Emailing teacher for homework help when missing school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t he have a friend he could ask?

This. My 8th grader is on group chats with friends and they all ask questions about homework there. It's weird that OPs son has nobody else to ask.

[Anonymous]

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Ohhh so wrong, PP. The taecher should not set a precedent. The teacher acted appropriately. Kids don't get rewarded for what they are *supposed* to do.

I am a teacher. My email signature line includes something to the effect of "I read and answer emails during my working hours (__am until __pm) when I am not teaching class or otherwise committed."

Oh please. You are not getting inundated with emails from 8th graders wanting assignment clarifications. He emailed teacher his question several days before assignment was due, allowing plenty of time for her to respond during business hours. Which she did take the time to respond, just with snark, instead of anything helpful. OP, she is a crap teacher and the year is almost over. Yea!

He emailed her on Friday afternoon. Saturday and Sunday are non business days, and Monday was a holiday. Teachers are told to return all emails within 2 business days, which technically would have been by Wednesday afternoon.

So no.

But regardless, the student is owed nothing. No matter if the teacher received 1 or 100 emails asking about missing work, for an unexcused absence, "I'm sorry, I cannot help you" is an appropriate response. It sucks that parents' decision has consequences for the kid, but better to learn this now when grades don't really count for much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^
Ohhh so wrong, PP. The taecher should not set a precedent. The teacher acted appropriately. Kids don't get rewarded for what they are *supposed* to do.

I am a teacher. My email signature line includes something to the effect of "I read and answer emails during my working hours (__am until __pm) when I am not teaching class or otherwise committed."

Oh please. You are not getting inundated with emails from 8th graders wanting assignment clarifications. He emailed teacher his question several days before assignment was due, allowing plenty of time for her to respond during business hours. Which she did take the time to respond, just with snark, instead of anything helpful. OP, she is a crap teacher and the year is almost over. Yea!

He emailed her on Friday afternoon. Saturday and Sunday are non business days, and Monday was a holiday. Teachers are told to return all emails within 2 business days, which technically would have been by Wednesday afternoon.

So no.

But regardless, the student is owed nothing. No matter if the teacher received 1 or 100 emails asking about missing work, for an unexcused absence, "I'm sorry, I cannot help you" is an appropriate response. It sucks that parents' decision has consequences for the kid, but better to learn this now when grades don't really count for much.

Then she should have not responded if her policy is to not email during non business hrs. But to 1) respond 2) not be helpful is just petty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^
Ohhh so wrong, PP. The taecher should not set a precedent. The teacher acted appropriately. Kids don't get rewarded for what they are *supposed* to do.

I am a teacher. My email signature line includes something to the effect of "I read and answer emails during my working hours (__am until __pm) when I am not teaching class or otherwise committed."

Oh please. You are not getting inundated with emails from 8th graders wanting assignment clarifications. He emailed teacher his question several days before assignment was due, allowing plenty of time for her to respond during business hours. Which she did take the time to respond, just with snark, instead of anything helpful. OP, she is a crap teacher and the year is almost over. Yea!

He emailed her on Friday afternoon. Saturday and Sunday are non business days, and Monday was a holiday. Teachers are told to return all emails within 2 business days, which technically would have been by Wednesday afternoon.

So no.

But regardless, the student is owed nothing. No matter if the teacher received 1 or 100 emails asking about missing work, for an unexcused absence, "I'm sorry, I cannot help you" is an appropriate response. It sucks that parents' decision has consequences for the kid, but better to learn this now when grades don't really count for much.

Then she should have not responded if her policy is to not email during non business hrs. But to 1) respond 2) not be helpful is just petty.

It was kind of her to respond so kid knew he could just wait to ask on Monday and not have it hanging.

Anyway, how did it end up? Did he turn it in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If its an unexcused absence the teacher is not required to spend additional time to explain things they explained in class that was missed.

This is ALL you need to know.

[Anonymous]

Your student should not create more work for the teacher due to an UNEXCUSED absence. Ask your son to get the information from a friend.

It may not seem like a big deal to you but teachers get so many of these emails due to families prioritizing their own needs over school schedules, which is absolutely your prerogative, but then it's then your child's responsibility not to burden the teacher with extra email time due to your family's choice to have him skip class.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks everyone’s, I know you’re right. The thing is, now not only did she “waste time” sending the email, but on Tuesday she will “waste time” again when he asks her how to complete the assignment then. Why not just answer the kid in the time it took to send what she did?

