Parents, step it up already!

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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

You are very lucky you are at a good school with responsive staff.

[Anonymous]

Can people post these “vindictive” schools that have zero teachers or administration that ever respond. Because it sounds like fake news.

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Anonymous wrote:Can people post these “vindictive” schools that have zero teachers or administration that ever respond. Because it sounds like fake news.

Because it is fake news

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Anonymous wrote:Can people post these “vindictive” schools that have zero teachers or administration that ever respond. Because it sounds like fake news.

No, its not fake news. Some schools are better than others. As soon as we are out of there, happy to post.

[Anonymous]

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.

This. I suspect that the parents complaining that they get no response are the parents that make an absolute pest of themselves. There is only so much nonsense an institution will put up with before you are just noise.

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Anonymous wrote:Can people post these “vindictive” schools that have zero teachers or administration that ever respond. Because it sounds like fake news.

No, its not fake news. Some schools are better than others. As soon as we are out of there, happy to post.

No one said some schools are not better than others. We are asking about these vindictive schools that NO teachers ever respond. It is total BS and you know it.

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Anonymous wrote:Depends on their age and if they have ADHD (lack organizational skills). What makes me crazy is the multiple platforms. All information should be in one place, instead of the kids having to go all over the place to figure out what is expected.

This. I get bombarded with emails every day from multiple teachers for each kid. But my kids are getting the same emails so they should also be keeping up with the pace on their own (5th grade). But the announcements from the teachers seem to be all over the place in mcps Classroom. Like another PP said, my kids were fine following instructions and turning in their work on their own in school without my help. No need to make it complicated online.

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Anonymous wrote:Can people post these “vindictive” schools that have zero teachers or administration that ever respond. Because it sounds like fake news.

No, its not fake news. Some schools are better than others. As soon as we are out of there, happy to post.

Some schools are better than others is very subjective. You are making an objective statement that zero teachers or administrators are communicating/doing their jobs.

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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.

I can think of three students I have this year who are well-behaved, strong students and parents are still a horror show because they try to micromanage everything their children do. Which causes the students anxiety. For example, I teach a very diligent boy who asked me to stop posting new work announcements on MyMCPS because his mom harasses him until he can show her the graded work. I know he was not lying because she emailed me twice in less than two weeks asking for a major project grade.

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Put a fork in this thread. It’s been hijacked by defensive teacher trolls.

[Anonymous]

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.

This. I suspect that the parents complaining that they get no response are the parents that make an absolute pest of themselves. There is only so much nonsense an institution will put up with before you are just noise.

As a PTA parent, I can tell you this has more than a grain of truth. There's a generational shift between young Gex X and older Millennials that makes it really challenging to get folks involved. People complain on the listserves and in closed FB groups about the absolute dumbest things, but no one volunteers to get involved. There's only so many times I can type "Actually, no one stepped up to lead that activity this year, but if you want it for next year, I'm happy to set you up with the person whose child graduated who handled it before."

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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.

This. I suspect that the parents complaining that they get no response are the parents that make an absolute pest of themselves. There is only so much nonsense an institution will put up with before you are just noise.

As a PTA parent, I can tell you this has more than a grain of truth. There's a generational shift between young Gex X and older Millennials that makes it really challenging to get folks involved. People complain on the listserves and in closed FB groups about the absolute dumbest things, but no one volunteers to get involved. There's only so many times I can type "Actually, no one stepped up to lead that activity this year, but if you want it for next year, I'm happy to set you up with the person whose child graduated who handled it before."

I haven't noticed an overabundance of volunteering among Gen Xers vs Millennials. Generally there are more complainers than volunteers. I think that's human nature.

-Gen Xer

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Anonymous wrote:Put a fork in this thread. It’s been hijacked by defensive teacher trolls.

Who is being defensive or trollish?

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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.

This. I suspect that the parents complaining that they get no response are the parents that make an absolute pest of themselves. There is only so much nonsense an institution will put up with before you are just noise.

As a PTA parent, I can tell you this has more than a grain of truth. There's a generational shift between young Gex X and older Millennials that makes it really challenging to get folks involved. People complain on the listserves and in closed FB groups about the absolute dumbest things, but no one volunteers to get involved. There's only so many times I can type "Actually, no one stepped up to lead that activity this year, but if you want it for next year, I'm happy to set you up with the person whose child graduated who handled it before."

So true. There were so many more volunteers in school and PTA when my oldest kids (in college and high school) were in ES. Now my youngest in ES (4th) it is like pulling teeth to get volunteers and many teachers request no volunteers and one told me (a friend) it was because they would only work or worry about their own kid and their kid would be stressed. The differences are very obvious.

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Anonymous wrote:Put a fork in this thread. It’s been hijacked by defensive teacher trolls.

You mean truthful ones?