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I’m teacher PP. I think it’s way more than 5%. Like seriously it might be 50%. That being said, I don’t care about teacher appreciation gifts in the slightest. I hate teacher appreciation week, I will not die if I don’t get a $20 Amazon card, please do not feel indebted to give one especially if, like the PP, you strongly dislike teachers. There’s no reason to do so. The gifts are not needed at all.

I wasn't posting just about gifts. I actually like most teachers and respect them. I am posting about the incessant requests from PTA, teachers, schools for fundraising. Yes, I will ignore these, and you should too.

That’s completely fine. I always have ignored those. I wish schools would abolish PTAs. What one school can raise and do for students based on their families’ incomes shouldn’t dictate a much better school experience than schools where families are less wealthy and can’t give or the parents actually have to work and can’t afford for the mom to hang out at the school all day pretending that volunteering and making copies is a real job. PTAs if they exist at all should have zero fundraising capabilities. No extra experiences should be doled out in schools because wealthy families pay for them. It’s deeply inequitable and wrong.

Wow. You sound so ignorant.

I am not. PTAs only widen the divide between have and have not schools.

You just want a righteous excuse so you don't have to contribute to help the kids at your school. Cheap a-hole.

The kids at my kids’ school don’t need help. The families are well off. I donate to the school I work at which is low income and doesn’t have a PTA running a 75k account to pay for extras.

Yeah right you donate. That's funny. Cheap people like you don't donate. You're probably gazing at your reflection right now, congratulating yourself for 'championing' the underdog.

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I’m teacher PP. I think it’s way more than 5%. Like seriously it might be 50%. That being said, I don’t care about teacher appreciation gifts in the slightest. I hate teacher appreciation week, I will not die if I don’t get a $20 Amazon card, please do not feel indebted to give one especially if, like the PP, you strongly dislike teachers. There’s no reason to do so. The gifts are not needed at all.

I wasn't posting just about gifts. I actually like most teachers and respect them. I am posting about the incessant requests from PTA, teachers, schools for fundraising. Yes, I will ignore these, and you should too.

That’s completely fine. I always have ignored those. I wish schools would abolish PTAs. What one school can raise and do for students based on their families’ incomes shouldn’t dictate a much better school experience than schools where families are less wealthy and can’t give or the parents actually have to work and can’t afford for the mom to hang out at the school all day pretending that volunteering and making copies is a real job. PTAs if they exist at all should have zero fundraising capabilities. No extra experiences should be doled out in schools because wealthy families pay for them. It’s deeply inequitable and wrong.

Wow. You sound so ignorant.

I am not. PTAs only widen the divide between have and have not schools.

You just want a righteous excuse so you don't have to contribute to help the kids at your school. Cheap a-hole.

The kids at my kids’ school don’t need help. The families are well off. I donate to the school I work at which is low income and doesn’t have a PTA running a 75k account to pay for extras.

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I’m teacher PP. I think it’s way more than 5%. Like seriously it might be 50%. That being said, I don’t care about teacher appreciation gifts in the slightest. I hate teacher appreciation week, I will not die if I don’t get a $20 Amazon card, please do not feel indebted to give one especially if, like the PP, you strongly dislike teachers. There’s no reason to do so. The gifts are not needed at all.

I wasn't posting just about gifts. I actually like most teachers and respect them. I am posting about the incessant requests from PTA, teachers, schools for fundraising. Yes, I will ignore these, and you should too.

That’s completely fine. I always have ignored those. I wish schools would abolish PTAs. What one school can raise and do for students based on their families’ incomes shouldn’t dictate a much better school experience than schools where families are less wealthy and can’t give or the parents actually have to work and can’t afford for the mom to hang out at the school all day pretending that volunteering and making copies is a real job. PTAs if they exist at all should have zero fundraising capabilities. No extra experiences should be doled out in schools because wealthy families pay for them. It’s deeply inequitable and wrong.

Wow. You sound so ignorant.

I am not. PTAs only widen the divide between have and have not schools.

You just want a righteous excuse so you don't have to contribute to help the kids at your school. Cheap a-hole.

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Anonymous wrote:Just saw my 4th grader’s teacher at the park with her preschooler. (I thought this was a teacher work day). She tried to avoid me but I marched right up to her to say hello.

They never had Monday work but would at least meet for 20 minutes.

