Parents posting critiques of their kids’ teachers on Facebook and other social media

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers wanted all distance learning and this is an unintended consequence. If you’re in parents homes, parents are going to have an opinion about everything you do. Don’t like it ... push to get back in the classrooms.

Sure. I’ll push back time so Trump and the CDC don’t completely both the coronavirus response. Better, I’ll push back time all the way so people won’t vote for Trump.

Yeah, sorry. Now you want to threaten teachers by trashing them online because you hate distance learning? And if teachers object then they should rush back into unsafe working conditions so parents back off? No. I will not be bullied by you or any other parent, I don’t care how angry and red in the face you get. I will report you to my supervisor if you do anything unethical and if your child tells me that you say “this isn’t real school, so I don’t have to do the work” I will put that in writing to my boss as well. Don’t think you can walk all over me. I don’t work for you and I see right through you.

Ooooh... You're going to report me to *your* supervisor. In writing, no less.

You should work on your threats.

It isn't a threat, it's an insurance policy against your vendetta. I will document every single lunatic thing you say and do. When you try to contact my boss to tell them I'm not doing my job, they're already prepared to shut you down. I've already done this with several parents who were out of control, and it has worked every single time because I document the truth of the situation. Not only do I inform the administration, but the other teachers and related service providers about inappropriate behavior so they are all on guard. You think you start fresh with next year's teacher? Not so. Just this week, I was contacted directly by the teacher of a student of mine who aged up to high school. Your reputation as a parent and as a person is on the line, just as much as anyone else's. You want to live in a world where you expose others who you don't like? Welcome to it.

If you think that administrators can run their schools without teachers then you are sorely mistaken. We are on the same team.

I don't need to make empty threats. You can cry about how mean I am to the other wine moms all you want.

Well, with that attitude I can tell why you'd get defensive at the idea of parents writing public reviews of your performance as a teacher.

The attitude that I will not allow myself to be walked all over? Yeah, you're right. I should allow parents to ruin my career because they blame teachers for the colossal mishandling of the pandemic at every level of government.
I am an excellent teacher. My ratings and scores speak for themselves. I love the kids and I love my job. Dealing with the (few) entitled parents that I've encountered is awful and I will not allow it to suck the passion for my job out of me, as it has to so many teachers. I've seen parents scream at teachers in the office, and that teacher leaving in tears. It is disgusting and embarrassing. By contrast, I have never once seen a teacher respond in kind.

Yeah, pretty much everything you've written suggests otherwise, on all counts.

Perhaps if you put as much effort into doing your job as you do defending yourself, you wouldn't get as many complaints about your performance.

I never said I've gotten complaints about my performance. I've had crazy parents write me letters IN ALL CAPS about personal favors they demand I do for them.
Communicating the inappropriate things that parents say and do to the people I report to does not make me a bad teacher. You're welcome for the heads up and you can adjust your behavior accordingly.

I do appreciate the warning to watch out for the crazies. Bases on your posts, I suspect your mental and emotional instability is apparent to anyone after a brief interaction.

It doesn’t make me unstable to report problems to my higher up. That’s literally protocol. It is very concerning to me that this is all of a sudden causing parents to panic. Did they actually think they were raging at teachers in a vacuum?

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers wanted all distance learning and this is an unintended consequence. If you’re in parents homes, parents are going to have an opinion about everything you do. Don’t like it ... push to get back in the classrooms.

Sure. I’ll push back time so Trump and the CDC don’t completely both the coronavirus response. Better, I’ll push back time all the way so people won’t vote for Trump.

Yeah, sorry. Now you want to threaten teachers by trashing them online because you hate distance learning? And if teachers object then they should rush back into unsafe working conditions so parents back off? No. I will not be bullied by you or any other parent, I don’t care how angry and red in the face you get. I will report you to my supervisor if you do anything unethical and if your child tells me that you say “this isn’t real school, so I don’t have to do the work” I will put that in writing to my boss as well. Don’t think you can walk all over me. I don’t work for you and I see right through you.

Ooooh... You're going to report me to *your* supervisor. In writing, no less.

You should work on your threats.

It isn't a threat, it's an insurance policy against your vendetta. I will document every single lunatic thing you say and do. When you try to contact my boss to tell them I'm not doing my job, they're already prepared to shut you down. I've already done this with several parents who were out of control, and it has worked every single time because I document the truth of the situation. Not only do I inform the administration, but the other teachers and related service providers about inappropriate behavior so they are all on guard. You think you start fresh with next year's teacher? Not so. Just this week, I was contacted directly by the teacher of a student of mine who aged up to high school. Your reputation as a parent and as a person is on the line, just as much as anyone else's. You want to live in a world where you expose others who you don't like? Welcome to it.

