[Anonymous]

Only one bad academic teacher is a pretty good hit rate, actually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
You need to talk to the principal, not to us here on DCUM. We cannot help you with your specific complaints. Or maybe your school board member.

TJ just received a new principal and IMO he is a rock star! But he is just getting started; he’s already made major improvements but change takes time (especially staffing changes).

I’m confident TJ will only get better and better with Mr. Mukai in charge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only one bad academic teacher is a pretty good hit rate, actually.

I don't know we came from another school where I had zero complains about any of the teachers in our 14 years with the district. Zero.

Actually I take that back. One PE teacher also but it was brief and the BS stopped eventually. Why is it always PE?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only one bad academic teacher is a pretty good hit rate, actually.

I don't know we came from another school where I had zero complains about any of the teachers in our 14 years with the district. Zero.

Actually I take that back. One PE teacher also but it was brief and the BS stopped eventually. Why is it always PE?

That might be a clue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I would be leery of getting information verified by "a friend's husband" and thinking that a "B" in PE is related to athletic ability. You are not there in the classroom and your information is second and third hand.

Your kid really needs to work hard to not get an A in PE.

Any able bodied kid who earns a B in PE should get grounded and have their electronics taken away by their parents.

There is a PE teacher at TJ that gives graded written tests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is this a thing?

I'm a parent of a freshman so I've had very little exposure to teachers yet, but already there are two very bad teachers that seem should be removed ASAP and I don't know how they are still employed.

Teacher #1 -
I've met so many parents independently of boys, girls, athletes, non-athetes complain about this one PE teacher. In her back to school night presentation she talks about her stillbirth. Which I think was set up to prepare us for her constant absences and negative attitude.

My varsity athlete in 3 sports absolutely dreads PE with her and has a B despite actually trying and being one of the best (insert any activity they're doing). She actively goes after them too. I only get constant negative reports from her when no other teacher ever even sends me an email.

You are obviously a miserable person who possesses less empathy than a rock.

1. The teacher presenting about her stillborn baby is not a "set up." What would make you think she'd constantly be absent just because she shared a detail about her family and its tragic loss? And then you assume that because the teacher lost a child, she will have a negative attitude? What is wrong with you? Show some compassion.

2. Being a multi-sport athlete does not mean your kid is a stellar PE student. Maybe he refuses to follow rules, learn new skills, and/or do his work in Health or Driver's Ed.

3. Maybe you only get negative reports from the one teacher because your kid has picked up on your holier than thou approach, thinking your kid is perfect, or maybe he's picked up on your piss poor attitude about non-academic classes.

Maybe this teacher is indeed a terrible teacher. Or maybe you and/or your kid are the problem. I predict it's the latter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is this a thing?

I'm a parent of a freshman so I've had very little exposure to teachers yet, but already there are two very bad teachers that seem should be removed ASAP and I don't know how they are still employed.

Teacher #1 -
I've met so many parents independently of boys, girls, athletes, non-athetes complain about this one PE teacher. In her back to school night presentation she talks about her stillbirth. Which I think was set up to prepare us for her constant absences and negative attitude.

My varsity athlete in 3 sports absolutely dreads PE with her and has a B despite actually trying and being one of the best (insert any activity they're doing). She actively goes after them too. I only get constant negative reports from her when no other teacher ever even sends me an email.

You are obviously a miserable person who possesses less empathy than a rock.

1. The teacher presenting about her stillborn baby is not a "set up." What would make you think she'd constantly be absent just because she shared a detail about her family and its tragic loss? And then you assume that because the teacher lost a child, she will have a negative attitude? What is wrong with you? Show some compassion.

2. Being a multi-sport athlete does not mean your kid is a stellar PE student. Maybe he refuses to follow rules, learn new skills, and/or do his work in Health or Driver's Ed.

3. Maybe you only get negative reports from the one teacher because your kid has picked up on your holier than thou approach, thinking your kid is perfect, or maybe he's picked up on your piss poor attitude about non-academic classes.

Maybe this teacher is indeed a terrible teacher. Or maybe you and/or your kid are the problem. I predict it's the latter.

I've never, ever had a problem with a school or a teacher before this one in particular. Obviously, kid is at TJ. But also, there are ***lots*** of other parents having the same issue with this teacher as discussed on an internal parents chat. I confirmed in person that it was, indeed, the same teacher we were all complaining about.

I'm a recurrent pregnancy loss patient myself but I'm done with her piss poor attitude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I would be leery of getting information verified by "a friend's husband" and thinking that a "B" in PE is related to athletic ability. You are not there in the classroom and your information is second and third hand.

