Yeah, about the only thing you could probably do is make a video or audio recording of it happening to play for the parents.
I teach 3rd grade. Communication with the parent is important. It is a good idea for teachers to send home a notice that says something students are doing well as early as possible. Parents like to hear good things about their children, and it will help them relate to the teacher should their be problems later on. In my class there is a sheet that everyday is stamped for student behavior, homework, etc. The parents are see that sheet and sign it every night, so that I know they are being informed of their students progress. Some parents barely see their children because they work two or more jobs, and might be going to school as well, so they don't sign it that much. Some parents just sign every day m-f on the first day of the week, so I know they aren't really checking up on it either. But most of the time the parents sign it and are happy to be able to see whether or not their children are doing their homework, and behaving.
Then there are those who actually blame the teachers for their kids behavior. On the local news the other day I saw a commercial for a story about kids having sex in the bathrooms. The cut to an angry parent to said "Where are the teachers? Why aren't they stopping this?" like it's their fault. Clueless.
My wife teaches second grade...and they send home "friday folders" every week with updates on the childs performance. It includes all graded papers and notes to the parents. This year she has the worse class she's ever had. (10yrs teaching). I'm thouroughly convinced that the problem with education in America is not necessarily funding or the teachers, but the parents. When parents don't respect the teachers, their kids do not respect them either. My wifes worst students are the ones with very little parental support. Report cards go out this week, and she still hasn't received one of the report cards back from one kid. (the father still has it and he won't respond to phone calls). She has another kid who was suspended (yes in 2nd grade). He acts up ALL the time. Hitting other kids, stealing their midday snacks, etc. He is supposed to be on medication, and the parents keep taking him off the medication without telling the teacher. When he's on the medication he acts 100% better. Parents seem to think of teachers more as babysitters who are supposed to do what the parents want. Many believe they know the best way to teach their kids and that the teachers don't know how to teach. Many don't want to take action for special classes or programs if their kids have a learning disability because of the "not my child" attitude. Parents need to let the teachers do their jobs and become a "Partner" in their childs education.
I saw that report, I thought it was some kind of a joke! Get this: The kid had sex with some chick in the bathroom and his Mother found out about it. What did she do? She did what any parent would do in this situation....she called the news station, strapped on a hidden camera, and went to the school to see if there were any teachers near the bathroom. She was sitting on her couch getting interviewed with her scumbag kid next to her. The kid was saying "I've done this lot's of times and there has never been a teacher there to stop me." Then the mother would say "why aren't there teachers stationed near this bathroom to stop this?" The interviewer was totally sympathetic to her story, which really blew my mind. He never once asked her what (if anything) SHE has done to stop her kid from banging chicks in the bathroom. Stories like this make me glad I'm not using my teaching degree...
how did she blame the teacher for her kid having sex in the bathroom. she said where are the teachers, like where is anyone? you don't think that's a dicipline problem in that school? I don't think she was excusing the kids, just asking how could that happen? I agree with the thread starter, I hear about this all the time from teachers, parents not accepting their kids having behaviorial problems, but you can't go in a totally opposite direction and say schools aren't responsible some dicipline while the kids is there.
wow, a kid's a scumbag because he had sex on campus. I'm sure if a girl gave you some on campus in h.s. you would have declined, right?
I have 2 children one in kindergarden and one in 1st grade. What a lot of parents don't realize is that kids will lie if they think it will get them out of trouble. Every kid does it with no exceptions. But there are ways to get your kids to tell the truth. I always find out the truth in the end. I trust the teachers much more than my two 6 year olds. If a teacher says they are having problems in the classroom with my child I assure them it will most definately be corrected. The thing is that the kids that act up and are bad usually have bad parents. They are usually not interested in their kids and let them do whatever they want. So all of this is a result of bad parenting. If my son gets a bad report sent home to me he completely understands that it better not happen again. The good kids are the ones with good parenting because my children know how to act and what they can and can't do. There are a lot of people out there who have kids that shouldn't.
When my kids were in school I supported both them and the teachers depending on the situation. For example, my daughter rode the bus and got to school early. The teacher made the kids do school work that they received 0 credit for simply becuase they were early. They were not allowed to do their homework or future school work, but had to do "busy" work. I called the teacher, explained to her that was not fair to the kids that arrived early and that as long as they were behaving, they should not be required to do any busy work. That process stopped. On the other hand AISD (Aldine) had a policy when my daughter was in 6th or 7th grade, in which they did not want to give the kids bad grades. For example, if you did not turn in your homework, you still received a D. I arranged a meeting with all of my daughter's teachers as well as the principal and academic counselor and explained that if my daughter deserves a 0 (e.g. not turning in work) she should receive a 0. I was forced to write a letter to all of her teachers, the principal and the AISD superintendent explaining that it was O.K. to give my daughter whatever grade she earns. If she doesn't do the work, give her a 0. If she does it poorly, give her an F. I received follow-up phone calls from 3 of her teachers thanking me for that as they (for the most part) hated giving the kids passing grades when they did not deserve them.
he's the reason the whole story started in the first place, no? maybe scumbag is a little harsh, but school's not really an appropriate place to be doing the nasty.
what kind of dumbasses run AISD? rewarding kids for not doing anything??? by the way, thanks for being a model parent.
This was about 16 or so years ago so I am not sure if they operate under the same procedure. You're welcome (I tried)
no kidding, and no matter how much dicipline we instill in kids they're gonna do "inappropriate" things, and I don't see what's so wrong with expecting a little diciplinary help from the school. if kids are regularly smoking mar1juana on school campus isn't the school responsible as well as the kids and parents?
If it were your daughter he was banging in the back toilet stall, you wouldn't think he's a scumbag, right?
no, I'd think he's a horny teenager like I was. its amazing that you would actually write this stuff when I've seen you make sexual references on here all the time. I guess you're a scumbag.
so parents are responsible for kids' hormones. and my point wasn't that the parent's have no responsability, its just the schools aren't exempt.
