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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Catering to parent emails" when the parent is trying to help the child get the work done should not be seen as a burden.  They're literally trying to help you teach their kid.  It's not like the parent was complaining about random stuff. [/quote]

Can you point to where it is seen as a “burden”?

I am one of the teachers who posted above. I never implied that parent emails are burdens. I did say that they compete with over 65 hours of other obligations, so it’s not unreasonable to assume a few may get missed. And these aren’t 65 easy hours, either. I often get to glance at my computer once an hour, and it’s during the 5 minutes 32 students are leaving my room and another 30 are entering. I glance at emails while 3 students ask to go to the bathroom, 1 student claims to have lost a phone, and 4-5 have random questions. (And I usually have to visit the bathroom, but I lost the chance while taking care of 10 students’ needs and glancing at my emails piling up.)

That’s not a “burden”. It’s merely an illustration of the day. Teaching is not like other professions in which you may get 30 minutes to yourself to dedicate to tasks. [/quote]

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