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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here and this is unprofessional. I always email back within 24 work hours even if it's to say that I will need more time to fully answer all questions. [/quote]

You know, "professionalism" is not refined as answering every email within 24 hours.  It's just not.  Teachers have to triage, and if you have 140 students, you have to do what you can in the limited time you have.  Prioritize planning lessons for the next day.  Prioritize reaching out to kids who need support or are in crisis.  Then, it's a judgment call.

Many, many good teacher have to make the judgment call to close their laptops before they compose replies to every student parent who emails...especially if you get dozens a day.  This is *clearly* not an urgent situation.  The teacher likely communicated to the child in person.

Email is the biggest time drain for teachers and it is rare for any of the time invested in email management to have a positive effect on student learning.  Teachers don't have to always be at the mercy of the tail wagging the dog, aka always be at the mercy of every micromanaging parent who demands a reply immediately to a non-urgent issue (which their child is old enough to answer themselves.)

It's not "unprofessional" for a teacher to use their VERY limited time on more pressing priorities.  Teachers simply cannot do it all, and they deserve to get to go home.[/quote]

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