Teachers have stopped teaching?

[Anonymous]

I teach kindergarten and I teach up until the last week. That is when grades are due. That last week, we do fun activities like making bubbles, decorating for our graduation ceremony, a movie or two and plenty of recess time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This marking period in high school, my child has had 4 half days because of PARCC testing. Then because of AP tests, there has been no instruction for 2 weeks. Now my child has a teacher who gives out worksheets to the class EVERYDAY and tells them to help each other while he is on his computer. He has stopped teaching. What is going on in MCPS?

My middle schooler watched movies in 3 different classes on Friday. Ughhh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have always stopped all writing assignments with my AP English students after the AP Exam because I push them so hard up until that point, and they have drafted multiple college-level compositions by that point. After the exam, we simply discuss novels I assign for the kids to read at home. I pick novels that I think the kids will enjoy, but discussion is all we do. Once I even had them read 50 Shades of Grey with the discussion prompt: What makes "bad literature." I think they enjoy this, and the break after the exam, and I like that we can end the year on a light note, reading simply for enjoyment. I don't care what any parents think about this.

This has GOT to be a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This marking period in high school, my child has had 4 half days because of PARCC testing. Then because of AP tests, there has been no instruction for 2 weeks. Now my child has a teacher who gives out worksheets to the class EVERYDAY and tells them to help each other while he is on his computer. He has stopped teaching. What is going on in MCPS?

My middle schooler watched movies in 3 different classes on Friday. Ughhh.

Mine watched 5 full movies over the last week.

[Anonymous]

Wayside parent. My DD has been watching movies for 2 weeks straight, pretty much all day. I'm not happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I have always stopped all writing assignments with my AP English students after the AP Exam because I push them so hard up until that point, and they have drafted multiple college-level compositions by that point. After the exam, we simply discuss novels I assign for the kids to read at home. I pick novels that I think the kids will enjoy, but discussion is all we do. Once I even had them read 50 Shades of Grey with the discussion prompt: What makes "bad literature." I think they enjoy this, and the break after the exam, and I like that we can end the year on a light note, reading simply for enjoyment. I don't care what any parents think about this.

PP, are you are parent? I am going to guess that you are not. It is completely inappropriate for you to encourage HS students to read this book. There are so many other books you could choose that represent the genre of "bad" literature. Try to have some respect for parents, who still have the right to set limits on what their under-18 kids are reading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach summer school and tutor most of the school year. I don't just do summer tutoring. I don't even know where/what grade I will teach for summer school. So no, I have not stopped teaching. Our administration is still doing informal observations to get ready for our reaccreditation in a few weeks. Not all teachers have stopped teaching. But maybe if you just keep repeating yourself...

You're repeating yourself a lot. You sound annoyed. No one is picking you out as failing to complete your work - but you have to know that there are plenty of disappointed parents where the teachers are failing to keep working.

Most of my students' parents are a disappointment to me too. So it works both ways.

That's different. They don't have a paid obligation towards you or your children to work. you and every other teacher does.

As a parent, you have the responsibility to get your snowflake to school on time and to reinforce the importance of being responsible for making up work and for turning in work on time.


ha that's hilarious. no teacher would ever use the word snowflake only the resident misanthropist

and for the record, my kids have never been late for school and have never handed in homework late - and get A grades in all subjects (yes, they're at a private).
I'm organized. I used organizational methods in my classroom. So stay on top of your kid.

I'm tired of the enabling.

ha that's hilarious. no teacher would ever use the word snowflake only the resident misanthropist

and for the record, my kids have never been late for school and have never handed in homework late - and get A grades in all subjects (yes, they're at a private).

If they're in private, why are you chiming in? Your snowflakes aren't in with "the masses!" So go away.

Free speech thats why. And I'm facing the same problem at the private where there are teachers who have literally checked out, month before the end of school. Its relevant and I am free to comment. If you don't like it, well that's just too bad.