If your child's Language Arts teacher sent home a note...

[damo]

Students need to respect their teachers for their proficiency in the subject matter. If it is lacking, the students soon figure it out and the teacher loses their credibility. That is going to happen very soon, if not already. I think it should be addressed.

 

[si-am]

Forgot to add, I also think the teacher's note home was outrageous! While I can appreciate an error or typo here and there, who doesn't proofread communication to parents before sending it out?!

I wouldn't make a big deal of it, but it is disappointing.

 

[Free4Life11]

My DS's 7th grade teacher returned a paper that my DS wrote about his uncle. She gave it a grade of 82. I am psycho about English grammar and I asked her for a meeting.

You set up a meeting because your son got a B- on a paper? Really?

 

[tiggger1]

You set up a meeting because your son got a B- on a paper? Really?

I read it to be that the teacher took off points for grammar errors that were not errors...

 

[Wishing on a star]

You set up a meeting because your son got a B- on a paper? Really?

WOW! A teacher shows this level of incompetence, more than once already this year, and the PARENT bashing begins.

The OP said she 'emailed' the teacher due to errors (NOTE: 'errors', not the 'B' grade). I don't think she ever called a meeting. She then said that the teacher did then throw out that worksheet. I am assuming this to mean that she threw out or disregarded the grade(s) on this worksheet due to these admitted errors.

Yes, but then she threw that whole worksheet out, so it was fine.

But, hey, let the parent bashers all descend from their lofty perches.

 

[Free4Life11]

Moving on to the subject of READING COMPREHENSION, why don't you look at my post and see who I was replying to.

And FYI: I think a 7th grader should be capable of asking a teacher WHY they received a certain grade.

 

[sbell111]

I don't want a smug sense of satisfaction. This is my son's teacher, and I don't want to cause him trouble.

I'm letting it go, but is the second time she has sent a letter that was like this. If she does it again, she and I will have a chat.

You know, another way to look at it is that the teacher cares enough to try to communicate important information with the parents. Frankly, if a parent got all bendy because I made a few typos, you would never receive another helpful message from me. You child would, therefore, suffer because you felt the need to correct my typos.

 

[Stevania]

You know, another way to look at it is that the teacher cares enough to try to communicate important information with the parents. Frankly, if a parent got all bendy because I made a few typos, you would never receive another helpful message from me. You child would, therefore, suffer because you felt the need to correct my typos.

 

[Briarmom]

You know, another way to look at it is that the teacher cares enough to try to communicate important information with the parents. Frankly, if a parent got all bendy because I made a few typos, you would never receive another helpful message from me. You child would, therefore, suffer because you felt the need to correct my typos.

I'm SHOCKED that the two of you would make children suffer! Shocked, I tell you!

 

[Tosie]

Here is the most offending paragraph:

***Please note that 5th grade leveled reading books come in various sizes. They can be short novels, long, thick chapter books (Like Harry Potter) and picture books. I advise the students' to only pick a book, they are confident; they can read in the acquired time and can can comprehend.

I think my eyes are bleeding.

 

[Cinderella94]

The OP said she 'emailed' the teacher due to errors (NOTE: 'errors', not the 'B' grade). I don't think she ever called a meeting.

Two different discussions going on in this thread .

 

[sbell111]

I'm SHOCKED that the two of you would make children suffer! Shocked, I tell you!

Forgive me if you were being sarcastic, but how does a child suffer if a from a hastily drafted note to a parent? The child never even needed to see the note.

 

[NHdisneylover]

Seriously....I would let my child write their name at the top of the paper and correct the mistakes in red. Then, I would probably have them write the text correctly beneath the incorrect one.

If anything was ever said, I would play dumb and say, "Oh, we thought it was just another homework assignment. You mean, that was a REAL note?"

I think this suggstion is hysterical

I am a TERRIBLE typist (see pretty much any post I have ever made--no I do not bother to proof posts I make to the DIS--sorry). However, I expect notes/emails sent for work (even for an office, etc. and CERTAINLY from an English teacher) to be carefully proofread. I always read and reread anything I sent home. A quick note sent just to you about an issue which came up that day I can see having errors, but a pretyped sheet going out to the entire class should be well writen and edited. At this point I would let it slide (but save the note) and if the trend continues I would bring in a series of notes to the principal to discuss my concerns. Honestly, even the worksheet with errors would concern me. She should be looking over worksheets she assigns, even if she does not create them.

 

[Briarmom]

You know, another way to look at it is that the teacher cares enough to try to communicate important information with the parents. Frankly, if a parent got all bendy because I made a few typos, you would never receive another helpful message from me. You child would, therefore, suffer because you felt the need to correct my typos.

Forgive me if you were being sarcastic, but how does a child suffer if a from a hastily drafted note to a parent? The child never even needed to see the note.

YOU were the one who brought up how you would make my child suffer.

 

[kimara3]

 

[sbell111]

YOU were the one who brought up how you would make my child suffer.

Clearly, you misread my post. The proximate cause to the hypothetical 'child suffering' would not be the note. It would be the drama caused by the parent.

 

[Briarmom]

Clearly, you misread my post. The proximate cause to the hypothetical 'child suffering' would not be the note. It would be the drama caused by the parent.

No, I understood your point. If you were the teacher, and I called a meeting about this note, you'd make my child suffer.
Got it.

As I said, I'm not doing anything at this time.

 

[McKelly]

This just occurred to me...maybe (and this is a BIG maybe) she had a (very unqualified, albeit) student teacher/teacher's assistant write it for her, and she chose not to proofread it? Pretty unlikely, but just a possibility. Either way, it's bad.

I am an educational assistant and I am upset that you would find this acceptable coming from me. Although I do not hold an education degree, I take my employment very seriously and would never send home a note full of errors such as this.

 

[Cinderella94]

I am an educational assistant and I am upset that you would find this acceptable coming from me. Although I do not hold an education degree, I take my employment very seriously and would never send home a note full of errors such as this.

Sorry for the miscommunication--I certainly didn't mean that ALL teacher's assistants would be unqualified. And I didn't say that it would be acceptable coming from one. That's why I ended my post with "Either way, it's bad."

 

[sbell111]

No, I understood your point. If you were the teacher, and I called a meeting about this note, you'd make my child suffer.
Got it.

As I said, I'm not doing anything at this time.

I thought that I was clear. I'll try again.

I am imagining a scenario where I am a teacher who, on top of everything else I am responsible for, bangs out quick notes to parents to keep them informed as to what is going on with their children's education and to give them hints on ways to make their child more successful in class. In my rush to get this information out to parents, my notes have unfortunate typos.

In this hypothetical scenario, if a parent were to cause drama because of these typos in my hastily prepared notes that were sent out as a courtesy to the parents, I would no longer send out the notes.

It is easy to argue that the child would suffer because the parents would not be as informed as they otherwise would be, but this suffering would not be caused by me or my notes. It would be caused by parents who choose to cause drama when someone tries to do them a favor.

<Note: It is somewhat likely that this post contains typos. I typically overuse commas and spell 'the' as teh'. I'm over it. The reader should strive to get over it also.>