Teachers, if you do this, I will have to complain...

[Anonymous]

OP, aren't you the one committing parental malpractice by sending your kid to a Title I school where the kids are out of control. If you loved your kid, you would purchase in McLean, Potomac, or North Arlington. Instead, you purchased where you are because you just HAD to have that Mercedes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, aren't you the one committing parental malpractice by sending your kid to a Title I school where the kids are out of control. If you loved your kid, you would purchase in McLean, Potomac, or North Arlington. Instead, you purchased where you are because you just HAD to have that Mercedes.

+1

And why isn't your child in all GT/advanced courses where every child is totally focused on learning and never do anything to distract themselves or others? You've done some shoddy parenting if she's condemned to on-level classes with average kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you tell my kids that you are so fed up that you aren't going to teach for the day. Anything that sounds like you are not fulfilling your duty as a teacher will lead to a compliant. DD came home several times this year talking about two teachers who said that they would just let the class teach itself because they were sick of the behavior.
I can understand being upset, but the next step is to manage the classroom, not get on your computer and do non instructional work or personal work. That sets a bad example. No sooner did I hear dd say that when she is a junior counselor this summer that she will just ignore the kids if they get on her nerves!
Anyway, this year, I plan to write formal complaints to the teachers. If the behavior continues, then the principal will be notified, then the board.
I can't sit around on my job without being fired.

You are a piece of work.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like homeschooling is the best option for you. Enjoy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was a middle school teacher in a very difficult title 1 school. Imagine going to work and being disrespected every day. We did the best we could. Admin did actually take management and discipline seriously although they wanted us to move heaven and earth (a suggested consequence after an atrocious class was that I volunteer to hold them for detention for 2 hours after school...... no thank you).

Teachers were permitted and encouraged to stop class and essentially institute detention/quiet working/ reading time if students' behavior made it so we could not teach. It was not intended to be continuous, but helped when they needed a break. If you haven't taught, consider there is a lot you don't know.

Did they actually sit and work quietly and read? I've had some that wouldn't do that no matter what I tried. They'd have to be removed from the room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was a middle school teacher in a very difficult title 1 school. Imagine going to work and being disrespected every day. We did the best we could. Admin did actually take management and discipline seriously although they wanted us to move heaven and earth (a suggested consequence after an atrocious class was that I volunteer to hold them for detention for 2 hours after school...... no thank you).

Teachers were permitted and encouraged to stop class and essentially institute detention/quiet working/ reading time if students' behavior made it so we could not teach. It was not intended to be continuous, but helped when they needed a break. If you haven't taught, consider there is a lot you don't know.

Did they actually sit and work quietly and read? I've had some that wouldn't do that no matter what I tried. They'd have to be removed from the room.

But you have an obligation to MANAGE the classroom, even if you aren't teaching

[Anonymous]

I had a similar situation in our non-title I school...I chalk it up to one bad teacher. My kid told me that she wouldn't have homework for 2 weeks because the teacher was too stressed out to grade it. Another time, my kid explained to me how the teacher said if the teacher found out the kids were bullying them that the teacher would bully them even harder. We received routine notes home about the poor behavior of the entire class -- but when I asked what my kid did specifically so I could address it - I got nothing.

She had absolutely no classroom management skills. I spoke to her as needed and escalated to the administration as needed. But she certainly is not representative of all teachers everywhere. Deal with the card you are dealt but remember that the whole deck isn't filled with jokers.

[Anonymous]

As a mother of a child with a last name that starts with the letter Z, I am sick and tired of teachers doing things in alphabetical order.
SICK, SICK, SICK of my child always being LAST and having to sit in the back corner of most of her middle and high school classes!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a mother of a child with a last name that starts with the letter Z, I am sick and tired of teachers doing things in alphabetical order.
SICK, SICK, SICK of my child always being LAST and having to sit in the back corner of most of her middle and high school classes!!

My last name begins with the letter Z and I love it!

[Anonymous]

I said that to a group of young students once. They understood completely that the lesson stop was due to their behavior. They were mad because they actually wanted to learn, but they weren't able to manage their behavior without an enforced pause and reflection. That was classroom management. One of them, as a HS student, went on to national recognition in the field.

[Anonymous]

I can't sit around on my job without being fired.

But, I bet you are free to use the restroom whenever you like.......

[Anonymous]

You also have to understand that teaching 20+ students day in and day out, you say some things when you get frustrated but you really don't mean it. Imagine yourself as a parent. I'm sure you are not perfect with your words 24/7.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You also have to understand that teaching 20+ students day in and day out, you say some things when you get frustrated but you really don't mean it. Imagine yourself as a parent. I'm sure you are not perfect with your words 24/7.

The next comment will be that parents pay teachers' salaries so they can expect us to be professional at all times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you tell my kids that you are so fed up that you aren't going to teach for the day. Anything that sounds like you are not fulfilling your duty as a teacher will lead to a compliant. DD came home several times this year talking about two teachers who said that they would just let the class teach itself because they were sick of the behavior.
I can understand being upset, but the next step is to manage the classroom, not get on your computer and do non instructional work or personal work. That sets a bad example. No sooner did I hear dd say that when she is a junior counselor this summer that she will just ignore the kids if they get on her nerves!
Anyway, this year, I plan to write formal complaints to the teachers. If the behavior continues, then the principal will be notified, then the board.
I can't sit around on my job without being fired.

We're so scared, OP!

How about this? How about TEACHING your own child how to behave? Based on your tone and word choice, I have to believe that you're an enabling parent who has created an entitled child who doesn't know the meaning of respect and has boundary issues.

Keep in mind that a letter to the BOE from one parent gets kicked down to the schools and then it's often lost in the shuffle. It's hearsay, by the way. So unless you're in the classroom with the teacher, documenting by taking copious notes and videotaping (which isn't allowed), your battle will amount to nothing.

lol @ your bullying nature, OP! And thanks for creating a miniature bully at home b/c the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!

Thanks for the laugh this morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was a middle school teacher in a very difficult title 1 school. Imagine going to work and being disrespected every day. We did the best we could. Admin did actually take management and discipline seriously although they wanted us to move heaven and earth (a suggested consequence after an atrocious class was that I volunteer to hold them for detention for 2 hours after school...... no thank you).

Teachers were permitted and encouraged to stop class and essentially institute detention/quiet working/ reading time if students' behavior made it so we could not teach. It was not intended to be continuous, but helped when they needed a break. If you haven't taught, consider there is a lot you don't know.

Did they actually sit and work quietly and read? I've had some that wouldn't do that no matter what I tried. They'd have to be removed from the room.

0P of the comment you're responding to here. Yes when I got to that point, they actually did. More or less. Maybe not with utter silence but mostly quiet. But that was not something I would use frequently. They also knew at that point that further detention could be coming, and generally wanted to avoid it