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I'm Floored

I'm Floored

Lover of BS!
I had to send my first angry email to a teacher.

My young one is in public school for the first time. As you can imagine, the transition has been a challenge. He's up for it, though, and overall, he's doing well.

The hard part is having so many different teachers and understanding all the different expectations. He's been with the same teacher for the last five years (and the same 8 kids since kindergarten!)

Anyway, he made a bad grade on an assignment last week. He didn't understand what he'd done wrong, so I encouraged him to ask the teacher to clarify so he knows going forward what is expected of him.

When he told the teacher that he didn't understand why his work was "not appropriate", the teacher told him he was being argumentative. He said that he was not, he just didn't understand. The teacher took his paper, looked it over, and said, "Well, I'll give you that, but since you argued with me, you still don't get the points."

Now, here I am, encouraging him to go the the teacher for help to understand (that's what they're there for, right?) and instead, he is unapproachable, and my child still doesn't understand the assignment. (It's a weekly assignment, throughout the year.)

Yes, I've already sent an email. :tapfoot2
 
wow... yep, I would of called instead of emailed... I would be :rant


her job is a teacher so there for if someone says they do not understand it is your job to make sure they do... or am I wrong lol
 
I remember faxing the assistant principal a letter when some students were rewarded for selling product with a party and the rest had to attend class. I was SO MAD I could SPIT! I told him my daughter was in school for an eduacation, not learn to be a salesman for government schools. Of course, I never received a response. Daughter Reacher did well IN SPITE of government schools, certainly not BECAUSE of them. We couldn't afford Christian School because of friends like mine...on the school board...(no names mentioned) who were stead fast against vouchers. They are still my friend....but only because I am supportive of the mentally challanged.
 
I've spent this ENTIRE week in a variety of exchanges with my son's school, so I feel your pain. One teacher got a snippy attitude on the phone with me when I asked for some clarification and a second teacher seems to have lost one of my son's assignments. Overall, I'm not pleased at all.

I'm really sorry. According to my son, most of his requests for assistance are met with the same snippy attitude I got on the phone. I've spent a month basically telling him to "suck it up" only to receive the same attitude from her myself.

I have a meeting on Friday with the teacher and principal.
 
An update:

I just received an email in response to the incident yesterday. The teacher was apologetic. He told me that he had changed the grade based on the conversation yesterday. He said he will encourage my son to feel comfortable in always asking for help when needed. He also acknowledged that my son was not in the class at the beginning of the year when he reviewed his expectations (his schedule changed when a teacher transferred to another school) and that he would go over those with his classes again.

Overall, it was a very encouraging email, and I'm pleased with his response. :)
 
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