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Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?
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donaldtoo
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I had a feeling it was from somewhere in the Grand Floridian and shoulda’ spoken up earlier, as it kinda’ reminded me of my pic below from the Grand Floridian lobby…!!!
MinnieM123
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ajrwdwgirl
Premium Member
7.5 with kids for me and I’m so ready to be done. Parents and students are starting to lose their minds. I had a parent contact my principal on Thursday but found out about it today. Apparently I have been “blowing off” the parents concerns about their daughter. The parents haven’t emailed me since early December. No phone calls from them and they never showed up to conferences. I send home weekly electronic progress reports and they have never responded to them. So how am I to know that they are concerned? Ugh.
Figgy1
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7.5 with kids for me and I’m so ready to be done. Parents and students are starting to lose their minds. I had a parent contact my principal on Thursday but found out about it today. Apparently I have been “blowing off” the parents concerns about their daughter. The parents haven’t emailed me since early December. No phone calls from them and they never showed up to conferences. I send home weekly electronic progress reports and they have never responded to them. So how am I to know that they are concerned? Ugh.
Swissmiss
Premium Member
7.5 with kids for me and I’m so ready to be done. Parents and students are starting to lose their minds. I had a parent contact my principal on Thursday but found out about it today. Apparently I have been “blowing off” the parents concerns about their daughter. The parents haven’t emailed me since early December. No phone calls from them and they never showed up to conferences. I send home weekly electronic progress reports and they have never responded to them. So how am I to know that they are concerned? Ugh.
Sounds like it is the parents who have been “blowing off” their child’s education. I was president of the parents association for most of the time my daughter was in elementary school so I knew the administration and teachers really well; they kept telling me how lucky my daughter was to have a parent that was so involved.
Songbird76
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I'm so sorry. It sounds like maybe they are just trying to cover their rears now at the end of the year when they realize it's not going well and they should have been on the ball, but weren't.7.5 with kids for me and I’m so ready to be done. Parents and students are starting to lose their minds. I had a parent contact my principal on Thursday but found out about it today. Apparently I have been “blowing off” the parents concerns about their daughter. The parents haven’t emailed me since early December. No phone calls from them and they never showed up to conferences. I send home weekly electronic progress reports and they have never responded to them. So how am I to know that they are concerned? Ugh.
I once called the parents of one of my 6th graders who was so disruptive and disrespectful. The stepdad answered and he sounded a bit out of it, like maybe under the influence of something. But when I voiced my concern about the kid he said "Oh. I thought he was doing okay....I mean, he has a D in everything!" He was surpsised that I called, and shocked that I was concerned. He considered straight Ds to be doing fine. Some parents just don't really value education.
donaldtoo
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^^^ THIS…!!!!!
We weren’t “helicopter parents”, but we were heavily involved in our kids public school educations. Everything from our special needs son Pre-K through all 3 kids high school years.
ARD meetings, parent-teacher conferences, award ceremonies, etc. We also volunteered for many events, etc.
I have never understood how a parent couldn’t be seriously involved in their children’s education.
The schools aren’t babysitters, they’re there to help turn your children into confident, productive citizens, IMHO. Involved parents, who should know their kids better than anybody, can and should help guide that as best they can.
Carolyn and myself were very well-known, and respected, by teachers and staff on all three campuses…!!!
Some parents are insane... my teammate had a mom ask if it was okay to send a pinata in for her daughter's birthday, because they ran out of time to do it at home during her party.7.5 with kids for me and I’m so ready to be done. Parents and students are starting to lose their minds. I had a parent contact my principal on Thursday but found out about it today. Apparently I have been “blowing off” the parents concerns about their daughter. The parents haven’t emailed me since early December. No phone calls from them and they never showed up to conferences. I send home weekly electronic progress reports and they have never responded to them. So how am I to know that they are concerned? Ugh.
We also just had our 1st grade music program on Thursday. A mom told me and her son that their family friend would be coming to watch and take him home after. He never showed up. The boy had a meltdown at the start, and again at the end. He was the only one in my class without someone. Then I get a message saying the friend slept through the program.
This kid has a rough family life. He doesn't get much attention at home. I've had 3 of their sons, and it's always the same. Lots of behaviors from the kids because they haven't been taught any social or emotional skills.
Teachers are not able to undo years of bad parenting. Nor should we be expected to. So I make sure to thank those families who are so supportive and involved. It really makes our jobs a lot easier, and it let's us do what we're supposed to do... teach.
This kid has a rough family life. He doesn't get much attention at home. I've had 3 of their sons, and it's always the same. Lots of behaviors from the kids because they haven't been taught any social or emotional skills.
Teachers are not able to undo years of bad parenting. Nor should we be expected to. So I make sure to thank those families who are so supportive and involved. It really makes our jobs a lot easier, and it let's us do what we're supposed to do... teach.
donaldtoo
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WTH is wrong with too many “parents”…?!?!?!
That is all just so wrong.
Yes, it’s not easy to parent, but put in the time from day one to do it right.
I’ve seen too many parents not do it right from the beginning, and now both they and their kids are paying for it. Our kids were, and still are, our lives, as well as our two granddaughters now, who are being raised wonderfully by our oldest DD and SonIL.
We put in the time to do it right.
I just don’t understand why any parents wouldn’t.
ajrwdwgirl
Premium Member
So sad for that bad and the 3 other sons. I have a student like that too, mom is hardly ever around and will rarely ever answer any call from the school. She is around to legally not be guilty of neglect but it is neglect. One of our paraprofessionals has a Christmas tree farm and that boy comes over and works at the farm and she says he just laps up attention from her and her husband; she wishes she could take him in and "adopt" him. I wish she could too, deep down I think he wants to do well in school and be a good kid but is just so starved for attention he seeks it in some bad ways at school.