Do you take "Attendance" when your DC teacher misses school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg no. Mind your own business.

Agree
OP is a lunatic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you count the days/times when the teacher is booked in IEP related meetings? I know at least 3 other kids in my DS's class have IEPs (in addition to him). I also know the school tries to schedule as many in one day as they can. Substitutes come in for those days. Do you consider that an absence?

What you're doing is really odd and in no way correlates to how much your child learns.

No I only count the days when my DC says "my teacher wasn't here today" well I asked them how was their day at school today and if the teacher wasn't I asked them all day?? If they said yes, then yes , I mark her down as absent. If my kids miss school I wouldn't mark the teacher absent for that day even if i found out they had a sub.

You "mark her down as absent"?? To what end? Do you think the school isn't keeping track of their teachers? Is this a bizarre source of entertainment for you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No! Btw, your kid has 9 absences?! That's a lot.

"I don't recall him being absent 9 times!"

LOVE!

[Anonymous]

As a teacher it is refreshing to see that the majority of people think this is too much. Thank you for not supporting this insanity!

[Anonymous]

Teacher here

I've used four days of personal leave this year. I've been absent an additional four or five days for conferences and trainings. It happens.

It's a stressful job. Sometimes you need a mental health break. I'd rather do that than take it out on the kids.

[Anonymous]

I want to thank OP for the laugh, I had a crap day and needed this.

I'm trying to imagine marking on a little calendar when my child's teacher is absent and it's making me LOL!

[Anonymous]

OP, you are one of those people who think teachers are "the help." I had parents like you when I taught, and your ilk treated me and my colleagues like we were part of your personal staff. A big reason I no longer teach (and why a lot of good, smart, creative people don't teach) is that teachers are demeaned by the likes of you. Who wants to teach kids all day AND have to answer to parents like you? The saddest part is that you're raising children who will be petty and self-centered, just like you.

[Anonymous]

Parents everywhere, I give you Exhibit A. OP is a nightmare parent, and I've had several over the years. Our job is already difficult without crazy folk like OP. - elementary teacher

[Anonymous]

Another teacher here who echoes the previous 2 teachers.

[Anonymous]

Op, we are at a private and I do take teacher attendance. I do it because when the kids say teacher wasn't there today, what follows is a description of a pretty bad school day. The kids want a routine. Teachers want days off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op, we are at a private and I do take teacher attendance. I do it because when the kids say teacher wasn't there today, what follows is a description of a pretty bad school day. The kids want a routine. Teachers want days off.

[Anonymous]

You mark the teacher absent? In a calendar, excel spreadsheet? ? Regardless, you need to let it go, OP, this is strange behavior.

Besides, you realize teachers have lesson plans that the substitute works from, right? Learning still happens. The students don't just sit there. Teachers get sick, have family emergencies and have professional development workshops...just like everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op, we are at a private and I do take teacher attendance. I do it because when the kids say teacher wasn't there today, what follows is a description of a pretty bad school day. The kids want a routine. Teachers want days off.

But what do you do with this information?

[Anonymous]

Of course not.

Do you ask your kids every single day whether there was a substitute? Weird.

[Anonymous]

I'm imagining OP calling roll in her living room.

"Say 'here' when I call your name. Mrs. Jones?"
*crickets*
"And that's another absence." *marks in date book with masking tape label reading Attendance and puts back in coffee table drawer*

So ridiculous. Who do you think you are, HR?