PTA asked teachers to pay for student breakfast: unreasonable?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:teachers should never be "serving" students breakfast. that's nuts.

Why?

[Anonymous]

Keeping out useless biased organizations from influencing our bosses is a step toward equity and equality. How are they biased you might ask? The P stands for parent and that means they have a student that they are biased toward before all else. Because education in our country has an profit motive against uneducated youths then they have a motive to tilt favor in their direction.

[Anonymous]

OP, This is so tacky and condescending.

- Former teacher

[Anonymous]

Very unreasonable.

How hurtful for these kids. Their families do a lot to help and support you and you can't return the favor in the most minor way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is nuts. If I were a teacher, I's be talking with head of my division or HoS.

As long as you’d be good with the parents reacting this way every time the PTA shook them down foe more than their tuition to fund a teacher breakfast or holiday gift. One reciprocal gesture from teachers to graduating seniors isn’t insane.

The PTA is an organization of parents. If they are shaking down each other for something teachers did not ask for that’s not on the teachers.

Have you never received a teacher's wishlist? Geesh, my kids's school includes their favorite coffee shop and order, favorite restaurant, favorite flower. It's sad.

[Anonymous]

How about teachers don't provide students with breakfast and parents don't provide teachers with breakfast and we all just get our own food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very unreasonable.

How hurtful for these kids. Their families do a lot to help and support you and you can't return the favor in the most minor way.

Wealthy private school families do NOT do "a lot to help and support" teachers, actually. Private school teachers make significantly less than public, with no job security and limited benefits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:teachers should never be "serving" students breakfast. that's nuts.

Why?

Because it’s not our job. It’s that simple.

We’re already pulled in ten different directions. Shouldn’t I be prepping lessons? Grading papers? Responding to emails? Updating reports? Attending meetings?

Contrary to what people seem to believe, teachers don’t have additional hours in the day. We’re restricted to the same 24 you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:teachers should never be "serving" students breakfast. that's nuts.

Why?

Because it’s not our job. It’s that simple.

We’re already pulled in ten different directions. Shouldn’t I be prepping lessons? Grading papers? Responding to emails? Updating reports? Attending meetings?

Contrary to what people seem to believe, teachers don’t have additional hours in the day. We’re restricted to the same 24 you are.

So one morning one day per year as a fun way to recognize the departing seniors (who your school will IMMEDIATELY be hitting up for donations IF they haven’t started already) you can’t hand a kid a bagel.

Get over yourself. I agree the teachers shouldn’t pay but you’re not above handing a kid a cup of orange juice. This is not an uncommon tradition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very unreasonable.

How hurtful for these kids. Their families do a lot to help and support you and you can't return the favor in the most minor way.

Wealthy private school families do NOT do "a lot to help and support" teachers, actually. Private school teachers make significantly less than public, with no job security and limited benefits.

Where do you think those salaries come from? They’re entirely funded by the parent body except in schools with endowments. The parents are doing WAY more to support you than your better paid colleagues in public schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:teachers should never be "serving" students breakfast. that's nuts.

Why?

Because it’s not our job. It’s that simple.

We’re already pulled in ten different directions. Shouldn’t I be prepping lessons? Grading papers? Responding to emails? Updating reports? Attending meetings?

Contrary to what people seem to believe, teachers don’t have additional hours in the day. We’re restricted to the same 24 you are.

Luckily you had a snow day to catch up on all the things you do.

[Anonymous]

Rich people love wars. But why start wars and money games with your own societies education system?