Anonymous
09/08/2013 00:26
Subject: Back to School Night Ruse
Whoaa! Someone has a lot of baggage. PP needs to get out of his/her rut.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:what is the meaning of this? can someone please explain?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who else got the Back to School Night Ruse from the teacher?
We got a lot of "busy" work in our classroom, leaving no time for questions, time to meet other parents, time to meet the teacher.
Well, played, Ms. Teacher!
Well . . . if you're a known entity, Mrs. Mouth, then she planned the evening with YOU in mind!
well played indeed - I applaud the teacher.
So you need an explanation FOR an explanation?
OK . . . It's the teacher's night to 1. share his/her philosophy, 2. discuss the classroom atmosphere, and 3. give an overview of the learning outcomes embedded in the curriculum framework.
Is that part clear? I'm just using some wait time and checking for understanding.
It is NOT your time to shine by throwing question after question at him/her. It is NOT your time to socialize with parents. But most importantly - and this is where you seem to be unclear - it IS your time to meet the teacher by 1. listening to his/her philosophy, 2. becoming familiar with the classroom atmosphere, and 3. understanding what your child should know and be able to do by the end of the year/semester - and knowing what avenues a teacher will take when reteaching and enrichment are necessary.
Again, to reinforce an important matter - This short period of time is not FOR you to shine. You need to shut your mouth and listen to the presentation . . . b/c it's not about you.
Anonymous
09/07/2013 08:56
Subject: Back to School Night Ruse
Anonymous wrote:what is the meaning of this? can someone please explain?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who else got the Back to School Night Ruse from the teacher?
We got a lot of "busy" work in our classroom, leaving no time for questions, time to meet other parents, time to meet the teacher.
Well, played, Ms. Teacher!
Well . . . if you're a known entity, Mrs. Mouth, then she planned the evening with YOU in mind!
well played indeed - I applaud the teacher.
So you need an explanation FOR an explanation?
OK . . . It's the teacher's night to 1. share his/her philosophy, 2. discuss the classroom atmosphere, and 3. give an overview of the learning outcomes embedded in the curriculum framework.
Is that part clear? I'm just using some wait time and checking for understanding.
It is NOT your time to shine by throwing question after question at him/her. It is NOT your time to socialize with parents. But most importantly - and this is where you seem to be unclear - it IS your time to meet the teacher by 1. listening to his/her philosophy, 2. becoming familiar with the classroom atmosphere, and 3. understanding what your child should know and be able to do by the end of the year/semester - and knowing what avenues a teacher will take when reteaching and enrichment are necessary.
Again, to reinforce an important matter - This short period of time is not FOR you to shine. You need to shut your mouth and listen to the presentation . . . b/c it's not about you.
Anonymous
09/07/2013 05:38
Subject: Back to School Night Ruse
Teacher here-
I really don't want to hear, in front of all of the other parents, about your pending CPS case against your ex-spouse. (true story) I'm supposed to introduce myself, tell you about my classroom philosophy and procedures, and answer any questions you may have about those things. More personal questions should be reserved for email or a one-on-one conference.
(But to be fair, I teach at a HS a have 130+ students, so that many individual conversations would be quite insane. I'm not sure how it plays out at the elem level, but certainly BTSN is not the forum for parent concerns that relate only to their own child's individual case.) We also don't know the students very well at this point in the year, making it even more difficult to have conference-like conversations.
I really don't want to hear, in front of all of the other parents, about your pending CPS case against your ex-spouse. (true story) I'm supposed to introduce myself, tell you about my classroom philosophy and procedures, and answer any questions you may have about those things. More personal questions should be reserved for email or a one-on-one conference.
(But to be fair, I teach at a HS a have 130+ students, so that many individual conversations would be quite insane. I'm not sure how it plays out at the elem level, but certainly BTSN is not the forum for parent concerns that relate only to their own child's individual case.) We also don't know the students very well at this point in the year, making it even more difficult to have conference-like conversations.
Anonymous
09/07/2013 00:36
Subject: Back to School Night Ruse
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:who is nancy nutcase? and who writes responses like this? you all sound like you know each other. enlighten us?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You have to schedule appointments just to see tests because they are too lazy to redo them the next year and have your kids actually go home with them and you look over and work on them together. Doesn't happen. Once the test is over, they don't care about improving it. What is done is done.
Welcome back Nancy Nutcase! Did your dear child see his/her teachers to go over the tests, you know, the people trained to educate and help your child? Or did you swoop in, rotar blades whirring, to look over the final exams because only you know how to educate your child? Something tells me it was the latter. Congrats on effing up your kid!
There was a thread last school year where a parent was upset because her child's high school wouldn't allow tests to leave the building.
