One year, I had fifth graders who constantly left the caps off dry erase markers. Even with me reminding them it was ridiculous. I explained to them that it was a huge waste of my time and money to be constantly buying new ones. Over the next few days, I was inundated with packs of…Â
A first grader in my school was struggling with learning to read. When it was mentioned to her parents, the mother said she didn’t have to know how to read because she would be wealthy and successful as an adult and someone could read for her.
Virtual learning has added a whole new dimension to helicopter parenting. We have had parents take the pencil out of their children's hands and do assignments as their children watched. Children having snacks and water as they are learning from home is fine but we have had parents…Â
My students were learning to write essays and we worked on them in school every day. They had a clear rubric of expectations that we referred to and they received feedback on their rough drafts throughout the process. When R handed in his final copy, it was completely different…Â
I had a student who was very bright and had some academic special needs but the mother refused the appropriate services for him. In my regular classroom, I team taught with a teacher who would modify the work the special education students in the class. The mother insisted that…Â
I had a fifth grader who had some odd health issues and would be out of school for long stretches of time. The school assigned her a home tutor and all the teachers provided the classwork that she was missing with all materials and detailed instructions of what she needed to do to…Â
A student in my school was part of a sports team that actually did NOT give a trophy to every student who participated and the parents demanded one. When they didn't get one, they had a trophy made with the full engraving of what they thought he should have won.
How much time do you have? I had a 10 year old who wanted to wear t-shirts to school in the winter. When he was cold, he would put on his heavy winter coat and then be too hot. His mother insisted that my classroom was too cold and too hot. The head of maintenance was in my room…Â
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