Guest guest Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 I totally understand the teacher BS. Last parent / teacher conference I had this idiot English teacher tell me I was Stressing out by expecting him to get B's . Well BOO HOO! My parent's expected A's!!! And if I was stressing ...too darn bad! I could expect A's, but I don't think he is capabale of A's He is capable of B's and it is expected...(and I do get them from him) I just don't get these teachers! So i do understnad! Hang in there. Your a good Mommy and it will pay off! I stil love you! *hugs* Have a great day! Becky Mojo (Joanna) wrote: I know Becky, you are so right. I completely agree with you but I can't help it. I am so upset. This is really, really, really the teacher's fault. She made the kids hate school and she didn't teach them anything throughout the school year at all. I'll give you an example. The third grade teacher always made sure they put $ sings, ft, cm, in, and so on in their answers. Academically she was the best teacher getting the best results from the kids and she always had a smile on her face. Kids loved her, and she made sure to praise them for all their hard work. When the weather was nice she told them that they had to play outside for homework. She gave 1/10 the homework this witch does but still, all the material for that year was completed and kids remembered all of it at the end of the school year. This year's teacher never paid any attention to the $ sings, etc. Yet, when they had they trial finals last week she took points away for not putting them in. Since there was a lot of problems involving measure, and so on, it was a lot of points. How can you expect it, when you haven't thought it all year long. I know 5th grade teacher is one of the best teachers. Strict (which I don't mind), but very fair and one of the top academically. I hope she can get these kids to enjoy school again, if only a little bit. Now, parents really piss me off. They all complain about this teacher, but only a few have the guts to try and do something about it. I won't even comment more on that because it really gets me mad that they won't try and do something about it. Mojo ----- Original Message ----- From: Becky Ellington To: LUPIES Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 9:22 AM Subject: Re: mojo MOJO....... you know I love you very, very, very much right? If you keep this up were gonna have to send you for counseling! He's only in the 4th grade! These aren't SAT's! However has SAT's saturday....could you come study with him? *L* Sabastian will come through with straight A's..... I just know it! or his mother will have a nervous breakdown! Love, Becky Mojo (Joanna) wrote: Ok, you know it must be real bad when I'm having nightmares about Sebastian's finals. HE'S IN FOURTH GRADE FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE!!!! He's almost done. Today is the last day. He has the two worse, math and Social Studies. We studied for almost 4 hours with him yesterday, and this was just a review as we have studied all this material for the last three weeks now. This is completely ridiculous, don't you think. I was having a dream - I asked the principle and the teacher to call me in immediately when the tests were graded. When they called me in the whole faculty was gathered, with the pastor of the parish. He was looking at Sebastian's math test and was teasing me telling me, he did a mistake here, and there. I was really upset. Finally he says to the faculty "should we tell her?". That's when everyone got up yelled "HE PASSED" and started clapping their hands. I didn't expect these kind of problems at least until High School. Don't you think this is f..... up?????? I will definitely breath better now that we don't have to study anymore. Then I'll just have to wait for the grades. He was doing real well at home, but he folds under pressure. I tried not to push him too hard, but how can he not be pressured when there was so much difficult stuff to remember. He's only 9. Mojo "The LUPIES Store" Come check out our store... http://www.cafepress.com/thelupies "The LUPIES Web Page" http://www.itzarion.com/lupusgroup.html "The LUPIES online photo albums!" Check out what your fellow Lupies look like... http://www.picturetrail.com/lupies "The LUPIES Store" Come check out our store... http://www.cafepress.com/thelupies "The LUPIES Web Page" http://www.itzarion.com/lupusgroup.html "The LUPIES online photo albums!" Check out what your fellow Lupies look like... http://www.picturetrail.com/lupies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Mojo: Being just a pre-school teacher really doesn't give me the knowledge to say much about your'e little Teacher's BS. Well guess what. We have parent/teacher conferences too. In fact. This has been one of my favorite saying. I will hear at least 10 times on any giving conference. But You're pushing my child way to hard. He/she