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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel that sometimes teachers are way too sensitive about what time parents email them. I am emailing you at 11:00pm because I work full-time, then I have to make my kids dinner, then get them to bed, clean up for a bit, and around 11:00 is the first chance I've had to sit down at my computer. I'm not expecting you to respond right away, this is just my life.[/quote]

This is because you aren’t emailing at 11:00 and then emailing again at 8 am angry that you did not get a reply. But other parents are. I can guarantee that right now, someone is emailing several teachers about her children’s failing grades and she will steam all weekend because no one has responded. All of that anger will erupt early Monday morning before teachers can read her emails and reply.[/quote]

Then that teacher should have some grace and patience with the parent and reply at his/her earliest opportunity.[/quote]
Or.set an auto-reply so that the parent knows when to expect a reply and doesn't feel ignored.[/quote]

OMG.  The whole point is that functional adults should not "feel ignored" for not getting an immediate response to an email sent in the middle of the night, or 10 minutes before the weekend.

An astonishingly large percentage of the supposed adult population needs to grow the hell up and realize the world does not revolve around them and they are not the only ones in it.[/quote]
Seriously, what exactly would it cost you? It takes like 2 seconds to set up.[/quote]
The point is that YOU the sender should assume that the teachers will respond ASAP, meaning when they can. As in a couple of DAYS not hours.[/quote]
The actual point is that rather than providing information, which literally costs you nothing, you chose to create a conflict where none actually exists. Or you have so few real problems that you actually believe that an email is a horrific offense.  Go on and get yourself worked up over it, you certainly haven't got anything else to do.[/quote]

What does it cost a parent to wait until Monday evening or even Tuesday morning to follow up on a Friday night email that didn’t get answered yet? [/quote]
How do you manage to live? It must be very difficult being simultaneously  incompetent and perpetually offended.[/quote]

This is what someone deeply insecure posts when their emotional needs are not immediately met. You need intensive therapy. Your poor, poor child.[/quote]

This is a weird interaction because out of the two of you, you're actually the one who comes off more childish.[/quote]

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