Inaccurate teacher assessment

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 21:10 and I'm wondering if 20:22 is OP because that post doesn't seem to fit with the original post. O don't see how this fits with waiting for marks and SSAT scores in the fall -- I'm not sure I understand what you meant by that. And I really don't understand why you would be asking how to "refute" this with the school you are applying to when (1) it sounds easily corrected, if these are the same posts, and (2) not a big enough deal to worry about the consequences either way, as much as you are.

I think it's pretty clear that 20:00 is not the OP.

[Anonymous]

OP, it depends on the nature of the "inaccurate assessment". For example, my kids school simply copies the record, comments and all, puts a validation seal on it and sends it on. My DS had the comments "talks inappropriately during class" on his and he got accepted to a DC Top 3 for 9th grade. No one seemed too fazed by it because both comments were from the math teacher and everyone realized he was in Algebra in school but was ahead on CTY math. It was mentioned by the admissions director but in a "what do you expect..." type of way.

So, there's a wide range of comments from minor stuff all the way up to your child set the school in fire. It depends on the nature of the comment as to how it will be viewed by the schools.

Bottom line, I don't think the schools sweat the small stuff but they do look out for red flags that would indicate a behavior or learning problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about an error like this: "it was too bad Johnny's paper on the battle of Gettysburg was handed in late this semester" when Johnny's paper was actually about the battle of bull run and was handed in on time. This kind of error showed up on my DCs report card but we never bothered to follow up on the error. I think the teacher mixed my kid up with another kid.

People can get fired for this type of error ... you should have followed up ...

[Anonymous]

Because then you could have gotten someone fired!

[Anonymous]

Dear God! We need a landing strip for helicopters! Move over Lexus SUVs!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because then you could have gotten someone fired!

No ... because that's a pretty serious negligence on the part of a teacher that should have been brought to someone's attention. It's on the kid's permanent record.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: It's on the kid's permanent record.

Wow, I know an eighth grader who thinks this way and it's kinda cute. But an adult??!!

Yes, the poor child will no doubt be forced to spend the rest of his life explaining away that late paper on the Civil War to college admissions officers, future employers, potential spouses, lending agents, parole officers....

[Anonymous]

Permanent record! I love that! It reminds me of all those 70s high school movies.

Now that I am a middle-aged adult, I would like to know where my permanent record is kept. Does the FBI have it? The Trilateral Commission? Maybe its been encoded in a computer chip thats been placed in my fillings.

[Anonymous]

My goodness! What I meant was, you should expect more from the professionals teaching your kid. Considering the thread was started asking about transferring to another school, having something show up that makes it sound like your child can't meet important due dates might matter at a competitive school. Who knows? If it's accurate, oh well. If it's pure teacher error, why not have it fixed? And if it's something the teacher does regularly, the school should know (and might appreciate knowing if they're tracking it). It's a mistake that should not get made. If a teacher does it once or twice over an extended career, no big deal, but if a teacher does it multiple times in a year, it is a big deal. But then I forget that this is DCUM and you can't have any kind of logical debate on here so I'll move on.