If you think that administrators can run their schools without teachers then you are sorely mistaken. We are on the same team.

I don't need to make empty threats. You can cry about how mean I am to the other wine moms all you want.

Well, with that attitude I can tell why you'd get defensive at the idea of parents writing public reviews of your performance as a teacher.

The attitude that I will not allow myself to be walked all over? Yeah, you're right. I should allow parents to ruin my career because they blame teachers for the colossal mishandling of the pandemic at every level of government.
I am an excellent teacher. My ratings and scores speak for themselves. I love the kids and I love my job. Dealing with the (few) entitled parents that I've encountered is awful and I will not allow it to suck the passion for my job out of me, as it has to so many teachers. I've seen parents scream at teachers in the office, and that teacher leaving in tears. It is disgusting and embarrassing. By contrast, I have never once seen a teacher respond in kind.

Yeah, pretty much everything you've written suggests otherwise, on all counts.

Perhaps if you put as much effort into doing your job as you do defending yourself, you wouldn't get as many complaints about your performance.

I never said I've gotten complaints about my performance. I've had crazy parents write me letters IN ALL CAPS about personal favors they demand I do for them.
Communicating the inappropriate things that parents say and do to the people I report to does not make me a bad teacher. You're welcome for the heads up and you can adjust your behavior accordingly.

I do appreciate the warning to watch out for the crazies. Bases on your posts, I suspect your mental and emotional instability is apparent to anyone after a brief interaction.

It doesn’t make me unstable to report problems to my higher up. That’s literally protocol. It is very concerning to me that this is all of a sudden causing parents to panic. Did they actually think they were raging at teachers in a vacuum?

Pop another xanax. The only panicky people in this thread are teachers who are worried about getting called out in public now that parents can see the the level of effort the teachers are putting in. No one is worried about your vague threats.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers wanted all distance learning and this is an unintended consequence. If you’re in parents homes, parents are going to have an opinion about everything you do. Don’t like it ... push to get back in the classrooms.

Sure. I’ll push back time so Trump and the CDC don’t completely both the coronavirus response. Better, I’ll push back time all the way so people won’t vote for Trump.

Yeah, sorry. Now you want to threaten teachers by trashing them online because you hate distance learning? And if teachers object then they should rush back into unsafe working conditions so parents back off? No. I will not be bullied by you or any other parent, I don’t care how angry and red in the face you get. I will report you to my supervisor if you do anything unethical and if your child tells me that you say “this isn’t real school, so I don’t have to do the work” I will put that in writing to my boss as well. Don’t think you can walk all over me. I don’t work for you and I see right through you.

Ooooh... You're going to report me to *your* supervisor. In writing, no less.

You should work on your threats.

It isn't a threat, it's an insurance policy against your vendetta. I will document every single lunatic thing you say and do. When you try to contact my boss to tell them I'm not doing my job, they're already prepared to shut you down. I've already done this with several parents who were out of control, and it has worked every single time because I document the truth of the situation. Not only do I inform the administration, but the other teachers and related service providers about inappropriate behavior so they are all on guard. You think you start fresh with next year's teacher? Not so. Just this week, I was contacted directly by the teacher of a student of mine who aged up to high school. Your reputation as a parent and as a person is on the line, just as much as anyone else's. You want to live in a world where you expose others who you don't like? Welcome to it.

If you think that administrators can run their schools without teachers then you are sorely mistaken. We are on the same team.

I don't need to make empty threats. You can cry about how mean I am to the other wine moms all you want.

Well, with that attitude I can tell why you'd get defensive at the idea of parents writing public reviews of your performance as a teacher.

The attitude that I will not allow myself to be walked all over? Yeah, you're right. I should allow parents to ruin my career because they blame teachers for the colossal mishandling of the pandemic at every level of government.
I am an excellent teacher. My ratings and scores speak for themselves. I love the kids and I love my job. Dealing with the (few) entitled parents that I've encountered is awful and I will not allow it to suck the passion for my job out of me, as it has to so many teachers. I've seen parents scream at teachers in the office, and that teacher leaving in tears. It is disgusting and embarrassing. By contrast, I have never once seen a teacher respond in kind.

Yeah, pretty much everything you've written suggests otherwise, on all counts.

Perhaps if you put as much effort into doing your job as you do defending yourself, you wouldn't get as many complaints about your performance.

