Anonymous wrote:Apparently if it says "Not Graded" that means the student has not turned in the work. You would be best to start by having a chat with your kid.

Anonymous wrote:Since when do parents monitor their middle and high school age students' assignments? Unless there was a serious problem that involves a learning disability, it should be the student's responsibility. Students need to take responsibility for their own assignments and grades. This is an important step toward adulthood.

I'm positive my parents NEVER knew what my grades and test scores were except for at report card time. This SIS system sounds like a case of enabling over-parenting anyway.

If your child really needs that much supervision you should at least leave it up to your student (not the teacher) to let you know what grades he/she is getting on assignments, test, projects. At least that's a little responsibility for the student to take. Do you not even trust your child to tell you that?

Anonymous wrote:YES, they can figure that out IF teachers give back the tests/quizzes/papers and other assignments. In many cases, they don't.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine a salary job where, if I were behind on my work, I wouldn't have to spend a few hours getting caught up on the weekend, or on one of the 17 days of winter break, or on a snow day. Teaching is not a job where you punch the time clock. Why is it treated that way?

You also probably can't imagine a salary job where after meeting burnout, you cannot simply go into your cubicle or office and decompress. You probably also can't imagine not being able to go to the bathroom the second you feel like it.

In teaching, you have to always be ON during the day. ALWAYS. You don't teach classes, sit through meetings, rush through work while "having lunch" then chat it up with colleagues in their cubicles or sit in your office rubbing your temples for 20 minutes before getting back to work. You run out of yet one more meeting to a classroom full of innocent faces staring at you waiting to see what you have planned for the day.
And you've gotta be on READY.

Teachers do the best they can. Those vacation times are needed so they can go back to work and be SANE for your children. And yeah, work is also being done during that time as well but with 150+ stduents, be lucky your child ever sees graded work.

You are on the wrong thread.

This one is about high school kids, not kindergartners. Different ballgame.

No "innocent faces" waiting with eager smiles waiting to absorb all your wisdom, just eyes glued to cell phones, faces hidden in goodies, and back of heads.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine a salary job where, if I were behind on my work, I wouldn't have to spend a few hours getting caught up on the weekend, or on one of the 17 days of winter break, or on a snow day. Teaching is not a job where you punch the time clock. Why is it treated that way?

You also probably can't imagine a salary job where after meeting burnout, you cannot simply go into your cubicle or office and decompress. You probably also can't imagine not being able to go to the bathroom the second you feel like it.

In teaching, you have to always be ON during the day. ALWAYS. You don't teach classes, sit through meetings, rush through work while "having lunch" then chat it up with colleagues in their cubicles or sit in your office rubbing your temples for 20 minutes before getting back to work. You run out of yet one more meeting to a classroom full of innocent faces staring at you waiting to see what you have planned for the day.
And you've gotta be on READY.

Teachers do the best they can. Those vacation times are needed so they can go back to work and be SANE for your children. And yeah, work is also being done during that time as well but with 150+ stduents, be lucky your child ever sees graded work.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine a salary job where, if I were behind on my work, I wouldn't have to spend a few hours getting caught up on the weekend, or on one of the 17 days of winter break, or on a snow day. Teaching is not a job where you punch the time clock. Why is it treated that way?

You also probably can't imagine a salary job where after meeting burnout, you cannot simply go into your cubicle or office and decompress. You probably also can't imagine not being able to go to the bathroom the second you feel like it.

In teaching, you have to always be ON during the day. ALWAYS. You don't teach classes, sit through meetings, rush through work while "having lunch" then chat it up with colleagues in their cubicles or sit in your office rubbing your temples for 20 minutes before getting back to work. You run out of yet one more meeting to a classroom full of innocent faces staring at you waiting to see what you have planned for the day. And you've gotta be on READY.

Teachers do the best they can. Those vacation times are needed so they can go back to work and be SANE for your children. And yeah, work is also being done during that time as well but with 150+ stduents, be lucky your child ever sees graded work.

Look I'm sure you teach well during the day, but there is no way for your kids to know how they stand and how well they are doing unless they can get their grades back.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine a salary job where, if I were behind on my work, I wouldn't have to spend a few hours getting caught up on the weekend, or on one of the 17 days of winter break, or on a snow day. Teaching is not a job where you punch the time clock. Why is it treated that way?

You also probably can't imagine a salary job where after meeting burnout, you cannot simply go into your cubicle or office and decompress. You probably also can't imagine not being able to go to the bathroom the second you feel like it.

In teaching, you have to always be ON during the day. ALWAYS. You don't teach classes, sit through meetings, rush through work while "having lunch" then chat it up with colleagues in their cubicles or sit in your office rubbing your temples for 20 minutes before getting back to work. You run out of yet one more meeting to a classroom full of innocent faces staring at you waiting to see what you have planned for the day. And you've gotta be on READY.

