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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reasons why the teacher is not responding is because you as the parent shouldn't be emailing the teacher about this issue. No way your parent ever sent in a note to the teacher saying,

"I want to make sure my daughter turned in the right assignment. Can you write me a note back telling me she turned in the correct assignment? I know you already spoke to her and she submitted it but I just really wanted to make sure."

Please call your parents and ask them. They are going to be completely puzzled why you would contact the teacher.

You wrote, "My student has emailed teacher twice about a missing assignment (2 weeks ago). Teacher didn't reply. Student talked to her in class and then submitted the work." 
Your student sees her teacher all the time. The teacher should not have to go out of his or her way to email a student back who is missing an assignment. The student should be staying after class, going before school, at lunch, etc. to inquire.

So your student finally understood this and went to speak to the teacher in person AND then submitted the work.

So the issue has been solved. Why do you think the teacher needs to use her valuable time to send you a special email?

Under the no good deed goes unpunished category is teachers responding to nonsense emails. Instead of quickly responding and then never hearing from the parent, teachers who respond to ridiculous emails like this are then bombarded with MORE emails from the parent.

The best tactic is now not to respond to emails that are just pestering teachers over something your child should be doing. So go ahead and CC the principal and superintendent. Do you really think there are qualified teachers lined up waiting to teach middle school? 
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I think you missed the part where the assignment still shows as missing, the student has tried to handle this, and it's still not handled. At some point, yes, it still is appropriate for parents to step in. My parents (very rarely) did 20 years ago. Even when my siblings and I were in high school.[/quote]

+1. I also completely disagree that parents shouldn't be stepping in.  Either the assignment is turned in (great) or it's not--in which case parents need to ensure it gets done because it sure as heck doesn't seem like the teacher is helping since she can't even answer the child's emails.

This is MS (7th Grade to be exact) and the start(ish) of the year so some leeway for parents who are trying to help the child get on task should be granted.  Schooling happens both at home and at school.  It's not just a school thing and in this situation, the parent is trying to make sure their kid is doing the tasks assigned[/quote]

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