Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. I write the email and never send it.

You should try that..it's therapeutic.

Why not just apologize?

NP: Because there is nothing to apologize for ... that's the point. She didn't shoot off the ill-informed email in the first place.

Teacher here. The people on this thread are definitely in the minority. I have never received an apology from a parent who later learned they were wrong about something. Not once.

I have two in HS and I haven't written a snippy email to a teacher so far. Generally, complaints about a teacher or class from a young teen may contain a certain amount of "misinformation."

Yes, of course. Why wouldn't you?

And it's irrelevant whether it was a teacher or someone else. Are you suggesting the occupation of the wronged person makes a difference in whether you apologize or not?!

I sure do.

Yes, of course you apologize.
Misinformed on purpose? If so, punishment.

Anonymous wrote:No. I write the email and never send it.

You should try that..it's therapeutic.

Why not just apologize?

Uh, of course ... ??

Anonymous wrote:No. I write the email and never send it.

You should try that..it's therapeutic.

But remember to put your own name in the subject heading in case you hit send by mistake. Otherwise, great advice.

Anonymous wrote:If your middle school DC misinformed you, so you shot off a snippy email, do you apologize to the teacher when it turns out you are wrong?

ha. "misinformed"

Why didn't you just say lie?

And yes, of course, you should apologize. Are you kidding me?

Yes.

And next time remember that your child isn't telling the whole story.

And know that grownups never send snippy emails to teachers, even if the teacher is wrong. (It is not the way mature people behave, and it won't achieve your goal, anyway).

Be a grownup. Apologize for your factual errors and your tone.

No. I write the email and never send it.

You should try that..it's therapeutic.

Yes of course you should apologize

Of course. Why wouldn't you apologize if you did something wrong?

If your middle school DC misinformed you, so you shot off a snippy email, do you apologize to the teacher when it turns out you are wrong?