Teachers Resigning Like Crazy?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am an MCPS teacher.. I cannot count the 100s of times I have to tell "parents" what is their job my what is my job.

They cannot seem to understand that part of their job is to get the kids to school on time, make sure their homework is done and in the backpack, as well as have their Chromebook charged up and ready to go. Having been fed prior to school and having lunch money in their account is their job, too. "Parents" seem absolutely perplexed when I explain this to them.

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You wouldn't believe the number of teachers who think parents checking up on homework is overstepping for a parent. Or even wanting homework as if that was too much of a burden for them to check. I started losing interest in their plight when they said stuff like this.

Answer honestly. How many teachers have told you checking homework is overstepping? How many have suggested homework is too much of a burden? I’m guessing the answer is either one or zero.

Can we stop the fighting and the taking of sides?

A lot. And this post is full of teachers complaining about parents. All of FCPS schools now have a no homework policy for elementary. The middle schools tout that there will be little homework. The high schools don't want you monitoring. So I'd say about 95% of teachers in FCPS.

DP: I'm sorry but you are not credible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am an MCPS teacher.. I cannot count the 100s of times I have to tell "parents" what is their job my what is my job.

They cannot seem to understand that part of their job is to get the kids to school on time, make sure their homework is done and in the backpack, as well as have their Chromebook charged up and ready to go. Having been fed prior to school and having lunch money in their account is their job, too. "Parents" seem absolutely perplexed when I explain this to them.

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You wouldn't believe the number of teachers who think parents checking up on homework is overstepping for a parent. Or even wanting homework as if that was too much of a burden for them to check. I started losing interest in their plight when they said stuff like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also this is clearly an FCPS forum. There is one for MCPS.

Who cares same conversation and same issues teachers are dealing with across the board.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am an MCPS teacher.. I cannot count the 100s of times I have to tell "parents" what is their job my what is my job.

They cannot seem to understand that part of their job is to get the kids to school on time, make sure their homework is done and in the backpack, as well as have their Chromebook charged up and ready to go. Having been fed prior to school and having lunch money in their account is their job, too. "Parents" seem absolutely perplexed when I explain this to them.

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You wouldn't believe the number of teachers who think parents checking up on homework is overstepping for a parent. Or even wanting homework as if that was too much of a burden for them to check. I started losing interest in their plight when they said stuff like this.

Answer honestly. How many teachers have told you checking homework is overstepping? How many have suggested homework is too much of a burden? I’m guessing the answer is either one or zero.

Can we stop the fighting and the taking of sides?

A lot. And this post is full of teachers complaining about parents. All of FCPS schools now have a no homework policy for elementary. The middle schools tout that there will be little homework. The high schools don't want you monitoring. So I'd say about 95% of teachers in FCPS.

Really? 95% of teachers in FCPS have given you this message, or even believe this? Really?

Hyperbole isn’t a very convincing tool.

I’m a high school teacher. Monitor away! Email me all you want. I personally feel students should be self-advocating by high school, but I have no problem communicating with parents. I even responded to several today (on Labor Day). So as we are throwing out random numbers, I’m going to say 95% of teachers are quite happy to work with you.

Maybe you have more time than they do being that you are working on labor day and checking FCPS forums while working for MCPS.

I’m not the MCPS poster.

PP is just bitter and hates teacher...wants to argue

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Happily retired FCPS teacher here. I remember the good old days when parents and teachers were on the same side.

Those days are sadly gone....long gone. Now parents want teachers to cater all day to their little angel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am an MCPS teacher.. I cannot count the 100s of times I have to tell "parents" what is their job my what is my job.

They cannot seem to understand that part of their job is to get the kids to school on time, make sure their homework is done and in the backpack, as well as have their Chromebook charged up and ready to go. Having been fed prior to school and having lunch money in their account is their job, too. "Parents" seem absolutely perplexed when I explain this to them.

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You wouldn't believe the number of teachers who think parents checking up on homework is overstepping for a parent. Or even wanting homework as if that was too much of a burden for them to check. I started losing interest in their plight when they said stuff like this.

Teachers can have up to 140 students that they may see in a day.

Parents have single digits to worry about. Ask your child if they did their homework. Look in their bookbags, check their class pages to see what information is posted, check their grades online.