I never said I've gotten complaints about my performance. I've had crazy parents write me letters IN ALL CAPS about personal favors they demand I do for them.
Communicating the inappropriate things that parents say and do to the people I report to does not make me a bad teacher. You're welcome for the heads up and you can adjust your behavior accordingly.

I do appreciate the warning to watch out for the crazies. Bases on your posts, I suspect your mental and emotional instability is apparent to anyone after a brief interaction.

It doesn’t make me unstable to report problems to my higher up. That’s literally protocol. It is very concerning to me that this is all of a sudden causing parents to panic. Did they actually think they were raging at teachers in a vacuum?

Pop another xanax. The only panicky people in this thread are teachers who are worried about getting called out in public now that parents can see the the level of effort the teachers are putting in. No one is worried about your vague threats.

This looks like one defensive and unprofessional teacher.

Teaching is a very public job. You have to cope better with people who do not like you or appreciate what you are doing, even if you don’t agree with their criticism. Why don’t you pay attention to the feedback in whatever form it comes and try to address the complaints?

Disliking you or your teaching is not a threat.

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OP it seems like such a Karen move (yeah I said the K word). If you are concerned about a teacher’s performance, reach out to the principal. Same goes to any profession-instead of venting online and being mean-deal with it through appropriate channels....

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers wanted all distance learning and this is an unintended consequence. If you’re in parents homes, parents are going to have an opinion about everything you do. Don’t like it ... push to get back in the classrooms.

Sure. I’ll push back time so Trump and the CDC don’t completely both the coronavirus response. Better, I’ll push back time all the way so people won’t vote for Trump.

Yeah, sorry. Now you want to threaten teachers by trashing them online because you hate distance learning? And if teachers object then they should rush back into unsafe working conditions so parents back off? No. I will not be bullied by you or any other parent, I don’t care how angry and red in the face you get. I will report you to my supervisor if you do anything unethical and if your child tells me that you say “this isn’t real school, so I don’t have to do the work” I will put that in writing to my boss as well. Don’t think you can walk all over me. I don’t work for you and I see right through you.

Ooooh... You're going to report me to *your* supervisor. In writing, no less.

You should work on your threats.

It isn't a threat, it's an insurance policy against your vendetta. I will document every single lunatic thing you say and do. When you try to contact my boss to tell them I'm not doing my job, they're already prepared to shut you down. I've already done this with several parents who were out of control, and it has worked every single time because I document the truth of the situation. Not only do I inform the administration, but the other teachers and related service providers about inappropriate behavior so they are all on guard. You think you start fresh with next year's teacher? Not so. Just this week, I was contacted directly by the teacher of a student of mine who aged up to high school. Your reputation as a parent and as a person is on the line, just as much as anyone else's. You want to live in a world where you expose others who you don't like? Welcome to it.

If you think that administrators can run their schools without teachers then you are sorely mistaken. We are on the same team.

I don't need to make empty threats. You can cry about how mean I am to the other wine moms all you want.

Well, with that attitude I can tell why you'd get defensive at the idea of parents writing public reviews of your performance as a teacher.

The attitude that I will not allow myself to be walked all over? Yeah, you're right. I should allow parents to ruin my career because they blame teachers for the colossal mishandling of the pandemic at every level of government.
I am an excellent teacher. My ratings and scores speak for themselves. I love the kids and I love my job. Dealing with the (few) entitled parents that I've encountered is awful and I will not allow it to suck the passion for my job out of me, as it has to so many teachers. I've seen parents scream at teachers in the office, and that teacher leaving in tears. It is disgusting and embarrassing. By contrast, I have never once seen a teacher respond in kind.

Yeah, pretty much everything you've written suggests otherwise, on all counts.

Perhaps if you put as much effort into doing your job as you do defending yourself, you wouldn't get as many complaints about your performance.

I never said I've gotten complaints about my performance. I've had crazy parents write me letters IN ALL CAPS about personal favors they demand I do for them.
Communicating the inappropriate things that parents say and do to the people I report to does not make me a bad teacher. You're welcome for the heads up and you can adjust your behavior accordingly.

I do appreciate the warning to watch out for the crazies. Bases on your posts, I suspect your mental and emotional instability is apparent to anyone after a brief interaction.

It doesn’t make me unstable to report problems to my higher up. That’s literally protocol. It is very concerning to me that this is all of a sudden causing parents to panic. Did they actually think they were raging at teachers in a vacuum?

