- Aug 9, 2011
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Oh my goodness this is one of my worst peeves about being a teacher. Yes I will absolutely step in to referee relationships/friendship groups etc, but at some point the parents HAVE to be the ones who take responsibility for their own children. They need to stop placing the responsibility of raising their children onto us and accept that they need to do some actual parenting. If something goes on outside of school and doesn't use school equipment, there is very little I or any other teacher can do apart from referee the situation! Maybe you as a parent should step up and teach your kids that doing these things had consequences and their actions impact others.Exactly.
It always astonishes me how much parents try to put the school in the middle if things that aren't "school" issues. This is one (and the school can't punish a kid if what they did had nothing to do with school nor impacted it in any way) and custody cases....
Lawd!
My job is to educate your child, not referee who they're going home with this weekend, call you personally if mom/dad contacts them at the school etc. Take care of your own family drama with your family lawyer...who is NOT me, by the way.
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I'm in a bad mood about this today as my WHOLE day got taken up dealing with cyber bullying and then I was physically assaulted by the boy who was doing the bullying. His nan refused to accept her grandson was in the wrong and the girls mother expected us to punish the boy, which we couldn't do until he assaulted me. He's suspended for 3 days but gets to return after that-I'm so mad about the whole thing. And the worst bit was I lost the whole of my free period plus my gained free period as my examination class has left school-yes I had a double free back to back which I lost dealing with this issue!!!
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