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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You mean like it was when we were kids and nothing was on computers yet? People managed to navigate school for an awful long time without computers.

Somehow my brother and I got through school with ADHD, reasonably serious ADHD, with regular old planners. My brother struggled more then I did but he graduated with a B average, went to college, and graduated from college so he figured it out.

Get your kid a planner. Go on the various sites and write down the assignments that you can find.[b] Go to Teacher and confirm that what is in the planner is what is due.[/b] [/quote]

Have you ever tried to reach a MS or HS teacher in FCPS? Pretty sure there is some unwritten rule that says once a kid passes 6th grade teachers no longer need to respond to a student or parent email. In MS and up it's all about self advocacy and they want the kid to do the talking but I'm convinced much of that is because it's easier to ignore a kid, they give up. MS and HS teachers barely grade on time. They surely are not responsive to planner/assignment checks. [/quote]

Some of you are just making sh-- up now. My DD has done office hours, emailed teachers, stayed after school to ask questions with absolutely no problem. Through MS, through COVID, through HS. I get that some individual teachers may be more difficult. But, this sweeping generalization is pure BS.[/quote]

Also, ES teachers have around 20-25 students each. MS and HS teachers have 100-150, meaning 100-300 parents.[/quote]

And yet, my HS DC has never had an issue with setting up times to meet a teacher for questions or help.[/quote]

Lucky you. Wish my kids could say the same.  :( [/quote]

That stinks. But the point is, people saying things like "teachers never . . . " or "my kids can never do XXXX to get help with teachers . . . . " are over-generalizing. And, I personally wonder just not advocating enough for themselves/their kids. Do not sit back and be a passenger, get in the driver's seat. Teachers, advisors, etc. have 1 or 2 allowances to deal directly with my kid. If they don't then I get involved. In 10 years, that has only needed to happen once or twice and never in MS or HS.[/quote]

Not OP or PP but wanted to respond to this: you don't think parents have tried that? I found HS teachers to be particularly unhelpful and my kids had no issues advocating for themselves (got 1 left in HS and cannot wait to be done). They were varisty team captains and held officer positions in a few clubs. One was on the debate team. And yes I got involved and [b]it's ridiculous I had to[/b].
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It may be. But you can whine about it or just do it.

And, I'm sorry, there is no scenario where we have the only easy/helpful teachers or school in FCPS. I think (and I get it to some degree) parents want to be hands off and just have the schools "educate my kids" so they can go about their work or whatever. The reality is that, for families who have certain educational expectations (grades, for example) that was never a thing. And now it's less of a thing for lots of reasons discussed on here.

I just don't get all the complaining. If it's that bad, then you need to deal with it above the teacher level. If it's not, and you just don't like the results for one teacher or how that teacher is handling your child, then you handle it. What's the point in over-generalizing (and many of you are) or trashing teachers across the board. It's not an across the board issue. It is an individual issue.

Whatever. You are not going to convince me, and vice versa.[/quote]

I think because you came in rigidly saying there is no situation ("Tough sh--. And, untrue.") where it has been tough to track assignments and get them submitted during the pandemic and now with quarantines.

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