Pop another xanax. The only panicky people in this thread are teachers who are worried about getting called out in public now that parents can see the the level of effort the teachers are putting in. No one is worried about your vague threats.

This looks like one defensive and unprofessional teacher.

Teaching is a very public job. You have to cope better with people who do not like you or appreciate what you are doing, even if you don’t agree with their criticism. Why don’t you pay attention to the feedback in whatever form it comes and try to address the complaints?

Disliking you or your teaching is not a threat.

It is absolutely not unprofessional to report complaints to your supervisor. Not sure if any of you have ever worked before, but that is standard operating procedure. If I get an email that is rude and inappropriate I forward it right away, as we’ve been asked to do. A school is a community. If you think you can spew vitriol at one person and no one else in that community will find out, that’s very strange. Have you never set foot in an office? In a neighborhood? Not to mention parents advising teachers to “pop a Xanax” - that’s obviously not something you can say. Have some self respect.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers wanted all distance learning and this is an unintended consequence. If you’re in parents homes, parents are going to have an opinion about everything you do. Don’t like it ... push to get back in the classrooms.

Sure. I’ll push back time so Trump and the CDC don’t completely both the coronavirus response. Better, I’ll push back time all the way so people won’t vote for Trump.

Yeah, sorry. Now you want to threaten teachers by trashing them online because you hate distance learning? And if teachers object then they should rush back into unsafe working conditions so parents back off? No. I will not be bullied by you or any other parent, I don’t care how angry and red in the face you get. I will report you to my supervisor if you do anything unethical and if your child tells me that you say “this isn’t real school, so I don’t have to do the work” I will put that in writing to my boss as well. Don’t think you can walk all over me. I don’t work for you and I see right through you.

Ooooh... You're going to report me to *your* supervisor. In writing, no less.

You should work on your threats.

It isn't a threat, it's an insurance policy against your vendetta. I will document every single lunatic thing you say and do. When you try to contact my boss to tell them I'm not doing my job, they're already prepared to shut you down. I've already done this with several parents who were out of control, and it has worked every single time because I document the truth of the situation. Not only do I inform the administration, but the other teachers and related service providers about inappropriate behavior so they are all on guard. You think you start fresh with next year's teacher? Not so. Just this week, I was contacted directly by the teacher of a student of mine who aged up to high school. Your reputation as a parent and as a person is on the line, just as much as anyone else's. You want to live in a world where you expose others who you don't like? Welcome to it.

If you think that administrators can run their schools without teachers then you are sorely mistaken. We are on the same team.

I don't need to make empty threats. You can cry about how mean I am to the other wine moms all you want.

Well, with that attitude I can tell why you'd get defensive at the idea of parents writing public reviews of your performance as a teacher.

The attitude that I will not allow myself to be walked all over? Yeah, you're right. I should allow parents to ruin my career because they blame teachers for the colossal mishandling of the pandemic at every level of government.
I am an excellent teacher. My ratings and scores speak for themselves. I love the kids and I love my job. Dealing with the (few) entitled parents that I've encountered is awful and I will not allow it to suck the passion for my job out of me, as it has to so many teachers. I've seen parents scream at teachers in the office, and that teacher leaving in tears. It is disgusting and embarrassing. By contrast, I have never once seen a teacher respond in kind.

Yeah, pretty much everything you've written suggests otherwise, on all counts.

Perhaps if you put as much effort into doing your job as you do defending yourself, you wouldn't get as many complaints about your performance.

I never said I've gotten complaints about my performance. I've had crazy parents write me letters IN ALL CAPS about personal favors they demand I do for them.
Communicating the inappropriate things that parents say and do to the people I report to does not make me a bad teacher. You're welcome for the heads up and you can adjust your behavior accordingly.

I do appreciate the warning to watch out for the crazies. Bases on your posts, I suspect your mental and emotional instability is apparent to anyone after a brief interaction.

It doesn’t make me unstable to report problems to my higher up. That’s literally protocol. It is very concerning to me that this is all of a sudden causing parents to panic. Did they actually think they were raging at teachers in a vacuum?

Pop another xanax. The only panicky people in this thread are teachers who are worried about getting called out in public now that parents can see the the level of effort the teachers are putting in. No one is worried about your vague threats.

This looks like one defensive and unprofessional teacher.

Teaching is a very public job. You have to cope better with people who do not like you or appreciate what you are doing, even if you don’t agree with their criticism. Why don’t you pay attention to the feedback in whatever form it comes and try to address the complaints?

Disliking you or your teaching is not a threat.

It is absolutely not unprofessional to report complaints to your supervisor. Not sure if any of you have ever worked before, but that is standard operating procedure. If I get an email that is rude and inappropriate I forward it right away, as we’ve been asked to do. A school is a community. If you think you can spew vitriol at one person and no one else in that community will find out, that’s very strange. Have you never set foot in an office? In a neighborhood? Not to mention parents advising teachers to “pop a Xanax” - that’s obviously not something you can say. Have some self respect.

You really should talk to your doctor about anxiety meds. They might help you. You seem very high-strung.

And shouldn't you be relaxing on your day off, or perhaps preparing for class tomorrow, as opposed to getting worked up on DCUM?

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers wanted all distance learning and this is an unintended consequence. If you’re in parents homes, parents are going to have an opinion about everything you do. Don’t like it ... push to get back in the classrooms.

Sure. I’ll push back time so Trump and the CDC don’t completely both the coronavirus response. Better, I’ll push back time all the way so people won’t vote for Trump.

Yeah, sorry. Now you want to threaten teachers by trashing them online because you hate distance learning? And if teachers object then they should rush back into unsafe working conditions so parents back off? No. I will not be bullied by you or any other parent, I don’t care how angry and red in the face you get. I will report you to my supervisor if you do anything unethical and if your child tells me that you say “this isn’t real school, so I don’t have to do the work” I will put that in writing to my boss as well. Don’t think you can walk all over me. I don’t work for you and I see right through you.

Ooooh... You're going to report me to *your* supervisor. In writing, no less.

You should work on your threats.

It isn't a threat, it's an insurance policy against your vendetta. I will document every single lunatic thing you say and do. When you try to contact my boss to tell them I'm not doing my job, they're already prepared to shut you down. I've already done this with several parents who were out of control, and it has worked every single time because I document the truth of the situation. Not only do I inform the administration, but the other teachers and related service providers about inappropriate behavior so they are all on guard. You think you start fresh with next year's teacher? Not so. Just this week, I was contacted directly by the teacher of a student of mine who aged up to high school. Your reputation as a parent and as a person is on the line, just as much as anyone else's. You want to live in a world where you expose others who you don't like? Welcome to it.

If you think that administrators can run their schools without teachers then you are sorely mistaken. We are on the same team.

I don't need to make empty threats. You can cry about how mean I am to the other wine moms all you want.

Well, with that attitude I can tell why you'd get defensive at the idea of parents writing public reviews of your performance as a teacher.

The attitude that I will not allow myself to be walked all over? Yeah, you're right. I should allow parents to ruin my career because they blame teachers for the colossal mishandling of the pandemic at every level of government.
I am an excellent teacher. My ratings and scores speak for themselves. I love the kids and I love my job. Dealing with the (few) entitled parents that I've encountered is awful and I will not allow it to suck the passion for my job out of me, as it has to so many teachers. I've seen parents scream at teachers in the office, and that teacher leaving in tears. It is disgusting and embarrassing. By contrast, I have never once seen a teacher respond in kind.

Yeah, pretty much everything you've written suggests otherwise, on all counts.

Perhaps if you put as much effort into doing your job as you do defending yourself, you wouldn't get as many complaints about your performance.

I never said I've gotten complaints about my performance. I've had crazy parents write me letters IN ALL CAPS about personal favors they demand I do for them.
Communicating the inappropriate things that parents say and do to the people I report to does not make me a bad teacher. You're welcome for the heads up and you can adjust your behavior accordingly.

I do appreciate the warning to watch out for the crazies. Bases on your posts, I suspect your mental and emotional instability is apparent to anyone after a brief interaction.

It doesn’t make me unstable to report problems to my higher up. That’s literally protocol. It is very concerning to me that this is all of a sudden causing parents to panic. Did they actually think they were raging at teachers in a vacuum?

Pop another xanax. The only panicky people in this thread are teachers who are worried about getting called out in public now that parents can see the the level of effort the teachers are putting in. No one is worried about your vague threats.

This looks like one defensive and unprofessional teacher.

Teaching is a very public job. You have to cope better with people who do not like you or appreciate what you are doing, even if you don’t agree with their criticism. Why don’t you pay attention to the feedback in whatever form it comes and try to address the complaints?

Disliking you or your teaching is not a threat.

It is absolutely not unprofessional to report complaints to your supervisor. Not sure if any of you have ever worked before, but that is standard operating procedure. If I get an email that is rude and inappropriate I forward it right away, as we’ve been asked to do. A school is a community. If you think you can spew vitriol at one person and no one else in that community will find out, that’s very strange. Have you never set foot in an office? In a neighborhood? Not to mention parents advising teachers to “pop a Xanax” - that’s obviously not something you can say. Have some self respect.