I hope she reads this TBH.
I’m disgusted by this whole school year.

An FCPS teacher with a preschooler is required to have childcare on work days.

She’s also supposed to be working, not frolicking at the playground...

You’re some special kind of special

How is it acceptable for a teacher to be at the playground chilling with a preschooler on a day she is supposed to be at work? (1) She's not at work and (2) Her child should be in daycare. She obviously decided to save the daycare costs this year and just slack off.

Teachers were explicitly told that they did not need to arrange for childcare this year. This teacher playing with her child on a Monday morning is only doing what the school board laid out. She is not going above and beyond, but she is not required to be tethered to her computer on Monday's.

If you are upset, feel free to reach out to the school board. They are the ones that said this was what school would be for 2020-21. Not this random teacher.

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I will never again spend my own money on books, classroom supplies, etc.


As a parent, I will also never again donate to school funds, supplies, gifts for PTA drives, or school fundraising events. But I think it is good teachers are learning more about work-life balance. Also remember, a lot of trolls are on this site.


God, I love all these posts. (spluttering). "Well...well..I'm SO MAD about distance learning and I blame teachers for not begging their bosses or their union to go back into buildings during a pandemic that YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY MORE CHRISTMAS OR TEACHER APPRECIATION AMAZON GIFT CARDS FROM ME!!"

LOL. I assure you, nobody cares.

I think teachers are constantly in the past asking for things, but I was responding to the teacher post saying she wouldn't ever again buy stuff. Neither will I. Obviously you do care enough to respond heatedly. People do care. Many professions get criticized unfairly even publicly. It is something to deal with. Like I said I do think work life balance is a good thing. And I think our government and not parents should be getting sufficient school supplies for schools.

I would hope that teachers know that the vast majority of parents are NOT like the parents on this board. I haven't complained about teachers, I know you're doing best under shitty circumstances. I don't have any friends that have complained about teachers. It's a small group of really vocal people on this ANONYMOUS board who complain. Maybe 5% of actual parents.

I’m teacher PP. I think it’s way more than 5%. Like seriously it might be 50%. That being said, I don’t care about teacher appreciation gifts in the slightest. I hate teacher appreciation week, I will not die if I don’t get a $20 Amazon card, please do not feel indebted to give one especially if, like the PP, you strongly dislike teachers. There’s no reason to do so. The gifts are not needed at all.

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I’m teacher PP. I think it’s way more than 5%. Like seriously it might be 50%. That being said, I don’t care about teacher appreciation gifts in the slightest. I hate teacher appreciation week, I will not die if I don’t get a $20 Amazon card, please do not feel indebted to give one especially if, like the PP, you strongly dislike teachers. There’s no reason to do so. The gifts are not needed at all.

I wasn't posting just about gifts. I actually like most teachers and respect them. I am posting about the incessant requests from PTA, teachers, schools for fundraising. Yes, I will ignore these, and you should too.

That’s completely fine. I always have ignored those. I wish schools would abolish PTAs. What one school can raise and do for students based on their families’ incomes shouldn’t dictate a much better school experience than schools where families are less wealthy and can’t give or the parents actually have to work and can’t afford for the mom to hang out at the school all day pretending that volunteering and making copies is a real job. PTAs if they exist at all should have zero fundraising capabilities. No extra experiences should be doled out in schools because wealthy families pay for them. It’s deeply inequitable and wrong.

Wow. You sound so ignorant.

I am not. PTAs only widen the divide between have and have not schools.

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Anonymous wrote:

I’m teacher PP. I think it’s way more than 5%. Like seriously it might be 50%. That being said, I don’t care about teacher appreciation gifts in the slightest. I hate teacher appreciation week, I will not die if I don’t get a $20 Amazon card, please do not feel indebted to give one especially if, like the PP, you strongly dislike teachers. There’s no reason to do so. The gifts are not needed at all.

I wasn't posting just about gifts. I actually like most teachers and respect them. I am posting about the incessant requests from PTA, teachers, schools for fundraising. Yes, I will ignore these, and you should too.

That’s completely fine. I always have ignored those. I wish schools would abolish PTAs. What one school can raise and do for students based on their families’ incomes shouldn’t dictate a much better school experience than schools where families are less wealthy and can’t give or the parents actually have to work and can’t afford for the mom to hang out at the school all day pretending that volunteering and making copies is a real job. PTAs if they exist at all should have zero fundraising capabilities. No extra experiences should be doled out in schools because wealthy families pay for them. It’s deeply inequitable and wrong.

