Catastrophe Award

pandora

I remember some really mean thoughtless teachers from back in the day.
No one wanted them.
So bummed out when we would go check the roster the Friday before school was to start
and some would find that they had the mean ones :shock: .

Some teachers would have a frig in their room with snacks.
Go on super cool field trips. Be kind really kind to everyone. Make learning fun.

Then the bummer teachers would give tons of homework over the weekend.
Never a treat a kid could even bring in to share.
Boring they were ... :(

but cruel is another category altogether ...

they spot out kids and embarrass them like this teacher :twisted:
what a heartless thing to do to an 8 year old child in front of their peers.

and the title of the award goes to... the teacher!

Chief Broom

As a product of two teachers, I can tell you the problem is not with the teachers most of the time. The problem is with the system, and the parents. School is not daycare! Most parents use it as such. The "system" does not reward good teachers for being so. Pay is determined by number of years teaching, not quality of teaching.
For example: A math teacher and an English teacher, that have both been at a school for fifteen years, probably make the exact same amount. That math teacher can read through their book and mark all the math problems right or wrong. The English teacher goes home with 150 essays that have to be graded for content, grammar, punctuation, etc. Essentially one teacher has a 70+ hour work week, the other...done when the bell rings.

By the way...Kids can be assholes too! Throw a videotape in every classroom and see what teachers deal with on a day-to-day basis. Like I said before, thankless job. Would this (expletive) have gone public if her child was given the "most likely to succeed" award? I somehow doubt it.

norm

81 wrote:

she was not aware her daughter had a problem with homework

failing as a parent completely...but go ahead honey, blame the teacher :fp:


society is so royally fucked there's not much point to having it anymore

rick1zoo2

ok, I normally never do it, but I clicked on the article, it had a video that tried to play and it locked up my browser. I blame the parents

Carey

pandora wrote:

Lizard wrote:

that was mean

exactly

I agree, she was only 8, after all. The parent should be over-seeing homework at that age!

When I was 12 and running cross-country, a teacher/coach made me wear a dried up little corn cob on a string around my neck the day after a race when I did not break the course record (it was windy, and I won, but did not beat the record). My "punishment" was humilitaion, because I had to answer each time someone asked me why I was wearing the corn cob by telling them I didn't run like I was supposed to. What an F'ing bitch. Can't stand her to this day.

Chief Broom

Carey wrote:

The parent should be over-seeing homework at that age!

I agree!

comebackgirl

Chief Broom wrote:

Sounds like "Mock" elections to me. I'm pretty sure I have a progress report from when I was a kid that says, "If Colin listened as well as he talked, he'd be much farther along". Or something to that effect.
This same mom probably didn't attend parent/teacher conferences (or else she would have known about the lack of homework being turned in).
I HIGHLY doubt the teacher was "picking" on the kid. Get over it! What a thankless profession.

I feel like I missed this coddling by a couple years. It really seems like it's across the board now.
If I had come home with that award my parents woulda been pissed too!
AT ME!

yeah I doubt the kid was singled out. I could be wrong, but my guess is there's more to the story and it wasn't done in a cruel manner...probably a number of these sorts of awards given out. Funny how these things get sensationalized.

helicopter parents seem to abound these days. If I have one more parent asking me if I can wake their college student up to make sure they go to class I'm gonna lose my fucking mind. Your kid is an adult, but if they aren't treated like one they'll never rise to the challenge. I was probably a bit of an anomaly, but even at 8 I didn't need to be reminded to do my homework...always did it first and then I went out to play because my parents taught me that was my job. My mom thought I was a freak I probably am, but I didn't get any catastrophe awards or need a wake up call to go to class in college either.

BinauralJam

The adult in this situation sat on their hand for an entire school year(the teacher) and accepted this behavior and then wants to go and one up the kid as if in a competition, sad bullying bullshit.

Congrats Teach, you made a funny.

comebackgirl

BinauralJam wrote:

The adult in this situation sat on their hand for an entire school year(the teacher) and accepted this behavior and then wants to go and one up the kid as if in a competition, sad bullying bullshit.

Congrats Teach, you made a funny.

eh we don't know that. I mean kids often have assignment books to be signed by the parent, there's parent-teacher conferences, report cards and progress reports. Just cause mom says she didn't know there was an issue doesn't make it true. All I know is this kid better do her homework next year

perfectlefts14

Chief Broom wrote:

The kid was embarrassed if front of their class...Mom doesn't like it...So she goes public with it.
I'm sure the child feels better about it now. Good job mom. Makes a lot of sense.

Exactly...... That's some steller parenting right there. :fp:

BinauralJam

comebackgirl wrote:

BinauralJam wrote:

The adult in this situation sat on their hand for an entire school year(the teacher) and accepted this behavior and then wants to go and one up the kid as if in a competition, sad bullying bullshit.