You really should talk to your doctor about anxiety meds. They might help you. You seem very high-strung.

And shouldn't you be relaxing on your day off, or perhaps preparing for class tomorrow, as opposed to getting worked up on DCUM?

No one is worked up here...you seem to have a hard time addressing the topic at hand and divert to personal attacks and inappropriate comments about controlled substances.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers wanted all distance learning and this is an unintended consequence. If you’re in parents homes, parents are going to have an opinion about everything you do. Don’t like it ... push to get back in the classrooms.

Sure. I’ll push back time so Trump and the CDC don’t completely both the coronavirus response. Better, I’ll push back time all the way so people won’t vote for Trump.

Yeah, sorry. Now you want to threaten teachers by trashing them online because you hate distance learning? And if teachers object then they should rush back into unsafe working conditions so parents back off? No. I will not be bullied by you or any other parent, I don’t care how angry and red in the face you get. I will report you to my supervisor if you do anything unethical and if your child tells me that you say “this isn’t real school, so I don’t have to do the work” I will put that in writing to my boss as well. Don’t think you can walk all over me. I don’t work for you and I see right through you.

Ooooh... You're going to report me to *your* supervisor. In writing, no less.

You should work on your threats.

It isn't a threat, it's an insurance policy against your vendetta. I will document every single lunatic thing you say and do. When you try to contact my boss to tell them I'm not doing my job, they're already prepared to shut you down. I've already done this with several parents who were out of control, and it has worked every single time because I document the truth of the situation. Not only do I inform the administration, but the other teachers and related service providers about inappropriate behavior so they are all on guard. You think you start fresh with next year's teacher? Not so. Just this week, I was contacted directly by the teacher of a student of mine who aged up to high school. Your reputation as a parent and as a person is on the line, just as much as anyone else's. You want to live in a world where you expose others who you don't like? Welcome to it.

If you think that administrators can run their schools without teachers then you are sorely mistaken. We are on the same team.

I don't need to make empty threats. You can cry about how mean I am to the other wine moms all you want.

Well, with that attitude I can tell why you'd get defensive at the idea of parents writing public reviews of your performance as a teacher.

The attitude that I will not allow myself to be walked all over? Yeah, you're right. I should allow parents to ruin my career because they blame teachers for the colossal mishandling of the pandemic at every level of government.
I am an excellent teacher. My ratings and scores speak for themselves. I love the kids and I love my job. Dealing with the (few) entitled parents that I've encountered is awful and I will not allow it to suck the passion for my job out of me, as it has to so many teachers. I've seen parents scream at teachers in the office, and that teacher leaving in tears. It is disgusting and embarrassing. By contrast, I have never once seen a teacher respond in kind.

Yeah, pretty much everything you've written suggests otherwise, on all counts.

Perhaps if you put as much effort into doing your job as you do defending yourself, you wouldn't get as many complaints about your performance.

I never said I've gotten complaints about my performance. I've had crazy parents write me letters IN ALL CAPS about personal favors they demand I do for them.
Communicating the inappropriate things that parents say and do to the people I report to does not make me a bad teacher. You're welcome for the heads up and you can adjust your behavior accordingly.

I do appreciate the warning to watch out for the crazies. Bases on your posts, I suspect your mental and emotional instability is apparent to anyone after a brief interaction.

It doesn’t make me unstable to report problems to my higher up. That’s literally protocol. It is very concerning to me that this is all of a sudden causing parents to panic. Did they actually think they were raging at teachers in a vacuum?

Pop another xanax. The only panicky people in this thread are teachers who are worried about getting called out in public now that parents can see the the level of effort the teachers are putting in. No one is worried about your vague threats.

This looks like one defensive and unprofessional teacher.

Teaching is a very public job. You have to cope better with people who do not like you or appreciate what you are doing, even if you don’t agree with their criticism. Why don’t you pay attention to the feedback in whatever form it comes and try to address the complaints?

Disliking you or your teaching is not a threat.

It is absolutely not unprofessional to report complaints to your supervisor. Not sure if any of you have ever worked before, but that is standard operating procedure. If I get an email that is rude and inappropriate I forward it right away, as we’ve been asked to do. A school is a community. If you think you can spew vitriol at one person and no one else in that community will find out, that’s very strange. Have you never set foot in an office? In a neighborhood? Not to mention parents advising teachers to “pop a Xanax” - that’s obviously not something you can say. Have some self respect.