Wow. You sound so ignorant.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I’m teacher PP. I think it’s way more than 5%. Like seriously it might be 50%. That being said, I don’t care about teacher appreciation gifts in the slightest. I hate teacher appreciation week, I will not die if I don’t get a $20 Amazon card, please do not feel indebted to give one especially if, like the PP, you strongly dislike teachers. There’s no reason to do so. The gifts are not needed at all.

I wasn't posting just about gifts. I actually like most teachers and respect them. I am posting about the incessant requests from PTA, teachers, schools for fundraising. Yes, I will ignore these, and you should too.

That’s completely fine. I always have ignored those. I wish schools would abolish PTAs. What one school can raise and do for students based on their families’ incomes shouldn’t dictate a much better school experience than schools where families are less wealthy and can’t give or the parents actually have to work and can’t afford for the mom to hang out at the school all day pretending that volunteering and making copies is a real job. PTAs if they exist at all should have zero fundraising capabilities. No extra experiences should be doled out in schools because wealthy families pay for them. It’s deeply inequitable and wrong.

Anonymous wrote:

I’m teacher PP. I think it’s way more than 5%. Like seriously it might be 50%. That being said, I don’t care about teacher appreciation gifts in the slightest. I hate teacher appreciation week, I will not die if I don’t get a $20 Amazon card, please do not feel indebted to give one especially if, like the PP, you strongly dislike teachers. There’s no reason to do so. The gifts are not needed at all.

I wasn't posting just about gifts. I actually like most teachers and respect them. I am posting about the incessant requests from PTA, teachers, schools for fundraising. Yes, I will ignore these, and you should too.

I’m teacher PP. I think it’s way more than 5%. Like seriously it might be 50%. That being said, I don’t care about teacher appreciation gifts in the slightest. I hate teacher appreciation week, I will not die if I don’t get a $20 Amazon card, please do not feel indebted to give one especially if, like the PP, you strongly dislike teachers. There’s no reason to do so. The gifts are not needed at all.

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Anonymous wrote:With all the teacher works days and holidays I have a hard time keeping up with what Mondays are asynchronous days.

Every Monday is asynchronous at our ES. I thought that was standard for all of FCPS but apparently our school is just lazy AF.

Wait, that's not the standard?

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Anonymous wrote:

I will never again spend my own money on books, classroom supplies, etc.


As a parent, I will also never again donate to school funds, supplies, gifts for PTA drives, or school fundraising events. But I think it is good teachers are learning more about work-life balance. Also remember, a lot of trolls are on this site.


God, I love all these posts. (spluttering). "Well...well..I'm SO MAD about distance learning and I blame teachers for not begging their bosses or their union to go back into buildings during a pandemic that YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY MORE CHRISTMAS OR TEACHER APPRECIATION AMAZON GIFT CARDS FROM ME!!"

LOL. I assure you, nobody cares.

I think teachers are constantly in the past asking for things, but I was responding to the teacher post saying she wouldn't ever again buy stuff. Neither will I. Obviously you do care enough to respond heatedly. People do care. Many professions get criticized unfairly even publicly. It is something to deal with. Like I said I do think work life balance is a good thing. And I think our government and not parents should be getting sufficient school supplies for schools.

I would hope that teachers know that the vast majority of parents are NOT like the parents on this board. I haven't complained about teachers, I know you're doing best under shitty circumstances. I don't have any friends that have complained about teachers. It's a small group of really vocal people on this ANONYMOUS board who complain. Maybe 5% of actual parents.

I’m teacher PP. I think it’s way more than 5%. Like seriously it might be 50%. That being said, I don’t care about teacher appreciation gifts in the slightest. I hate teacher appreciation week, I will not die if I don’t get a $20 Amazon card, please do not feel indebted to give one especially if, like the PP, you strongly dislike teachers. There’s no reason to do so. The gifts are not needed at all.

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Anonymous wrote:With all the teacher works days and holidays I have a hard time keeping up with what Mondays are asynchronous days.

Every Monday is asynchronous at our ES. I thought that was standard for all of FCPS but apparently our school is just lazy AF.

Anonymous wrote:With all the teacher works days and holidays I have a hard time keeping up with what Mondays are asynchronous days.