It is much easier for you to check individually than for a teacher to respond to even 1/3 of emails asking the same thing. Be a parent, talk to your children, and make use of all of the ways to check in on your students grades before sending an email.

[Anonymous]

Folks need to start voting Republicans into the school board. When FCPS is run entirely by far left Progressives this is what you get. Time to fire half of the administration building and giclve those salaries to the teachers!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am an MCPS teacher.. I cannot count the 100s of times I have to tell "parents" what is their job my what is my job.

They cannot seem to understand that part of their job is to get the kids to school on time, make sure their homework is done and in the backpack, as well as have their Chromebook charged up and ready to go. Having been fed prior to school and having lunch money in their account is their job, too. "Parents" seem absolutely perplexed when I explain this to them.

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You wouldn't believe the number of teachers who think parents checking up on homework is overstepping for a parent. Or even wanting homework as if that was too much of a burden for them to check. I started losing interest in their plight when they said stuff like this.

Answer honestly. How many teachers have told you checking homework is overstepping? How many have suggested homework is too much of a burden? I’m guessing the answer is either one or zero.

Can we stop the fighting and the taking of sides?

A lot. And this post is full of teachers complaining about parents. All of FCPS schools now have a no homework policy for elementary. The middle schools tout that there will be little homework. The high schools don't want you monitoring. So I'd say about 95% of teachers in FCPS.

So either you’re a liar, or you’re doing a lot more helicoptering than just “checking homework,” in which case you’re also a liar.

PP is off their rocker. Homework is allowed in ES. My fourth grader has had both math and language arts homework. I’m sure PP was sending repeated annoying emails in order to be told they are overstepping. PP thinks they’re totally justified because they don’t recognize their own behavior as crazy. No reasoning with someone like that.

[Anonymous]

Lol name the school
They never do

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Happily retired FCPS teacher here. I remember the good old days when parents and teachers were on the same side.

Those days are sadly gone....long gone. Now parents want teachers to cater all day to their little angel.

I think this represents a tiny percentage of parents, but I think that tiny percent is enough to make life h*ll for a teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Happily retired FCPS teacher here. I remember the good old days when parents and teachers were on the same side.

Those days are sadly gone....long gone. Now parents want teachers to cater all day to their little angel.

I think this represents a tiny percentage of parents, but I think that tiny percent is enough to make life h*ll for a teacher.

I'm not a teacher, I'm a parent in another school district. In our school district, I agree that it is a small percentage of parents, but unfortunately, the ones that I've seen are big problems. So while they are not many, each one causes problems for multiple teachers and lots of extra work for many in the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Happily retired FCPS teacher here. I remember the good old days when parents and teachers were on the same side.

Those days are sadly gone....long gone. Now parents want teachers to cater all day to their little angel.

I think this represents a tiny percentage of parents, but I think that tiny percent is enough to make life h*ll for a teacher.

I'm not a teacher, I'm a parent in another school district. In our school district, I agree that it is a small percentage of parents, but unfortunately, the ones that I've seen are big problems. So while they are not many, each one causes problems for multiple teachers and lots of extra work for many in the school.

This is correct. There are also 5-10 students per school who cause 90% of the problems. Usually there’s a significant overlap between “those kids” and “those parents”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Folks need to start voting Republicans into the school board. When FCPS is run entirely by far left Progressives this is what you get. Time to fire half of the administration building and giclve those salaries to the teachers!!

LOL. There aren’t any “far left” people in any local office. Also LOL that the GOP would do anything but sell schools off to Prager U or Liberty University.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Folks need to start voting Republicans into the school board. When FCPS is run entirely by far left Progressives this is what you get. Time to fire half of the administration building and giclve those salaries to the teachers!!

LOL. There aren’t any “far left” people in any local office. Also LOL that the GOP would do anything but sell schools off to Prager U or Liberty University.

That tells us all we need to know about you and your ability to be objective. JFC.
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Folks need to start voting Republicans into the school board. When FCPS is run entirely by far left Progressives this is what you get. Time to fire half of the administration building and giclve those salaries to the teachers!!

LOL. There aren’t any “far left” people in any local office. Also LOL that the GOP would do anything but sell schools off to Prager U or Liberty University.

That tells us all we need to know about you and your ability to be objective. JFC.
DP

I know some of y’all think anyone to the left of Pinochet is a far-left socialist communist (because y’all think those words are all the same), but that doesn’t make it so.