Your kid really needs to work hard to not get an A in PE.

Any able bodied kid who earns a B in PE should get grounded and have their electronics taken away by their parents.

There is a PE teacher at TJ that gives graded written tests.

Since you are obviously not me (the OP) can you verify that I'm not crazy? There is a problem PE teacher that everyone knows about?

[Anonymous]

I understand your frustration, but posting this on a public forum isn’t the best idea. The information you’ve shared is very specific, and it would be easy for others to identify the teachers involved. It is fair to the teachers since they cannot defend themselves here and provide the other side of the story. I recommend gathering the necessary information and reporting it directly to the principal, and if needed, to the school board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand your frustration, but posting this on a public forum isn’t the best idea. The information you’ve shared is very specific, and it would be easy for others to identify the teachers involved. It is fair to the teachers since they cannot defend themselves here and provide the other side of the story. I recommend gathering the necessary information and reporting it directly to the principal, and if needed, to the school board.

It is NOT fair to the teachers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand your frustration, but posting this on a public forum isn’t the best idea. The information you’ve shared is very specific, and it would be easy for others to identify the teachers involved. It is fair to the teachers since they cannot defend themselves here and provide the other side of the story. I recommend gathering the necessary information and reporting it directly to the principal, and if needed, to the school board.

It is NOT fair to the teachers

It's not fair to the students when it's a known issue going unaddressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand your frustration, but posting this on a public forum isn’t the best idea. The information you’ve shared is very specific, and it would be easy for others to identify the teachers involved. It is fair to the teachers since they cannot defend themselves here and provide the other side of the story. I recommend gathering the necessary information and reporting it directly to the principal, and if needed, to the school board.

I'm not posting their names but am posting the very specific issues being ignored by the previous administration.

Teachers that either can't teach the subject they are assigned or just hate what they are doing need to be reassigned subjects, schools or given admin work so they aren't teaching anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only one bad academic teacher is a pretty good hit rate, actually.

I don't know we came from another school where I had zero complains about any of the teachers in our 14 years with the district. Zero.

Actually I take that back. One PE teacher also but it was brief and the BS stopped eventually. Why is it always PE?

So go back to that school and quit whining.

And your kid obviously doesn’t try in PE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is this a thing?

I'm a parent of a freshman so I've had very little exposure to teachers yet, but already there are two very bad teachers that seem should be removed ASAP and I don't know how they are still employed.

Teacher #1 -
I've met so many parents independently of boys, girls, athletes, non-athetes complain about this one PE teacher. In her back to school night presentation she talks about her stillbirth. Which I think was set up to prepare us for her constant absences and negative attitude.

My varsity athlete in 3 sports absolutely dreads PE with her and has a B despite actually trying and being one of the best (insert any activity they're doing). She actively goes after them too. I only get constant negative reports from her when no other teacher ever even sends me an email.

You are obviously a miserable person who possesses less empathy than a rock.

1. The teacher presenting about her stillborn baby is not a "set up." What would make you think she'd constantly be absent just because she shared a detail about her family and its tragic loss? And then you assume that because the teacher lost a child, she will have a negative attitude? What is wrong with you? Show some compassion.

2. Being a multi-sport athlete does not mean your kid is a stellar PE student. Maybe he refuses to follow rules, learn new skills, and/or do his work in Health or Driver's Ed.

3. Maybe you only get negative reports from the one teacher because your kid has picked up on your holier than thou approach, thinking your kid is perfect, or maybe he's picked up on your piss poor attitude about non-academic classes.

Maybe this teacher is indeed a terrible teacher. Or maybe you and/or your kid are the problem. I predict it's the latter.

I've never, ever had a problem with a school or a teacher before this one in particular. Obviously, kid is at TJ. But also, there are ***lots*** of other parents having the same issue with this teacher as discussed on an internal parents chat. I confirmed in person that it was, indeed, the same teacher we were all complaining about.

I'm a recurrent pregnancy loss patient myself but I'm done with her piss poor attitude.

What does the bolded mean?

You've never had a problem with a teacher before this one in particular. Obviously you've never had a problem and that's why your kid is at TJ? That makes no sense.

You've never had a problem with a teacher before this one in particular. Obviously your kid is at TJ, so... Again, this makes no sense.

You still have not explained why you think the teacher sharing about her stillbirth is at all related to her attendance or her attitude. Why did you think it was a set up?

[Anonymous]

NP. My freshman DS has the 80+ year old teacher. He complains all the time. I'm in CS myself and I think he is amazing. Maybe in a couple decades, my DS will realize how lucky he was to have such a treasure of an experienced teacher in high school.