Parents, step it up already!

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone ask the teachers for a weekly format or go during office hours and say you are having a tough time to figure it out? Maybe they don’t realize. Maybe they are trying to simplify and are getting push back. How do you know unless you genuinely reach out and saying we are struggling to do this quickly. Maybe some feedback would help the whole class or maybe you are just looking in the wrong places and just need an email or 10min conversation with a teacher.

My kid has two teachers and is doing great. We have a grade parent chat going and one of the complaints was to have something printable that had expectations. We relayed that to the grade teachers and 24hr later we had a google doc printout color coded for each day and subject. What is expected before and after.

Another time we mentioned it was tough to find the zoom log ins and they decided to put them all within each subject on the dashboard.

I am positive the teachers are looking for appreciation and possible helpful suggestions. Bitching on an anonymous forum is getting you nowhere. And if you have tried and they truly aren’t getting back to you at all, just cc the principal on the next email.

THIS!!

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Anonymous wrote:I am amazed how many parents are completely disengaged with this online schooling. So many posts here complaining, but most of it has to do with the parents at this point and not the teachers. The last few days only a handful of kids are handing in the work to the teacher on time. Once again today, a class was review for all the kids who aren't submitting anything. Teachers are sending emails directly too. But you need to go onto your parent portal and spend maybe 10 MINUTES a day with your child to review what needs to be done for the following day. I am working FT at home and my husband is essential. We have 4 kids and 3 in public school right now. Just going onto the portal, checking a few emails, and maybe listening in a bit on one class here and there is all that is needed.

And the kids unmuting over and over again and wasting time need to be permanently banned for multiple days. This has so much potential, but the teachers need the parents to step it up. So do the kids. It is not that hard.

You have no idea what other people are going through. Yes there are some whiners who are SOHMs and are lazy but there are many of us who work in health care who are drowning and don't have that 10 minutes.

I am an RN working about 50 hours a week (four 12 hour nights and extra time to chart) and my husband is essential in construction of medical facilities working long hours too. But we still make time to keep track of our kid’s schoolwork.

Some people prioritize their kid’s education and others do not. Covid has nothing to do with it. The kids prepared a few months ago are the same kids prepared now.

NP, and no. Some of us have drastically increased workloads thanks to the pandemic and relied on our children’s schools to teach them. And now, frankly, we’re prioritizing their emotional health over the “schooling” they receive online. It’s working okay for one of our kids, less so for the other. What people either can’t or don’t want to understand is that there’s enormous variability in the clarity of teacher communication, kids’ ability to learn via Zoom and worksheets, parents’ availability at home, and home environment generally. If you’re working AT home, no, you can’t always schedule your entire day around your kids’ “school” schedule.

Also, I get that it helps people feel less crappy or more in control to judge and shame others and pull out the “if we can do it, anyone can do it” nonsense. But that’s what it is. Saying the pandemic has “nothing to do with it” is comical in its absurdity.

You have an increased dramatic workload, yet here you are typing away on DCUM? Prioritize your time sweetie. Put those kids first over your internet fun and then maybe it won’t be that bad for your kiddos.

No. I get perverse pleasure out of taking five minutes to push back against the judgment that overflows from this site. And it’s not that bad for my “kiddos” exactly because I prioritize their mental health over the nonsense that is MCPS’ Continuity of Learning. But hey, you can keep criticizing me if it distracts you from the reality that this situation is tough for a lot of people.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone ask the teachers for a weekly format or go during office hours and say you are having a tough time to figure it out? Maybe they don’t realize. Maybe they are trying to simplify and are getting push back. How do you know unless you genuinely reach out and saying we are struggling to do this quickly. Maybe some feedback would help the whole class or maybe you are just looking in the wrong places and just need an email or 10min conversation with a teacher.

My kid has two teachers and is doing great. We have a grade parent chat going and one of the complaints was to have something printable that had expectations. We relayed that to the grade teachers and 24hr later we had a google doc printout color coded for each day and subject. What is expected before and after.

Another time we mentioned it was tough to find the zoom log ins and they decided to put them all within each subject on the dashboard.

I am positive the teachers are looking for appreciation and possible helpful suggestions. Bitching on an anonymous forum is getting you nowhere. And if you have tried and they truly aren’t getting back to you at all, just cc the principal on the next email.

THIS!!

