Reply to Teacher's note on homework: "What a mess. Are you proud of this?"

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "Teacher's note on homework: "What a mess. Are you proud of this?""

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
You must not be (and have never been) either a managing partner or a newly hired junior associate.   [/quote]

I'm tired of a community that walks on egg shells around kids.  For those of us in the workforce, we've seen the ramifications of this approach with recent college graduates.  They can't take criticism at all--and don't have a good sense of great work vs not-so-great work.  I commend this teacher for asking a student the tough question many parents want to avoid: are you proud of your work.  Or in other words, is this the best you can do.

I have a child who struggles with anxiety, attention deficit and penmanship.  If it's the best DC can do, then okay.  If it's possibly not DC needs to be called out for it.  It will only benefit DC longterm to have to rise to the occasion and be proud of work done.

We all need to be reminded that our children will be competing in an international work environment where many cultures insist on the best from their children, rather than the growing trend of mediocracy and entitlement in America.[/quote]

Nobody is talking about walking on eggshells around kids. [b]Nobody has suggested the kid not be called out on the mess or challenged to do better. You need to get over your "I'm in the real world of business" self.

What you're missing here is, we're talking about respect. [/b]The teacher is modeling lots of different things, including respect (sing it with me). So challenge the kid to do better, but don't humiliate her. I went to a top business school, and nobody taught us that humiliation is the best way to motivate employees.

Re this particular note, I can't tell about the tone, so I have no opinion on whether it's disrespectful or not.[/quote]

EXACTLY.  Thank you.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics