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? This line of thinking is really insulting to teachers. Do you think for a moment the teachers have a right one way or the other to fail those students? Wha
by jariel 6y ago
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This line of thinking is really insulting to teachers.
Do you think for a moment the teachers have a right one way or the other to fail those students?
What would happen when the teacher decides to fail 80% of a class? Do you think that's allowed? Not for a second.
And 'informing the parent about attendance'?
You think the parents generally care one bit?
You think the parents don't know their kids are never in class?
What kind of parent 'discovers' their kid has not been in school for 2 years?!?
That it's the teachers responsibility to spend 4 hours on the phone every day as 70% of her class doesn't show up?
It is the expectation that students:
1) Show up.
2) Paid attention.
3) Don't join gangs.
4) Try to finish the work.
If they do those things, they will get an education.
Beyond that, it's really hard for schools - a school can handle a 'small handful' of special cases, but not much more.
- threatofrain 6y agoKeeping the parents in the loop and developing interventions is part of the administration's job, especially if a child has been absent overall (as opposed to only not attending math). The fact that this parent didn't know so many things for so long means that they are absentee. But they are holding 3 jobs, and for them to not know also indicates the failure of the school to keep the parent informed.
- hc-taway 6y agoIt is entirely possible the school didn't communicate well, but be aware it's typical for a parent with a grievance to report not having received messages that have been presented to them several times via several different channels. And that's not even considering the ones who'll simply lie (every teacher will run into some of these), but just the ones who don't read anything or respond to phone calls.
- belltaco 6y ago>but be aware it's typical for a parent with a grievance to report not having received messages that have been presented to them several times via several different channels. Sure, but it's also typical for school admin to lie about the same thing happening when it did not.
- hc-taway 6y agoI mean, yeah, that's fair. School admin is one of those things you had some thoughts about as a kid, and later learn you weren't only entirely right about them, but it's much worse than you thought, rather than one of those things where you realize you were wrong when you grow up.
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- tester756 6y agoI will never understand that logic where people try hard to avoid blaming parents parents are normal people too, they sometimes suck too, just move on.