Nice thought, but honestly, I have never felt like teachers want to hear feedback or suggestions from parents.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone ask the teachers for a weekly format or go during office hours and say you are having a tough time to figure it out? Maybe they don’t realize. Maybe they are trying to simplify and are getting push back. How do you know unless you genuinely reach out and saying we are struggling to do this quickly. Maybe some feedback would help the whole class or maybe you are just looking in the wrong places and just need an email or 10min conversation with a teacher.

My kid has two teachers and is doing great. We have a grade parent chat going and one of the complaints was to have something printable that had expectations. We relayed that to the grade teachers and 24hr later we had a google doc printout color coded for each day and subject. What is expected before and after.

Another time we mentioned it was tough to find the zoom log ins and they decided to put them all within each subject on the dashboard.

I am positive the teachers are looking for appreciation and possible helpful suggestions. Bitching on an anonymous forum is getting you nowhere. And if you have tried and they truly aren’t getting back to you at all, just cc the principal on the next email.

THIS!!

Nice thought, but honestly, I have never felt like teachers want to hear feedback or suggestions from parents.

But complaining is far more productive, right? 🙄

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone ask the teachers for a weekly format or go during office hours and say you are having a tough time to figure it out? Maybe they don’t realize. Maybe they are trying to simplify and are getting push back. How do you know unless you genuinely reach out and saying we are struggling to do this quickly. Maybe some feedback would help the whole class or maybe you are just looking in the wrong places and just need an email or 10min conversation with a teacher.

My kid has two teachers and is doing great. We have a grade parent chat going and one of the complaints was to have something printable that had expectations. We relayed that to the grade teachers and 24hr later we had a google doc printout color coded for each day and subject. What is expected before and after.

Another time we mentioned it was tough to find the zoom log ins and they decided to put them all within each subject on the dashboard.

I am positive the teachers are looking for appreciation and possible helpful suggestions. Bitching on an anonymous forum is getting you nowhere. And if you have tried and they truly aren’t getting back to you at all, just cc the principal on the next email.

THIS!!

Nice thought, but honestly, I have never felt like teachers want to hear feedback or suggestions from parents.

That probably has to do with your feedback and suggestions —either in content or delivery.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone ask the teachers for a weekly format or go during office hours and say you are having a tough time to figure it out? Maybe they don’t realize. Maybe they are trying to simplify and are getting push back. How do you know unless you genuinely reach out and saying we are struggling to do this quickly. Maybe some feedback would help the whole class or maybe you are just looking in the wrong places and just need an email or 10min conversation with a teacher.

My kid has two teachers and is doing great. We have a grade parent chat going and one of the complaints was to have something printable that had expectations. We relayed that to the grade teachers and 24hr later we had a google doc printout color coded for each day and subject. What is expected before and after.

Another time we mentioned it was tough to find the zoom log ins and they decided to put them all within each subject on the dashboard.

I am positive the teachers are looking for appreciation and possible helpful suggestions. Bitching on an anonymous forum is getting you nowhere. And if you have tried and they truly aren’t getting back to you at all, just cc the principal on the next email.

THIS!!

Nice thought, but honestly, I have never felt like teachers want to hear feedback or suggestions from parents.

That probably has to do with your feedback and suggestions —either in content or delivery.

No, believe it or not, my kids are well behaved and do well in school -- which seems to puts me in the category of not someone the teachers need to worry about or invest much in. Generally speaking, I'm ok with that. The flip side is that I approach online "learning" with a similar attitude -- not something I intend to worry about or invest much in.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone ask the teachers for a weekly format or go during office hours and say you are having a tough time to figure it out? Maybe they don’t realize. Maybe they are trying to simplify and are getting push back. How do you know unless you genuinely reach out and saying we are struggling to do this quickly. Maybe some feedback would help the whole class or maybe you are just looking in the wrong places and just need an email or 10min conversation with a teacher.

My kid has two teachers and is doing great. We have a grade parent chat going and one of the complaints was to have something printable that had expectations. We relayed that to the grade teachers and 24hr later we had a google doc printout color coded for each day and subject. What is expected before and after.

Another time we mentioned it was tough to find the zoom log ins and they decided to put them all within each subject on the dashboard.

I am positive the teachers are looking for appreciation and possible helpful suggestions. Bitching on an anonymous forum is getting you nowhere. And if you have tried and they truly aren’t getting back to you at all, just cc the principal on the next email.

THIS!!

Nice thought, but honestly, I have never felt like teachers want to hear feedback or suggestions from parents.

