Seven things teachers don't want to hear from parents.

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ivanthereasonable said:
I wonder how many of the parents did have the nous ? Working with the public is bad enough. Working with their kids must be a nightmare. The teachers who are good at their job deserve a medal. I couldn't do it for more than one reason.
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Totally agree with you. There were good teachers at my kids school and the good ones, whilst very much in the minority, were very good indeed.
Sadly the school adopted a strategy of looking after the gifted kids, much to the detriment of the majority. Kids who know they are essentially being ignored will almost always react with dissent.
 
Dave Herbal said:
I told mine to headbutt them in the nose.
I’d like my kids’ school to send me a letter explaining seven things they ARE going to say to me, such as
“Yes, we’ve appointed a SENCO”
“We’ve replaced the 19 staff who’ve left”
“Our staff have all been trained on how to deal with your son’s requirements”
“Our Class Charts system is working fine now staff have been trained on how to use the f***ing thing properly”
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Have you not just told them you're fine with them giving your son the occasional slap if needs be?
 
Cockney Mackem said:
Didn't explain myself very well. There was a bullying problem at my son's school. The school was doing fuck all about it. My son smacked one of the bullies.
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It isn't just education for kids that matter, it is the right education.

I found that a good grounding in MMA helped with confidence, self-discipline and technique.
 
Seven things that parents don't want to hear from teachers:
  1. Our holidays may appear to be long, but we have loads of prep to do.
  2. It may appear that we finish early each afternoon, but we have loads of marking to do.
  3. Our wage increase isn't as big as hoped, so we are going on strike. Tough shit. Make your own arrangements for your kids those days.
  4. For your child to take part in this class activity, you will have to pay £X, otherwise your child will sit on his own in a room facing a wall.
  5. We are sending your child home because you didn't buy their shirt from the shop down the road who does the expensive shirts with the school crest on, and from whom the academy trust is receiving a sizeable kickback.
  6. The school will be closed because we are having a "training day".
  7. Your child will not be entered for the exam because he/she/they are as thick as mince, and their failure will reflect badly on the regime school.
 
jaxaxe said:
Seven things that parents don't want to hear from teachers:
  1. Our holidays may appear to be long, but we have loads of prep to do.
  2. It may appear that we finish early each afternoon, but we have loads of marking to do.
  3. Our wage increase isn't as big as hoped, so we are going on strike. Tough shit. Make your own arrangements for your kids those days.
  4. For your child to take part in this class activity, you will have to pay £X, otherwise your child will sit on his own in a room facing a wall.
  5. We are sending your child home because you didn't buy their shirt from the shop down the road who does the expensive shirts with the school crest on, and from whom the academy trust is receiving a sizeable kickback.
  6. The school will be closed because we are having a "training day".
  7. Your child will not be entered for the exam because he/she/they are as thick as mince, and their failure will reflect badly on the regime school.
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8. Your child is in trouble for hitting another......aye coz the other fucker hit him first and i've told him to hit back twice as hard.
 
Marcosplace said:
A school trust has issued a letter to parents urging them to treat teachers with respect after incidents which have seen some mams and dads banned from school grounds.
And in it, staff have outlined the seven things they don't want to hear from parents whose youngsters might have fallen foul of school rules during lesson time.


The points have been put to parents by The Arete Learning Trust which runs secondary schools in Stokesley, Northallerton and Richmond in a letter from chief executive officer Catherine Brooker.
They are:
  • "I'm not going to allow my child to do a detention"
  • "I don't want my child punished until I know what is happening to the other one"
  • "She's usually really good, can't you let her off"
  • "I support the school and want good behaviour but..."
  • "You have been too soft on the other child"
  • "My child doesn't lie and told me he didn't"
  • "You can't punish my child when I tell him to ignore what you say."
I've been a Head of Year for many years. I have heard all of these said to me about their precious child.

Anyone admit to saying stuff like this?

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Mods -SMB this ! Ive had a mare....
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I've never used any of these, as I understand what a mare of a job it must be in this age. Saying that I've never been called into the school

However, I did tell my son to 'ask' the teacher why he had to wear his jumper in some classes. He carries his jumper in his bag as seemingly most teachers just need to know you HAVE a jumper but don't necesserily need to wear it

I asked him whats the point of me washing and ironing his jumpers every day if he stuffs them in his bag. He told me two of his teachers tell him to wear his jumper in the class. If he's hot or uncomfortable I don't expect him to refuse, but I did ask him if he'd ever asked the teacher why he HAD to put his jumper on if he could give a valid reason as to why he didn't want/need to. He said he hasn't asked as he would get told off

So first question (I am not suggesting all schools do this) is why do teachers take it upon themselves to act billy big bollocks with 13 year old kids, and secondly what are we teaching them when they can't even ask teachers reasonable questions?
 
mcq10 said:
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I used to work with an old bloke who used to always tell them, if I see you in the streets in 5 years time, don’t say hello. I don’t want to hear what you say. I don’t give a toss. I won’t be getting paid to speak to you then.
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Slightly off topic. One of my favourite sayings to the lads at work is “I’m not here to make friends, I’m here to make director”
 
mcq10 said:
I used to work with an old bloke who used to always tell them, if I see you in the streets in 5 years time, don’t say hello. I don’t want to hear what you say. I don’t give a toss. I won’t be getting paid to speak to you then.
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After we were given estimated GCSE grades in a report that went home one of the teachers said "If I see you afterwards I don't want to hear about how you've proven me wrong if you do better in the exam", which I always thought was an odd thing to say.

She was a horrible little troll like.
 
Goat Eyes said:
My daughter had her parents evening last night and the teacher said “she’s the best behaved child in the class, she has great manners and is the first to do as she’s told”

I asked why she was a little twat in the house then!
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Same here. I'm sure they can't tell one kid from another, or just say this guff to all parents.
 
"Our 'child' is actually a hastily cobbled-together scarecrow formed from bits of an old C&A mannequin and the remnants of a clothes airer we found in a skip. Your best efforts to teach it GCSE-level English have been a laughably futile endeavour."
 
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I used to get wrong last year for telling them I knew my kid could be a migraine inducing pain in the rear and told that "Oi stop that, she's lovely"

Generally I get on really well with my kids' teachers - apart from the SEN-hating waste of space one had last year where in the end the Head got involved and was bloody pissed off with what the teacher had been getting up to.
 
I hated school and couldn’t wait to leave. There was one or two teachers at my first school (AHS) who were decent- one of whom posts regularly on here - but on the whole, the majority disliked me and the feeling was mutual.
 
Being a teacher must be a hard job. And I mean being a teacher who actually gives an eff about the pupils education from what they're told to teach them on a curriculum.

If you have to shout and scream to get your points across to your pupils, you've basically set yourself up to fail.
Also, if you show a weakness in teaching, it will be exploited by some pupils.

It's about finding a balance to suit the whole class at each lesson and that means trying to control a variation of classes with each set time throughout the day. Not an easy talk but I saw the genius in some teachers against the pure idiocy and bullying tactics of others.

I was a twat at school. I had a chip on my shoulder. I didn't allow teachers to bully me without me giving it back.
The problem I had was in taking an instant dislike to some teachers before I had the chance to actually find out what made them tick.

I got on with some teachers and was hated by others.
Maybe I got on with some because they didn't want the hassle and played me with kid gloves. I don't know...but anyway I did respect some teachers and actually did learn because they were interesting, where others made learning a laborious task.

The real key to teaching is to make all pupils feel they're worth the effort but equally command their respect right back and also manage to make a lesson interesting.
 
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