Congrats Teach, you made a funny.

eh we don't know that. I mean kids often have assignment books to be signed by the parent, there's parent-teacher conferences, report cards and progress reports. Just cause mom says she didn't know there was an issue doesn't make it true. All I know is this kid better do her homework next year

You say we dont know that, but you just made all sorts of generalizations in your pervious comment, your allowed, i'm not? i think your defending because your on the other side of the fence.

comebackgirl

BinauralJam wrote:

comebackgirl wrote:

BinauralJam wrote:

The adult in this situation sat on their hand for an entire school year(the teacher) and accepted this behavior and then wants to go and one up the kid as if in a competition, sad bullying bullshit.

Congrats Teach, you made a funny.

eh we don't know that. I mean kids often have assignment books to be signed by the parent, there's parent-teacher conferences, report cards and progress reports. Just cause mom says she didn't know there was an issue doesn't make it true. All I know is this kid better do her homework next year

You say we dont know that, but you just made all sorts of generalizations in your pervious comment, your allowed, i'm not? i think your defending because your on the other side of the fence.

You're allowed to do whatever you'd like The point is - we don't know. The report was based on the mom's story. I haven't heard the teacher's point of view or intent at this point. I'm not convinced this was bullying or meant to humiliate. If so, then there's an issue with the teacher for sure. A lot of parents actually sit with their kids as they do homework, help them and check it, so mom plays a role here too. I didn't realize I had to pick a side of the fence :? I'd need the full story before I did that.

drivingrl

BinauralJam wrote:

comebackgirl wrote:

Congrats Teach, you made a funny.
eh we don't know that. I mean kids often have assignment books to be signed by the parent, there's parent-teacher conferences, report cards and progress reports. Just cause mom says she didn't know there was an issue doesn't make it true. All I know is this kid better do her homework next year

You say we dont know that, but you just made all sorts of generalizations in your pervious comment, your allowed, i'm not? i think your defending because your on the other side of the fence.

Teachers are required to do what comebackgirl mentioned in her previous post when dealing with students with these types of habits. If the teacher hadn't notified the parent directly, then yes, the teacher would be stepping out of line. If it were a case where there was a language barrier or a learning disability, then yes, the teacher would be out of line.

Chances are, though, that this teacher has attempted to notify the parent and the warnings were ignored.

BinauralJam

i'm sorry cmg, i'm just all wound up on this one, your a good egg.

comebackgirl

BinauralJam wrote:

i'm sorry cmg, i'm just all wound up on this one, your a good egg.

That's ok. There was a real story that happened in my town a couple of weeks ago where special ed teachers were caught on tape verbally abusing a kid with autism. That wound me up :twisted: I really can't understand why or how anyone could do that to a child :( But most teachers really care about their students and I've seen some stories where the actual facts get skewed and distorted, so I'm just playing devil's advocate on this one. I agree with you though - if the intent was to bully, that teacher needs to be dealt with.

BinauralJam

DS1119

comebackgirl wrote:

BinauralJam wrote:

i'm sorry cmg, i'm just all wound up on this one, your a good egg.

That's ok. There was a real story that happened in my town a couple of weeks ago where special ed teachers were caught on tape verbally abusing a kid with autism. That wound me up :twisted: I really can't understand why or how anyone could do that to a child :( But most teachers really care about their students and I've seen some stories where the actual facts get skewed and distorted, so I'm just playing devil's advocate on this one. I agree with you though - if the intent was to bully, that teacher needs to be dealt with.

BinauralJam

dont be jealous
, there's room.

pandora

This is second grade... yes ?
Homework is just beginning at this age. :?

Teachers vary so much in how they communicate with parents and also
how they insure success in their students. It really is up to them to let
parents know the routine that is required for the school year. What is expected
of both child and parent and what they in turn can expect from the teacher.

A comprehensive teacher will send handouts that come home the first week
explaining the weekly routine.
The first evening open house where the parents meet the teachers,
see the classroom, learn what the children will be doing during the year, reinforces this.
Directly following a few weeks later is is the one on one parent teacher conference
to discuss what is going well and what improvements can be made on an individual basis.

I wonder where all this was.

I remember very few teachers in all my years, pretty much only the kind ones,
where I excelled, mostly because of enjoying them and the subject.

Second grade...
But Mr Hanna my second grade teacher,
he gave me my nickname Pandi for the last 48 years, I remember so fondly.
He went out of his way in his teaching skills and human skills to make everyone
feel like a good student.

Children need this, they did then, they do now.
They need to be treated with respect and have a teacher who is confident
the child can do the job.
And you know what, they can...
because the teacher is doing theirs.

comebackgirl

DS1119 wrote:

Can I trade those guys out for Eddie, Johnny Depp and Beckham? They freak me out a little :?

BinauralJam wrote:

dont be jealous
, there's room.

I thought this was just our special moment :( I'm not sharing you! :twisted: