ES Parents, please listen in to one or two zoom classes to make sure your kid isn’t “that kid”

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Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine Zooming the classroom in the early grades is at all productive, for anyone. A teacher relative of mine is training to stream her kindergarten class online and already says it will be like herding cats. What a waste of time! Grade schools should not be doing live online class at all.

They should have listserves for kids to communicate as a group. So much easier, and easy to control.

Somebody on DCUM has an idée fixe about listservs, because otherwise I can't imagine why someone would suggest a listserv as a way for kindergartners to communicate as a group.

I would not allow my second grader to join a list serve. Completely inappropriate - she doesn’t even have an email address!. This poster needs to realize it’s a terrible idea and move on already.

All MCPS students have email addresses. And it takes about two minutes to get a gmail address for your kid.

Just wait -- you will see MCPS going the email, group email and listerv route soon because after all this time, what they're doing still isn't working.

[Anonymous]

Didn't MCPS just send out a letter that Zoom is down..

[Anonymous]

Ignore the OP. She is a busybody who is sad that social distancing and school closures mean she no longer has gossip to spread about other kids that she gleans from her time as a classroom volunteer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine Zooming the classroom in the early grades is at all productive, for anyone. A teacher relative of mine is training to stream her kindergarten class online and already says it will be like herding cats. What a waste of time! Grade schools should not be doing live online class at all.

They should have listserves for kids to communicate as a group. So much easier, and easy to control.

Somebody on DCUM has an idée fixe about listservs, because otherwise I can't imagine why someone would suggest a listserv as a way for kindergartners to communicate as a group.

I would not allow my second grader to join a list serve. Completely inappropriate - she doesn’t even have an email address!. This poster needs to realize it’s a terrible idea and move on already.

All MCPS students have email addresses. And it takes about two minutes to get a gmail address for your kid.

Just wait -- you will see MCPS going the email, group email and listerv route soon because after all this time, what they're doing still isn't working.

After all what time? MCPS has been using Google Classroom all year.

[Anonymous]

In my experience as a kid in school, the 'disruptive' kids were always the popular kids, especially by the time they were in high school. Kids don't think the way adults do.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, you do realize that many of us are also trying to work full-time with our kids in the house, right? And that we can't always request to get off a call based on our kids' Zoom schedule? Come on. Have some empathy here.

MCPS has max one hour zoom classes a day for ES. The OP said to listen in on 1 or 2 of them to see how your kid is behaving and maybe talk about expectations. Are you telling me you honestly can not do this? I am just so sick of parents throwing their hands up in the air and once again using zoom classes as a babysitter. What were you doing the last few weeks working FT. Not interacting with your kids at all. Having no idea what they are doing all day? How about instead of the OP showing some empathy, how about you take some personal responsibility for the actions of the children you chose to have?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn't MCPS just send out a letter that Zoom is down..

My kid had a class from 9am to 10am and it worked fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I’ve seen some of that, but the kids aren’t annoying on purpose, they’re impulsive and/or anxious...

Oh, that is right. We don’t discipline or show accountability. We make excuses and turn it into something that should be tolerated by the masses.

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It is obvious the parents on the defense here have these kids and think it is bad that other people find them problematic and are trying to turn them into victims. ALL the kids are anxious. Mine literally was diagnosed with anxiety and SPD last year. But that sure doesn't give her a free ticket to unmute herself to call out, type inappropriate messages on the chat, and disrupt in other ways as well. There is no excuse for that. And yes, I work FT and I am extremely busy since rates are so low. But I make the time to make sure I am involved with both of my kid's schooling (2nd and 4th) even if it means I work 1-2 hours after they go to bed at night. It is called parenting and many parents don't know how. They want to turn a blind eye and not deal with it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I’ve seen some of that, but the kids aren’t annoying on purpose, they’re impulsive and/or anxious...

Oh, that is right. We don’t discipline or show accountability. We make excuses and turn it into something that should be tolerated by the masses.

+1

It is obvious the parents on the defense here have these kids and think it is bad that other people find them problematic and are trying to turn them into victims. ALL the kids are anxious. Mine literally was diagnosed with anxiety and SPD last year. But that sure doesn't give her a free ticket to unmute herself to call out, type inappropriate messages on the chat, and disrupt in other ways as well. There is no excuse for that. And yes, I work FT and I am extremely busy since rates are so low. But I make the time to make sure I am involved with both of my kid's schooling (2nd and 4th) even if it means I work 1-2 hours after they go to bed at night. It is called parenting and many parents don't know how. They want to turn a blind eye and not deal with it.

Glad your kid responds to stress in a way that is acceptable. Not all kids do. So when you say "it's called parenting" you are just showing how ignorant and judgmental you are. Not surprisingly, you have a daughter, not a son.....

[Anonymous]

It makes me sad how many mean spirited parents are in our "community."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I’ve seen some of that, but the kids aren’t annoying on purpose, they’re impulsive and/or anxious...

Oh, that is right. We don’t discipline or show accountability. We make excuses and turn it into something that should be tolerated by the masses.

+1

It is obvious the parents on the defense here have these kids and think it is bad that other people find them problematic and are trying to turn them into victims. ALL the kids are anxious. Mine literally was diagnosed with anxiety and SPD last year. But that sure doesn't give her a free ticket to unmute herself to call out, type inappropriate messages on the chat, and disrupt in other ways as well. There is no excuse for that. And yes, I work FT and I am extremely busy since rates are so low. But I make the time to make sure I am involved with both of my kid's schooling (2nd and 4th) even if it means I work 1-2 hours after they go to bed at night. It is called parenting and many parents don't know how. They want to turn a blind eye and not deal with it.