At our school, our teachers don't respond to emails or tell us its not our place to be involved. People don't realize schools are very different even within the school system. We haven't heard from our principal at all. If we want to know anything we have to go online to our kids accounts.

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Anonymous wrote:Only half the kids logged in this morning. Most said their parents were still asleep. LOL

I'm asleep at that hour. Why get up? The teachers don't communicate with us at all on the times kids need to be on so if my kid and husband remember great, but if they don't communicate, then I'm done chasing them.

Showing those kids of yours respect and great work ethic, huh?

Mine are older and Dad helps with the IT stuff. Kids can do most of it on their own. I did all the academic stuff, including supplementing when they were younger. I've put my time in. If I want to sleep in and have nothing else to do, why not?

Well I am the PP that said I overheard kids saying their parents are asleep in the zoom and my kid is in 2nd grade so - that is pretty pathetic if parents of a 2nd grader are sleeping at 9:30am when their kid is in school. You do you.

Why is it pathetic? Some people work nights. Some people have health issues. Lots of reasons why. You sound pretty judgmental.

Because school started earlier on normal days. So, yes judgmental. It is ONE HOUR. Get yourself together and make your child’s school a priority.

Do you people plan on doing the kid's college work for them, too?

My kids have two parents. One is up and monitoring things. Mine need me to review and check in but not do it for them. I don't get what this poster is expecting. Maybe for little kids k-3rd but older elementary, middle and high school don't need a parent sitting by them.

Well the PP was talking about a 2nd grader? Did you somehow miss that?

What are you talking about. I am the poster sleeping in. My child isn't in 2nd and a 2nd grader can go online ok plus this is all just a huge waste of time.

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I guess some of you are shocked that some parents complain more than helping, or claim they are too busy. This is the current generation of parents to a T. Constant complainers, constant finger pointing, constant passive aggressive, constant selfishness and naiveness about their own children’s behavior and work ethic.

I have 3 kids 18, 13, and 10. Haven’t come across a teacher yet who doesn’t reply. Who doesn’t appreciate help, or doesn’t love a nice email being sent their way. Like another person said, I am sure it is the way it comes across. The one person claiming NONE of the teachers ever respond to her? You actually think it is every teacher in your entire school and not yourself? LOL.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess some of you are shocked that some parents complain more than helping, or claim they are too busy. This is the current generation of parents to a T. Constant complainers, constant finger pointing, constant passive aggressive, constant selfishness and naiveness about their own children’s behavior and work ethic.

I have 3 kids 18, 13, and 10. Haven’t come across a teacher yet who doesn’t reply. Who doesn’t appreciate help, or doesn’t love a nice email being sent their way. Like another person said, I am sure it is the way it comes across. The one person claiming NONE of the teachers ever respond to her? You actually think it is every teacher in your entire school and not yourself? LOL.

You are very lucky then and have had good principals. We are not allowed to volunteer at school, except an occasional party or field trip. Our teachers rarely respond to emails. Principal never responds (nor have we heard from her since the school closed). There are some better teachers at our school who do respond but we haven't been lucky enough to get one. One year, one teacher mostly responded. This year the teacher doesn't respond at all but she missed 1/3 the school year on leave and now this. Most of the kids are having a hard time between multiple subs, sometimes rotating on a daily basis.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess some of you are shocked that some parents complain more than helping, or claim they are too busy. This is the current generation of parents to a T. Constant complainers, constant finger pointing, constant passive aggressive, constant selfishness and naiveness about their own children’s behavior and work ethic.

I have 3 kids 18, 13, and 10. Haven’t come across a teacher yet who doesn’t reply. Who doesn’t appreciate help, or doesn’t love a nice email being sent their way. Like another person said, I am sure it is the way it comes across. The one person claiming NONE of the teachers ever respond to her? You actually think it is every teacher in your entire school and not yourself? LOL.

You are very lucky then and have had good principals. We are not allowed to volunteer at school, except an occasional party or field trip. Our teachers rarely respond to emails. Principal never responds (nor have we heard from her since the school closed). There are some better teachers at our school who do respond but we haven't been lucky enough to get one. One year, one teacher mostly responded. This year the teacher doesn't respond at all but she missed 1/3 the school year on leave and now this. Most of the kids are having a hard time between multiple subs, sometimes rotating on a daily basis.