can't seem to keep up. What do you expect a 4 year older to do? Alot... And they can if only you expect that they can. Once a child hears a parent say. " They Are Not Able To Be an A Student... Who are they fooling? Them I fear. I always told my son that if he wants to growup and be someone. Then he has to expect more out of himself. As Parents all we can do is encourage. Let him/her push their learning. But to say your child shouldn't expect A's only B's Hog wash.... In know alot of B students. And Our History of our nation is full of B.. Student. Lincoln. Bush. Enstien, Edison. Graham Bell. And those B-Student made themself Important in our Country. BUT THEY WERE LACKING THE ONE THING, a parent who care about whether A's or B's will do..... A's all the way................... Busy BUZZING AWAY.................... Re: mojo MOJO....... you know I love you very, very, very much right? If you keep this up were gonna have to send you for counseling! He's only in the 4th grade! These aren't SAT's! However has SAT's saturday....could you come study with him? *L* Sabastian will come through with straight A's..... I just know it!or his mother will have a nervous breakdown!Love, BeckyMojo (Joanna) wrote: Ok, you know it must be real bad when I'm having nightmares about Sebastian's finals. HE'S IN FOURTH GRADE FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE!!!! He's almost done. Today is the last day. He has the two worse, math and Social Studies. We studied for almost 4 hours with him yesterday, and this was just a review as we have studied all this material for the last three weeks now. This is completely ridiculous, don't you think. I was having a dream - I asked the principle and the teacher to call me in immediately when the tests were graded. When they called me in the whole faculty was gathered, with the pastor of the parish. He was looking at Sebastian's math test and was teasing me telling me, he did a mistake here, and there. I was really upset. Finally he says to the faculty "should we tell her?". That's when everyone got up yelled "HE PASSED" and started clapping their hands. I didn't expect these kind of problems at least until High School. Don't you think this is f..... up?????? I will definitely breath better now that we don't have to study anymore. Then I'll just have to wait for the grades. He was doing real well at home, but he folds under pressure. I tried not to push him too hard, but how can he not be pressured when there was so much difficult stuff to remember. He's only 9. Mojo "The LUPIES Store" Come check out our store...http://www.cafepress.com/thelupies"The LUPIES Web Page"http://www.itzarion.com/lupusgroup.html"The LUPIES online photo albums!" Check out what your fellow Lupies look like...http://www.picturetrail.com/lupies "The LUPIES Store" Come check out our store...http://www.cafepress.com/thelupies"The LUPIES Web Page"http://www.itzarion.com/lupusgroup.html"The LUPIES online photo albums!" Check out what your fellow Lupies look like...http://www.picturetrail.com/lupies "The LUPIES Store" Come check out our store...http://www.cafepress.com/thelupies"The LUPIES Web Page"http://www.itzarion.com/lupusgroup.html"The LUPIES online photo albums!" Check out what your fellow Lupies look like...http://www.picturetrail.com/lupies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Oh Becky you are soooo right! What you expect from your kids is what you get! I heard a young girl in the store the other day call her misbehaving child a brat. I also believe that what you call them is what you get. I have been beating myself up about Justen wondering if we just expected too much from him, but I had a wonderful talk with his caseworker and therapist and they both said that even now when he is unstable, he still has great manners! He is polite to adults and uses table manners and does his chores plus extra. They said that we didn't expect too much and for now I have to believe them. It does make be proud that he is remembering to use all the things that we taught him even though we aren't there to remind or coach him. Funny how we can cling to the small things sometimes isn't it? Your sounds like a fine young man and you have given him a world that he would not have had. Give yourself a bunch of pats on the back right now okay? a C I totally understand the teacher BS. Last parent / teacher conference I had this idiot English teacher tell me I was Stressing out by expecting him to get B's . Well BOO HOO! My parent's expected A's!!! And if I was stressing ...too darn bad! I could expect A's, but I don't think he is capabale of A's He is capable of B's and it is expected...(and I do get them from him) I just don't get these teachers! So i do understnad! Hang in there. Your a good Mommy and it will pay off! I stil love you! *hugs* Have a great day! Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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