Glad your kid responds to stress in a way that is acceptable. Not all kids do. So when you say "it's called parenting" you are just showing how ignorant and judgmental you are. Not surprisingly, you have a daughter, not a son.....

So you think if your child is stressed, they should be allowed to disrupt the class over and over again? You just allow it and say it is stress. You don't have any parental control to say you absolutely can not unmute and disrupt. You can not say no typing comments? Really? What the heck? And it shouldn't matter what sex her kids are. That means nothing and is sexist. We aren't talking about 6 hours a day anymore. 1 hour. Your kid needs to follow directions with a teacher for 1 hour and if they can't, it needs to be addressed by you, the parent. Not wait until a teacher has to roll her eyes for the millionth time and then reluctantly send you an email. Because she knows she is going to hear the same BS and excuses you are spewing here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I’ve seen some of that, but the kids aren’t annoying on purpose, they’re impulsive and/or anxious...

Oh, that is right. We don’t discipline or show accountability. We make excuses and turn it into something that should be tolerated by the masses.

+1

It is obvious the parents on the defense here have these kids and think it is bad that other people find them problematic and are trying to turn them into victims. ALL the kids are anxious. Mine literally was diagnosed with anxiety and SPD last year. But that sure doesn't give her a free ticket to unmute herself to call out, type inappropriate messages on the chat, and disrupt in other ways as well. There is no excuse for that. And yes, I work FT and I am extremely busy since rates are so low. But I make the time to make sure I am involved with both of my kid's schooling (2nd and 4th) even if it means I work 1-2 hours after they go to bed at night. It is called parenting and many parents don't know how. They want to turn a blind eye and not deal with it.

Glad your kid responds to stress in a way that is acceptable. Not all kids do. So when you say "it's called parenting" you are just showing how ignorant and judgmental you are. Not surprisingly, you have a daughter, not a son.....

So you think if your child is stressed, they should be allowed to disrupt the class over and over again? You just allow it and say it is stress. You don't have any parental control to say you absolutely can not unmute and disrupt. You can not say no typing comments? Really? What the heck? And it shouldn't matter what sex her kids are. That means nothing and is sexist. We aren't talking about 6 hours a day anymore. 1 hour. Your kid needs to follow directions with a teacher for 1 hour and if they can't, it needs to be addressed by you, the parent. Not wait until a teacher has to roll her eyes for the millionth time and then reluctantly send you an email. Because she knows she is going to hear the same BS and excuses you are spewing here.

Humanity fail.

[Anonymous]

DC is in his dad's house and doing his school-work from there. He got in trouble on very first zoom already. The teacher e-mailed us, the parents, and ofcourse and I was pissed at both of them.
DC is not a mean kid but tries to be funny every once in awhile. I don't need a comedian in the house. He know better, but still, we have received 2-3 e-mails in 8 years about him trying to be a class clown. You are welcome to beat him if you see him clowning around.

[Anonymous]

The world needs class clowns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I’ve seen some of that, but the kids aren’t annoying on purpose, they’re impulsive and/or anxious...

Oh, that is right. We don’t discipline or show accountability. We make excuses and turn it into something that should be tolerated by the masses.

+1

It is obvious the parents on the defense here have these kids and think it is bad that other people find them problematic and are trying to turn them into victims. ALL the kids are anxious. Mine literally was diagnosed with anxiety and SPD last year. But that sure doesn't give her a free ticket to unmute herself to call out, type inappropriate messages on the chat, and disrupt in other ways as well. There is no excuse for that. And yes, I work FT and I am extremely busy since rates are so low. But I make the time to make sure I am involved with both of my kid's schooling (2nd and 4th) even if it means I work 1-2 hours after they go to bed at night. It is called parenting and many parents don't know how. They want to turn a blind eye and not deal with it.

Glad your kid responds to stress in a way that is acceptable. Not all kids do. So when you say "it's called parenting" you are just showing how ignorant and judgmental you are. Not surprisingly, you have a daughter, not a son.....

So you think if your child is stressed, they should be allowed to disrupt the class over and over again? You just allow it and say it is stress. You don't have any parental control to say you absolutely can not unmute and disrupt. You can not say no typing comments? Really? What the heck? And it shouldn't matter what sex her kids are. That means nothing and is sexist. We aren't talking about 6 hours a day anymore. 1 hour. Your kid needs to follow directions with a teacher for 1 hour and if they can't, it needs to be addressed by you, the parent. Not wait until a teacher has to roll her eyes for the millionth time and then reluctantly send you an email. Because she knows she is going to hear the same BS and excuses you are spewing here.

+1

Every kid does something here or there and as long as parents are on top of it, it resolves fairly quickly. The ones doing it daily just have parents who don't care. If they were problems in the class and now on the online classes, nothing will ever be done. I wish kids couldn't unmute. There has to be a way a teacher can overrule that. It is unbelievable how ballsy and rude some young kids are. One kid yesterday was non stop and my DS said he was circling his face, putting backgrounds behind him, making faces and then unmuting to make farting noises and then muting again and denying it. It makes the entire hour a waste. This is 5th grade, not a younger grade by the way.