Teacher issues: sarcasm etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would start teaching your kid about sarcasm. Explain how the words are different than what she means. Ask you kid what they think about it. Tell them they shouldn’t feel bad if the teacher is talking like that. Etc. I taught my son this kind of thing early on, and he could take that stuff in stride or at least see it for what it was, which I was really glad about.

A good time to teach your kid that sarcasm is a tool of the weak. It is rude and hurtful, and should be avoided.

[Anonymous]

You would die in any Asian classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You would die in any Asian classroom.

Japan has a very high suicide rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This sounds like my DD’s preK teacher last year. We kind of knew the teacher was a jerk but didn’t have a ton of insight into what her classroom was like until distance learning started in the spring. We were shocked and wished we’d followed our guts earlier and pulled out DD out of the class, which is obviously way easier in preschool than in a continuing school. High expectations and tough love are ok, but not in Kindergarten.

Also my Kindergartner would never be able to come back at a specific time or after a certain amount of time without a timer and a warning. Her teacher occasionally has them work quietly and independently and keeps them on Zoom with a visual clock and verbal check-ins. And even then my very conscientious child loses track, gets confused by the quiet, and just logs off.

It does make me feel really icky knowing that this teacher acts like this on camera when she knows parents can hear. I wonder what her classroom is like when they aren't??

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Anonymous wrote:Why do you have the opportunity to change teachers? This isn't something normally offered...at all. Either you have a real, legitimate concern beyond what you've shared and admin knows it's a problem, in which case you should absolutely switch--or you have been such a bear that admin is giving in and trying to placate you and spread the crazy around. I promise you if you switch for the latter reason, your child is being placed with an asterisk next to their name that says "tread lightly, parent is crazy". I get a few of those every September complements of last year's teachers.

OP here. My daughter has been slow to learn her sight words and has been told by the teacher that her knowing so little is "unacceptable" & it's doing a number on her self esteem. The sarcastic comments are daily and not targeted towards my child specifically but for a teacher who works with only 9 kids on a camera, it seems a litle extreme. She also uses videos often and does not do a lot of one on one work. Maybe I'll be labeled crazy parent but I doubt that. I've noticed how the teacher's demeanor changes with the kids the day the principal popped onto the screen to check in. She likely doesn't have the full picture of what this teacher expects and does not do on a daily basis. For example, she opens a program for them to do and then tells them to come back at a certain time. They are 5 & 6. Without a parent listening and keeping track, certain students are late. She will then ask why they were late in a not so nice tone. They're 5 and can't tell time, obviously. I am lucky enough to be around and observe, keep her on track, and do what I can. Other parents can't. I've noticed some kids aren't in the class anymore. We started with 14. We have 9-10 now.

That is a different situation. A Teacher should not be telling a child in K that it is unacceptable that the kid doesn't know X,Y, or Z.I would talk to the Principal immediately. The K Teacher can suggest to the parents that the child needs to be practicing at home more, I know that this happens. It sounds like the Teacher is not great in this environment but might also be not great in person. If you have the chance tp change Teachers, I would change the Teacher and make sure the Principal knows why you are changing.

And she should not be commenting on bathroom breaks. DS's K and first grade had a bathroom in the classroom so the kids could go to the bathroom more easily. His Teacher did ask me if he was ok because he kept needing to poop and took 20 minutes to do so. It took 30 seconds of conversation to piece together that DS was taking long breaks during writing. She corrected that by letting him go to the bathroom but telling him there was no center time until he finished his writing, suddenly the 20 minute bathroom breaks were gone. He tried the same thing in first grade.

[Anonymous]

She is a bad teacher and yes change teachers if you can.

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I hate when teachers use sarcasm especially when most kids that age won’t even understand it. She shouldn’t be teaching kids that young if that’s how she responds. I wouldn’t make her ask for a bathroom break, my first grader’s teacher always tells them if they have an emergency ,just turn your camera off and go. I’d have your daughter do the same, she can’t control her bathroom breaks on distance learning.
And yes, I would switch teachers if you have the chance, she shouldn’t be talking to a K or really any student that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a teacher is using sarcasm with 6 year olds, that teacher can't handle her emotions & needs a new job. JMO.

+1 and I’m a middle school teacher

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents can not monitor their kids while in class. Most parents are working.

Apparently not the OP. She's listening to her kid's class.

Oh get off it!!!! K is certainly not old enough to patiently sit in front of the computer with no parent/teacher intervention.

OP, I would seriously talk to the teacher and ask her to be direct with the students but refrain from using sarcasm (which it most definitely is). You are right that children should not be responsible for the emotions of adults.

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Anonymous wrote:Parents can not monitor their kids while in class. Most parents are working.

Apparently not the OP. She's listening to her kid's class.

+1 and this is yet another reason teachers will happily get the vaccine. Can’t wait to have our classrooms back.

I'm actually really glad that parents can hear how some of you act with our children.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents can not monitor their kids while in class. Most parents are working.

Apparently not the OP. She's listening to her kid's class.

+1 and this is yet another reason teachers will happily get the vaccine. Can’t wait to have our classrooms back.

I'm actually really glad that parents can hear how some of you act with our children.

Same here. It has been appalling.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents can not monitor their kids while in class. Most parents are working.

Apparently not the OP. She's listening to her kid's class.

+1 and this is yet another reason teachers will happily get the vaccine. Can’t wait to have our classrooms back.

I'm actually really glad that parents can hear how some of you act with our children.

Same here. It has been appalling.

Makes me wonder how they act when we aren't listening.

[Anonymous]

I've heard an earful too from parents. Swearing, screaming, you name it. So get off your high horses.


-a teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've heard an earful too from parents. Swearing, screaming, you name it. So get off your high horses.


-a teacher

So that makes it OK for you to be nasty with 6-year-olds? I think not!

[Anonymous]

Switch. No reason to put up with this.