You really should talk to your doctor about anxiety meds. They might help you. You seem very high-strung.

And shouldn't you be relaxing on your day off, or perhaps preparing for class tomorrow, as opposed to getting worked up on DCUM?

No one is worked up here...you seem to have a hard time addressing the topic at hand and divert to personal attacks and inappropriate comments about controlled substances.

And none of the teachers here have provided a coherent explanation why it's acceptable to post online about experiences with doctors, lawyers, real estate agents, general contractors, restaurant employees, etc., but not teachers.

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The only thing I have seen is the middle aged moms in my area swooning over a young male teacher. That’s mostly when we talk in person or by text. Nothing is on social media since the husbands probably wouldn’t appreciate that.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers wanted all distance learning and this is an unintended consequence. If you’re in parents homes, parents are going to have an opinion about everything you do. Don’t like it ... push to get back in the classrooms.

Sure. I’ll push back time so Trump and the CDC don’t completely both the coronavirus response. Better, I’ll push back time all the way so people won’t vote for Trump.

Yeah, sorry. Now you want to threaten teachers by trashing them online because you hate distance learning? And if teachers object then they should rush back into unsafe working conditions so parents back off? No. I will not be bullied by you or any other parent, I don’t care how angry and red in the face you get. I will report you to my supervisor if you do anything unethical and if your child tells me that you say “this isn’t real school, so I don’t have to do the work” I will put that in writing to my boss as well. Don’t think you can walk all over me. I don’t work for you and I see right through you.

Ooooh... You're going to report me to *your* supervisor. In writing, no less.

You should work on your threats.

It isn't a threat, it's an insurance policy against your vendetta. I will document every single lunatic thing you say and do. When you try to contact my boss to tell them I'm not doing my job, they're already prepared to shut you down. I've already done this with several parents who were out of control, and it has worked every single time because I document the truth of the situation. Not only do I inform the administration, but the other teachers and related service providers about inappropriate behavior so they are all on guard. You think you start fresh with next year's teacher? Not so. Just this week, I was contacted directly by the teacher of a student of mine who aged up to high school. Your reputation as a parent and as a person is on the line, just as much as anyone else's. You want to live in a world where you expose others who you don't like? Welcome to it.

If you think that administrators can run their schools without teachers then you are sorely mistaken. We are on the same team.

I don't need to make empty threats. You can cry about how mean I am to the other wine moms all you want.

Well, with that attitude I can tell why you'd get defensive at the idea of parents writing public reviews of your performance as a teacher.

The attitude that I will not allow myself to be walked all over? Yeah, you're right. I should allow parents to ruin my career because they blame teachers for the colossal mishandling of the pandemic at every level of government.
I am an excellent teacher. My ratings and scores speak for themselves. I love the kids and I love my job. Dealing with the (few) entitled parents that I've encountered is awful and I will not allow it to suck the passion for my job out of me, as it has to so many teachers. I've seen parents scream at teachers in the office, and that teacher leaving in tears. It is disgusting and embarrassing. By contrast, I have never once seen a teacher respond in kind.

Yeah, pretty much everything you've written suggests otherwise, on all counts.

Perhaps if you put as much effort into doing your job as you do defending yourself, you wouldn't get as many complaints about your performance.

I never said I've gotten complaints about my performance. I've had crazy parents write me letters IN ALL CAPS about personal favors they demand I do for them.
Communicating the inappropriate things that parents say and do to the people I report to does not make me a bad teacher. You're welcome for the heads up and you can adjust your behavior accordingly.

I do appreciate the warning to watch out for the crazies. Bases on your posts, I suspect your mental and emotional instability is apparent to anyone after a brief interaction.

It doesn’t make me unstable to report problems to my higher up. That’s literally protocol. It is very concerning to me that this is all of a sudden causing parents to panic. Did they actually think they were raging at teachers in a vacuum?

Pop another xanax. The only panicky people in this thread are teachers who are worried about getting called out in public now that parents can see the the level of effort the teachers are putting in. No one is worried about your vague threats.

This looks like one defensive and unprofessional teacher.

Teaching is a very public job. You have to cope better with people who do not like you or appreciate what you are doing, even if you don’t agree with their criticism. Why don’t you pay attention to the feedback in whatever form it comes and try to address the complaints?

Disliking you or your teaching is not a threat.