If your principal doesn’t respond, why aren’t you cc’ing their supervisor in an email follow-up.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess some of you are shocked that some parents complain more than helping, or claim they are too busy. This is the current generation of parents to a T. Constant complainers, constant finger pointing, constant passive aggressive, constant selfishness and naiveness about their own children’s behavior and work ethic.

I have 3 kids 18, 13, and 10. Haven’t come across a teacher yet who doesn’t reply. Who doesn’t appreciate help, or doesn’t love a nice email being sent their way. Like another person said, I am sure it is the way it comes across. The one person claiming NONE of the teachers ever respond to her? You actually think it is every teacher in your entire school and not yourself? LOL.

You are very lucky then and have had good principals. We are not allowed to volunteer at school, except an occasional party or field trip. Our teachers rarely respond to emails. Principal never responds (nor have we heard from her since the school closed). There are some better teachers at our school who do respond but we haven't been lucky enough to get one. One year, one teacher mostly responded. This year the teacher doesn't respond at all but she missed 1/3 the school year on leave and now this. Most of the kids are having a hard time between multiple subs, sometimes rotating on a daily basis.

If your principal doesn’t respond, why aren’t you cc’ing their supervisor in an email follow-up.

I’m not the poster you’re referring to, but the posts on this forum from vindictive teachers has made me less likely to escalate issues with teachers. Numerous posts from teachers savaging any parent who dare speak up or register concern. I wouldn’t want my kid to fall prey to one of these vindictive teachers or administrators.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess some of you are shocked that some parents complain more than helping, or claim they are too busy. This is the current generation of parents to a T. Constant complainers, constant finger pointing, constant passive aggressive, constant selfishness and naiveness about their own children’s behavior and work ethic.

I have 3 kids 18, 13, and 10. Haven’t come across a teacher yet who doesn’t reply. Who doesn’t appreciate help, or doesn’t love a nice email being sent their way. Like another person said, I am sure it is the way it comes across. The one person claiming NONE of the teachers ever respond to her? You actually think it is every teacher in your entire school and not yourself? LOL.

You are very lucky then and have had good principals. We are not allowed to volunteer at school, except an occasional party or field trip. Our teachers rarely respond to emails. Principal never responds (nor have we heard from her since the school closed). There are some better teachers at our school who do respond but we haven't been lucky enough to get one. One year, one teacher mostly responded. This year the teacher doesn't respond at all but she missed 1/3 the school year on leave and now this. Most of the kids are having a hard time between multiple subs, sometimes rotating on a daily basis.

If your principal doesn’t respond, why aren’t you cc’ing their supervisor in an email follow-up.

I’m not the poster you’re referring to, but the posts on this forum from vindictive teachers has made me less likely to escalate issues with teachers. Numerous posts from teachers savaging any parent who dare speak up or register concern. I wouldn’t want my kid to fall prey to one of these vindictive teachers or administrators.

Oh give me a break. What a lame ass excuse

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Anonymous wrote:I guess some of you are shocked that some parents complain more than helping, or claim they are too busy. This is the current generation of parents to a T. Constant complainers, constant finger pointing, constant passive aggressive, constant selfishness and naiveness about their own children’s behavior and work ethic.

I have 3 kids 18, 13, and 10. Haven’t come across a teacher yet who doesn’t reply. Who doesn’t appreciate help, or doesn’t love a nice email being sent their way. Like another person said, I am sure it is the way it comes across. The one person claiming NONE of the teachers ever respond to her? You actually think it is every teacher in your entire school and not yourself? LOL.

You are very lucky then and have had good principals. We are not allowed to volunteer at school, except an occasional party or field trip. Our teachers rarely respond to emails. Principal never responds (nor have we heard from her since the school closed). There are some better teachers at our school who do respond but we haven't been lucky enough to get one. One year, one teacher mostly responded. This year the teacher doesn't respond at all but she missed 1/3 the school year on leave and now this. Most of the kids are having a hard time between multiple subs, sometimes rotating on a daily basis.

If your principal doesn’t respond, why aren’t you cc’ing their supervisor in an email follow-up.

I’m not the poster you’re referring to, but the posts on this forum from vindictive teachers has made me less likely to escalate issues with teachers. Numerous posts from teachers savaging any parent who dare speak up or register concern. I wouldn’t want my kid to fall prey to one of these vindictive teachers or administrators.

There is retaliation in our school. Learned not to bother complaining. The principal puts on a good show (or did, now not heard from) and people don't realize how vindictive they are until they have a run in. The teachers are scared of the principal so even good teachers are not very responsive per the principal.