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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some teacher just had an awesome time reading this thread and I’m very happy for them! [/quote]

I did and I’m not a teacher. I’m a parent who’s totally DISGUSTED by the behavior of jackass entitled parents on this thread. [/quote]

Teacher here. I just read your comments and want to thank you for your support. It’s helpful to know you’re out there, especially on DCUM which can skew very anti-teacher.[/quote]

Most parents do support teachers. However, as this thread illustrates, they also advocate for their children, which might sometimes come across as anti-teacher when it's not. Ultimately, parents can't control teacher working conditions. Some of the advice given to parents in this thread, such as, "if you don't have grades, ask for a conference," seems like it would make teachers' jobs harder, not easier. Some parents are horrible, but others have had their trust eroded by non-responsive teachers. Dedicated teachers might not know or understand what it is like to have your child in a class with an ineffective teacher. As a parents, you're damned if you do, damned if you don't. If teacher communication with parents or grading isn't timely, and it's really an overall workload issue, then it would make sense to go to an administrator, which no teacher wants. We wind up with the back and forth where teachers rightfully demand to be treated like the professionals that they are, while at the same time telling parents that they are unreasonable for wanting teachers to perform core functions of their jobs, like gradiig. [/quote]

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