It is absolutely not unprofessional to report complaints to your supervisor. Not sure if any of you have ever worked before, but that is standard operating procedure. If I get an email that is rude and inappropriate I forward it right away, as we’ve been asked to do. A school is a community. If you think you can spew vitriol at one person and no one else in that community will find out, that’s very strange. Have you never set foot in an office? In a neighborhood? Not to mention parents advising teachers to “pop a Xanax” - that’s obviously not something you can say. Have some self respect.

You really should talk to your doctor about anxiety meds. They might help you. You seem very high-strung.

And shouldn't you be relaxing on your day off, or perhaps preparing for class tomorrow, as opposed to getting worked up on DCUM?

No one is worked up here...you seem to have a hard time addressing the topic at hand and divert to personal attacks and inappropriate comments about controlled substances.

And none of the teachers here have provided a coherent explanation why it's acceptable to post online about experiences with doctors, lawyers, real estate agents, general contractors, restaurant employees, etc., but not teachers.

Because teachers are not paid directly by you, like with those other professionals. You are not employing us. We provide a service to our communities, not a luxury good that you are personally seeking out and paying for. You are not comparing teachers to decide which one to hire, which is ostensibly the purpose of other reviews.

Honestly, I don't care if you post personal attacks about teachers online. Go for it! Know that it is classless and weird and do what you want. Teachers, though, will absolutely hear about it from other parents etc. who you are friends with. We will inform our administrators and our coworkers. And we will conduct ourselves with you accordingly in the future-I would certainly never go out of my way for a parent that was gossiping about me or any of my colleagues like that. I don't need that energy in my life.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of my friends are posting critiques of their kids’ teachers on Facebook.

I don’t think this is appropriate....is it?

I would not appreciate it if my coworker or client or boss posted about me on Facebook. I feel like we should give teachers the same professional courtesy.

The posters are rude people doing rude things. Hopefully anyone reading their posts will understand that. I agree that it is inappropriate but it is what it is. I refuse to read any of that garbage.

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Good for them! Teachers should be ashamed. If they don’t want this nonsense, get off the couch and START SCHOOL!

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Lol...I guess teachers should start shaming parents on Facebook too then. I’ve seen a lot of them in their underwear in the middle of the day and I certainly don’t want to see that. Doesn’t seem like they have a whole lot going on.

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Because teachers are not paid directly by you, like with those other professionals. You are not employing us. We provide a service to our communities, not a luxury good that you are personally seeking out and paying for. You are not comparing teachers to decide which one to hire, which is ostensibly the purpose of other reviews.

Honestly, I don't care if you post personal attacks about teachers online. Go for it! Know that it is classless and weird and do what you want. Teachers, though, will absolutely hear about it from other parents etc. who you are friends with. We will inform our administrators and our coworkers. And we will conduct ourselves with you accordingly in the future-I would certainly never go out of my way for a parent that was gossiping about me or any of my colleagues like that. I don't need that energy in my life.

That's an interesting thought. Perhaps we should let parents request teachers based on the reviews of other parents. We could actually do where I grew up, in the days before the internet as we know it. They obviously couldn't guarantee placement (you could identify two), but it seemed like it worked out most of the time. I know a lot of families didn't put in teacher requests.

My mom was a teacher in the same school. It's not so much that she had a preference for a particular teacher as much as there was always one or two teachers per grade she didn't want me to have.

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Ms. Monica Bing at Radlin Middle School is just AWFUL! So shrill, always screaming at the kids, talks nonstop during tests and refusing to let the kids mute their laptops, etc.

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My daughter's 3rd grade teacher is really making my DD hate school. I am scrambling to make things better but she's just awful.

I disagree. Though not specifically naming is better, her daughter’s third grade teacher might be known to the friends. You are still identifying a professional and criticizing her on social media.

What do you do for a living? Do you think it would be ok for your client or coworker to post “my coworker who works on blah blah blah is just awful”?

People leave reviews for service providers all the time. I'm frequently asked by the providers to leave reviews on Facebook/Google/Yelp.

So you equate a teacher to.... wait staff?

People leave reviews for doctors, lawyers, accountants, dance studios, business owners, etc. Teachers should be fair game too.

Only teachers will never see those FB reviews so they can’t use them to approve. It’s the equivalent of teachers posting low-scoring student work in the teacher’s lounge and not sending it home.

Sorry, improve, not approve. Autocorrect

I would never use a Facebook post as a way to improve professionally. If that parent was a respectful person, they would talk to me - not post it on social media. Teaching is not like one bad appointment with a dentist, we work with your child every single day for 10 months.