On DCUM, I have seen parents post about so many topics that are none of their business, such as:
-- Why was the teacher absent?
-- Why did this teacher move schools? Were they asked to leave or was it choice?
-- Is this teacher married?
-- Is this teacher LGBTQIA+?
-- This teacher doesn't even have kids. Why is she taking family leave?
-- I saw my kid's teacher buying wine at Giant. Is that really appropriate for a teacher?

I swear this was the best

Let’s add

—I saw the teacher at a bar on Friday night eating dinner with their family drinking beer? I don’t like that who do I report it to?

—I saw the teacher at target, they went to the bathroom. They were in there for 15 minutes, I know they were doing something inappropriate, who do I report them to?

—I saw the teacher at my church! I don’t like that teachers shouldn’t be religious if they’re religious they’ll try to convert my child

—the teacher was at the sports event cheering for the team. I could see the way they looked at the players. The teacher is a pedophile who do I report them too

—the teacher was absent for 3 weeks, the school said they had a death in the family and needed time off. My child needs a consistent teacher who is always there. Who do I contact to have the teacher fired for failing to come to work?

—my child was told this book was required reading and I don’t like it

—we had to buy school supplies that’s the teachers problem not mine

—the teacher drives to school and leaves at 330 every day. The teacher said it’s because they live in MD and have elementary age children. Please fire this person and hire a childless cat lady who lives close to the school so they are always at my disposal

—my student saw the teacher using their cell phone clearly texting…class wasn’t in session, I’m sure the teacher was sexting on Snapchat because the teacher wears skirts and cute blouses so obviously they are sexting during the day they are a predator

—my child wakes up late and regularly misses the bus forcing me to take my child to school. Who do I contact to change the bus pickup time to fit my child’s needs? Also tell the bus driver they will always wait for my child no matter how late that makes the bus

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My middle school child doesn't even have a computer yet!! After a whole week of school!

I don't care about gradebook, but I think that is slow. My 5th grader got one on Thursday.

It’s a good thing actually. I wish they’d pull them all back and go back to what it was like before we were 1:1 with devices. It’s horrific for screen time, development, reading comprehension, organization - we do not need them!!

-teacher

why are you acting like you cant read off of a computer screen. Learn to adapt to the new world time needs to pass 😭😭😭

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HS parent here. I still see no gradebook this week and my DS has 2 quizzes this week alone, not to mention HW to be graded. I know it may seem like micromanaging but DS has ADHD and requires reminders and prompts to complete his work. I am not doing this to annoy teachers, I want to help both parties.

It will go live on September 5.

Thank you. Hopefully he doesn't mess up too badly until then

It’s only 3 school days from now! It sounds like forever but the long weekend gets us there.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HS parent here. I still see no gradebook this week and my DS has 2 quizzes this week alone, not to mention HW to be graded. I know it may seem like micromanaging but DS has ADHD and requires reminders and prompts to complete his work. I am not doing this to annoy teachers, I want to help both parties.

It will go live on September 5.

Thank you. Hopefully he doesn't mess up too badly until then

Anonymous wrote:HS parent here. I still see no gradebook this week and my DS has 2 quizzes this week alone, not to mention HW to be graded. I know it may seem like micromanaging but DS has ADHD and requires reminders and prompts to complete his work. I am not doing this to annoy teachers, I want to help both parties.

It will go live on September 5.

HS parent here. I still see no gradebook this week and my DS has 2 quizzes this week alone, not to mention HW to be graded. I know it may seem like micromanaging but DS has ADHD and requires reminders and prompts to complete his work. I am not doing this to annoy teachers, I want to help both parties.

Anonymous wrote:My middle school child doesn't even have a computer yet!! After a whole week of school!

I don't care about gradebook, but I think that is slow. My 5th grader got one on Thursday.

If they're being handed out through a certain classes, please remember that they've only seen their "B day" teachers twice. Maybe your kid will get their computer on Monday.

Even if they don't, this is not the end of the world. Until kids learn routines and procedures, the computer is more of a hindrance.

Anonymous wrote:My middle school child doesn't even have a computer yet!! After a whole week of school!

I don't care about gradebook, but I think that is slow. My 5th grader got one on Thursday.

It’s a good thing actually. I wish they’d pull them all back and go back to what it was like before we were 1:1 with devices. It’s horrific for screen time, development, reading comprehension, organization - we do not need them!!

-teacher

Anonymous wrote:My middle school child doesn't even have a computer yet!! After a whole week of school!

I don't care about gradebook, but I think that is slow. My 5th grader got one on Thursday.

That’s actually a good thing! They are doing paper assignments!!!

My middle school child doesn't even have a computer yet!! After a whole week of school!

I don't care about gradebook, but I think that is slow. My 5th grader got one on Thursday.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The defensiveness of teachers when parents ask any questions, even innocent ones, is why they can’t truly partner with parents. If teachers would relax and not get bent out of shape when a parent asks questions, things would go a lot smoother. They need to realize we are on the same team and want the best for our kids.

The teachers I've seen get bent out of shape are the ones who are asked questions that are none of a parent’s business or that question professional knowledge. I haven't seen teachers get bent out of shape (very often at least) for innocent questions.

On DCUM, I have seen parents post about so many topics that are none of their business, such as:
-- Why was the teacher absent?
-- Why did this teacher move schools? Were they asked to leave or was it choice?
-- Is this teacher married?
-- Is this teacher LGBTQIA+?
-- This teacher doesn't even have kids. Why is she taking family leave?
-- I saw my kid's teacher buying wine at Giant. Is that really appropriate for a teacher?

I've also seen parents questioning educators' professional knowledge and instructional methodology. Just because we all went to school ourselves doesn't mean we know how to teach, so I find it highly offensive for parents to question the professional regarding their practice and expertise. There are so many people who seem to think they know better than the teachers, so I don't blame educators when they become defensive about their professional work. These same people are probably the ones who think they are better diagnosticians than physicians are, better litigators than attorneys, more talented athletes than Olympians, and so on. I can see why teachers run out of patience for those people!

+1 Parent, not a teacher. I would never want to deal with many of the the actively posting parents on this site. I'm not sure all the people who say "I'm a teacher" are actually teachers either--just trolls trying to stir up anti-teacher sentiment a lot of the time.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The defensiveness of teachers when parents ask any questions, even innocent ones, is why they can’t truly partner with parents. If teachers would relax and not get bent out of shape when a parent asks questions, things would go a lot smoother. They need to realize we are on the same team and want the best for our kids.

Well, 90% of the posts in this site bash teachers.

This site isn’t representative of the entire community of parents in FCPS. Just because there’s an anonymous post on here, that should affect how a teacher deals with a parent in person.

If a parent starts acting like some of these DCUM posters in-person, then my behavior will differ than when I’m interacting with a respectful parent.