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
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