Come on, you have to tell the whole story. The OP of that thread was outraged (OUTRAGED!) that the school would not accommodate her schedule in allowing her to review her child's test. Apparently appointments offered during the school day were unacceptable and the OP expected a teacher to stay after her work hours or come in during the evening to go over the test with her (the parent, not the student). Many, many, MANY posters (including teachers) suggested the parent encourage her child to advocate for herself and ask the teacher to meet with HER, the student, during lunch, before or after school. But, of course, that's crazy talk!
Anonymous
09/07/2013 00:21
Subject: Back to School Night Ruse
Anonymous wrote:who is nancy nutcase? and who writes responses like this? you all sound like you know each other. enlighten us?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You have to schedule appointments just to see tests because they are too lazy to redo them the next year and have your kids actually go home with them and you look over and work on them together. Doesn't happen. Once the test is over, they don't care about improving it. What is done is done.
Welcome back Nancy Nutcase! Did your dear child see his/her teachers to go over the tests, you know, the people trained to educate and help your child? Or did you swoop in, rotar blades whirring, to look over the final exams because only you know how to educate your child? Something tells me it was the latter. Congrats on effing up your kid!
There was a thread last school year where a parent was upset because her child's high school wouldn't allow tests to leave the building.
Anonymous
09/06/2013 02:15
Subject: Back to School Night Ruse
I would just pass on a sheet of paper, collect the email addresses of all the parents and create a small list serve for the classroom information.
Anonymous
09/06/2013 00:38
Subject: Back to School Night Ruse
who is nancy nutcase? and who writes responses like this? you all sound like you know each other. enlighten us?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You have to schedule appointments just to see tests because they are too lazy to redo them the next year and have your kids actually go home with them and you look over and work on them together. Doesn't happen. Once the test is over, they don't care about improving it. What is done is done.
Welcome back Nancy Nutcase! Did your dear child see his/her teachers to go over the tests, you know, the people trained to educate and help your child? Or did you swoop in, rotar blades whirring, to look over the final exams because only you know how to educate your child? Something tells me it was the latter. Congrats on effing up your kid!
Anonymous
09/06/2013 00:35
Subject: Back to School Night Ruse
what is the meaning of this? can someone please explain?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who else got the Back to School Night Ruse from the teacher?
We got a lot of "busy" work in our classroom, leaving no time for questions, time to meet other parents, time to meet the teacher.
Well, played, Ms. Teacher!
Well . . . if you're a known entity, Mrs. Mouth, then she planned the evening with YOU in mind!
well played indeed - I applaud the teacher.
Anonymous
09/05/2013 22:37
Subject: Back to School Night Ruse
Sounds like BTS night is really BS night. Can't ask questions about anything because you're too busy writing a response to some note your child wrote for you? There are better ways to waste your time.
Anonymous
09/05/2013 21:14
Subject: Back to School Night Ruse
Anonymous wrote:Who else got the Back to School Night Ruse from the teacher?
We got a lot of "busy" work in our classroom, leaving no time for questions, time to meet other parents, time to meet the teacher.
Well, played, Ms. Teacher!
Well . . . if you're a known entity, Mrs. Mouth, then she planned the evening with YOU in mind!
well played indeed - I applaud the teacher.
Anonymous
09/05/2013 19:47
Subject: Back to School Night Ruse
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You have to schedule appointments just to see tests because they are too lazy to redo them the next year and have your kids actually go home with them and you look over and work on them together. Doesn't happen. Once the test is over, they don't care about improving it. What is done is done.
Welcome back Nancy Nutcase! Did your dear child see his/her teachers to go over the tests, you know, the people trained to educate and help your child? Or did you swoop in, rotar blades whirring, to look over the final exams because only you know how to educate your child? Something tells me it was the latter. Congrats on effing up your kid!
Not the OP but I thought back in my day the tests did come home and the parents were expected to review to see if your child needed help in any specific area. In today's world, if I am the main advocate for my child and expected to reach out if something is wrong or encourage my child as appropriate to do so, I need data points to help in my assessment. If the teacher is analyzing this information and they are either coming to me or figuring out how to get extra resources because they noticed my child was struggling with fractions then I don't need to see the tests.
Anonymous
09/05/2013 15:56
Subject: Back to School Night Ruse
Anonymous wrote:You have to schedule appointments just to see tests because they are too lazy to redo them the next year and have your kids actually go home with them and you look over and work on them together. Doesn't happen. Once the test is over, they don't care about improving it. What is done is done.
Welcome back Nancy Nutcase! Did your dear child see his/her teachers to go over the tests, you know, the people trained to educate and help your child? Or did you swoop in, rotar blades whirring, to look over the final exams because only you know how to educate your child? Something tells me it was the latter. Congrats on effing up your kid!