Because it’s the end of the year and annoying when kids miss school and then want a one on one explanation. The teacher shouldn’t have replied at all. But your kid was out of line writing and expecting a response over a holiday weekend. Doesn’t your school have some type of help or remediation block in the day? This is the time to ask. Better yet, your kid could text someone in class and ask for clarification. It’s been an entire year, surely he knows someone else who has this teacher.

I mean yes, but also no. I was at a gathering yesterday and stepped away for a minute to take a work-related call. It’s really no big deal.

It’s no big deal for YOU. I have over 140 students. Your child is just one of them. If I’m taking individual requests from each one of them, I’ll see my own family even less than I do now. I intentionally create a barrier to protect myself from being overworked or abused.

AMEN

[Anonymous]

This thread is so interesting to me. Very black and white. I would be upset that the teacher refused to help. I think it sets a bad example for kids who put in the effort to reach out and I think its damaging to be dismissive to children when they ask for help, especially coming from a teacher.

That being said, not much to do here. Tell your kiddo she's the grinch and that there are many more grinches in the world and not to get too down about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is so interesting to me. Very black and white. I would be upset that the teacher refused to help. I think it sets a bad example for kids who put in the effort to reach out and I think its damaging to be dismissive to children when they ask for help, especially coming from a teacher.

That being said, not much to do here. Tell your kiddo she's the grinch and that there are many more grinches in the world and not to get too down about it.

That is a very strange take. Kid skipped school. Kid made no advance arrangements. Teacher declined to take her personal time to help kid fix something that would not have needed fixing had kid fulfilled his responsibilities.

[Anonymous]

Just always make it an excused absence, problem solved. I get it that teachers are overworked but I don’t want my kid to be the victim of their wrath for whatever reason. Therefore “my kid is sick today” or has a Dr appt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is so interesting to me. Very black and white. I would be upset that the teacher refused to help. I think it sets a bad example for kids who put in the effort to reach out and I think its damaging to be dismissive to children when they ask for help, especially coming from a teacher.

That being said, not much to do here. Tell your kiddo she's the grinch and that there are many more grinches in the world and not to get too down about it.

Tell your kid not to worry because school isn't that important. If it were, Mommy wouldn't have taken you out of it for an unexcused reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is so interesting to me. Very black and white. I would be upset that the teacher refused to help. I think it sets a bad example for kids who put in the effort to reach out and I think its damaging to be dismissive to children when they ask for help, especially coming from a teacher.

That being said, not much to do here. Tell your kiddo she's the grinch and that there are many more grinches in the world and not to get too down about it.

That is a very strange take. Kid skipped school. Kid made no advance arrangements. Teacher declined to take her personal time to help kid fix something that would not have needed fixing had kid fulfilled his responsibilities.

Oh please. He reached out with a question on the directions. This would have taken a sentence or two from her to clarify, and the same amount of time as her snarky email. He wasn’t asking for an hour zoom tutoring session.

[Anonymous]

Kid should have gone to the teacher before 1sr period or at lunchtime. Not Friday afternoon. Notify the teacher as early as possible..

[Anonymous]

Love all the grouchy teachers. Maybe if you picked a better career or married better, you wouldn't be so angry all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is so interesting to me. Very black and white. I would be upset that the teacher refused to help. I think it sets a bad example for kids who put in the effort to reach out and I think its damaging to be dismissive to children when they ask for help, especially coming from a teacher.

That being said, not much to do here. Tell your kiddo she's the grinch and that there are many more grinches in the world and not to get too down about it.

I think the parents made a choice to pull the kid out of school early and the kid is dealing with the consequences of that decision. We pulled our kid from school the Friday before Memorial Day.He had to rush to complete an assignment that the rest of the class had that Friday to work on. It turned into homework for him on Tuesday. He didn't complain and we didn't complain. That is what happens when you miss school. He appreicated the extra day off and understands that the extra homework is his responsibility because we pulled him from school. A friend was going to pul her kids but didn't when she found out that one of the kids had 2 tests that day. Why? Because she knew he wouldn't be allowed to make up the tests because he was out for a vacation.

We had friends who were upset that they got letters because their kids had missed over 10 days of school because they pulled the kids for cruises after vacations. The cruises were less expensive the following week. Teachers get requests to provide school work for kids whose parents are taking them abroad for a month during the school year. You see people posting asking about reliable VPNs so that kids can log into their school SIS accounts to check on homework and the like while traveling.

So no, the Teaher is not responsible fr making sure that your kid has the instructions, he wasn't there because you pulle dhim for vacation. That is fine. he could have contacted his friends and gotten the assignment. It isn't her responsibility.