Teachers do the best they can. Those vacation times are needed so they can go back to work and be SANE for your children. And yeah, work is also being done during that time as well but with 150+ stduents, be lucky your child ever sees graded work.

It sounds like you imagine every job that isn't teaching is an office job. I have plenty of respect for teachers and how hard their job is, but teaching isn't the only job that doesn't allow for quiet time in an office, or constant customer interaction, or lacks a lunch hour. I run a restaurant and that describes my job, too. I could go on about the other ways in which my time off is sometimes not my own, but in my experience, that's part of the job unless you're a low level or hourly employee.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine a salary job where, if I were behind on my work, I wouldn't have to spend a few hours getting caught up on the weekend, or on one of the 17 days of winter break, or on a snow day. Teaching is not a job where you punch the time clock. Why is it treated that way?

You also probably can't imagine a salary job where after meeting burnout, you cannot simply go into your cubicle or office and decompress. You probably also can't imagine not being able to go to the bathroom the second you feel like it.

In teaching, you have to always be ON during the day. ALWAYS. You don't teach classes, sit through meetings, rush through work while "having lunch" then chat it up with colleagues in their cubicles or sit in your office rubbing your temples for 20 minutes before getting back to work. You run out of yet one more meeting to a classroom full of innocent faces staring at you waiting to see what you have planned for the day. And you've gotta be on READY.

Teachers do the best they can. Those vacation times are needed so they can go back to work and be SANE for your children. And yeah, work is also being done during that time as well but with 150+ stduents, be lucky your child ever sees graded work.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine a salary job where, if I were behind on my work, I wouldn't have to spend a few hours getting caught up on the weekend, or on one of the 17 days of winter break, or on a snow day. Teaching is not a job where you punch the time clock. Why is it treated that way?

You also probably can't imagine a salary job where after meeting burnout, you cannot simply go into your cubicle or office and decompress. You probably also can't imagine not being able to go to the bathroom the second you feel like it.

In teaching, you have to always be ON during the day. ALWAYS. You don't teach classes, sit through meetings, rush through work while "having lunch" then chat it up with colleagues in their cubicles or sit in your office rubbing your temples for 20 minutes before getting back to work. You run out of yet one more meeting to a classroom full of innocent faces staring at you waiting to see what you have planned for the day. And you've gotta be on READY.

Teachers do the best they can. Those vacation times are needed so they can go back to work and be SANE for your children. And yeah, work is also being done during that time as well but with 150+ stduents, be lucky your child ever sees graded work.

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine a salary job where, if I were behind on my work, I wouldn't have to spend a few hours getting caught up on the weekend, or on one of the 17 days of winter break, or on a snow day. Teaching is not a job where you punch the time clock. Why is it treated that way?

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Anonymous wrote:Since when do parents monitor their middle and high school age students' assignments? Unless there was a serious problem that involves a learning disability, it should be the student's responsibility. Students need to take responsibility for their own assignments and grades. This is an important step toward adulthood.

I'm positive my parents NEVER knew what my grades and test scores were except for at report card time. This SIS system sounds like a case of enabling over-parenting anyway.

If your child really needs that much supervision you should at least leave it up to your student (not the teacher) to let you know what grades he/she is getting on assignments, test, projects. At least that's a little responsibility for the student to take. Do you not even trust your child to tell you that?

Have you even read the thread? SIS is not some parent only website. It is also the website where the kids get their grades from.

They are seeing their grades as they are returned, that's just where they are stored and updated. Can't they figure out where they stand without seeing a constant updated grade on a website? It only takes a little thinking.

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Anonymous wrote:Since when do parents monitor their middle and high school age students' assignments? Unless there was a serious problem that involves a learning disability, it should be the student's responsibility. Students need to take responsibility for their own assignments and grades. This is an important step toward adulthood.

I'm positive my parents NEVER knew what my grades and test scores were except for at report card time. This SIS system sounds like a case of enabling over-parenting anyway.

If your child really needs that much supervision you should at least leave it up to your student (not the teacher) to let you know what grades he/she is getting on assignments, test, projects. At least that's a little responsibility for the student to take. Do you not even trust your child to tell you that?

Have you even read the thread? SIS is not some parent only website. It is also the website where the kids get their grades from.

Anonymous wrote:Since when do parents monitor their middle and high school age students' assignments? Unless there was a serious problem that involves a learning disability, it should be the student's responsibility. Students need to take responsibility for their own assignments and grades. This is an important step toward adulthood.

I'm positive my parents NEVER knew what my grades and test scores were except for at report card time. This SIS system sounds like a case of enabling over-parenting anyway.

If your child really needs that much supervision you should at least leave it up to your student (not the teacher) to let you know what grades he/she is getting on assignments, test, projects. At least that's a little responsibility for the student to take. Do you not even trust your child to tell you that?