Letter from Kindergarten parent:

[Atchley]

This has to be this woman's first trip to WDW. Try getting a kid to keep quiet about Disney. It's been almost two years and DS is still talking about the last and upcoming trip.

My friend taught preschool one year and one of her parents came in and stated "Her father and I are both very intelligent people, so we expect great things." How conceited do you have to be to tell that to the teacher on the first day! That parent was a problem the entire year as well.

 

[Minnie_me]

My friend taught preschool one year and one of her parents came in and stated "Her father and I are both very intelligent people, so we expect great things." How conceited do you have to be to tell that to the teacher on the first day! That parent was a problem the entire year as well.

Oh yeah! I had a couple tell me once that their child was gifted, and they expected her to be enriched. Problem was, she was barely average! When I very tactfully explained that, they blasted me for not being able to recognize her giftedness because all I do is sing songs and tie shoes all day.

Nice.

 

[stebin]

I would have been tempted to suggest to the parents that since they are so concerned about her daughter hearing about the other child's trip, they may need to keep their daughter home until they return so she doesn't get her trip ruined. LOL Robin

 

[LadyShea]

Oh yeah! I had a couple tell me once that their child was gifted, and they expected her to be enriched. Problem was, she was barely average! When I very tactfully explained that, they blasted me for not being able to recognize her giftedness because all I do is sing songs and tie shoes all day.

Nice.

Well they should have enrolled in a private school specializing in enriching unrecognizable giftedness

ETA: many parents insist their children are gifted, without evidence of such, maybe I'll start a private school and make a fortune!

LadyShea's School for the SupeGifted but not recognized as such by the Evil Public School System

 

[ChristaDeVil]

"What is your goal for the children this week, and how will you let me know if Trina met that goal?"

Um, the first week of Kindergarten? (a 3-day week, btw) My goal is that nobody cries, nobody wets their pants, everybody eats their lunch and everybody makes a friend.

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Wow. Now I have to clean off my computer screen, since I spit water all over it when I read this.

 

[bedillamouse]

Holy Cow!!! Can you imagine being that woman's peditrician??? Yikes! I bet they write whatever note she wants just to get her out of the office!
to all of the teachers who have to put up with this kind of thing. You are all sooooo UNDERPAID to do it too!!!
(nope I'm not a teacher but my sister is and seriously teachers do not get paid enough!)

 

[RMulieri]

That parent gives new meaning to the term "helicopter parent"...Can you imagine when this kid goes to college interviews or for her first job.I am all for being involved in your childs life, but there are limits.

 

[K and K's Mommy]

All I can say is Wow, but it did make for a good laugh!!

 

[tinkerbell/pixie]

Instead of a coutdown to Disney you should do a countdown to getting her out of your class. June can't come soon enough and pleaseeeee don't leave her back.
Now you have to hope the mom is not on the board reading this.

 

[SmallWorld71]

Holy Cow!!! Can you imagine being that woman's peditrician??? Yikes! I bet they write whatever note she wants just to get her out of the office!
to all of the teachers who have to put up with this kind of thing. You are all sooooo UNDERPAID to do it too!!!
(nope I'm not a teacher but my sister is and seriously teachers do not get paid enough!)

I teach 1st grade and I have a mother who has a very unhealthy obsession with her daughter. Anyway, she doesn't think her daughter should ride the bus, so she picks her up every day. Fine. But, she also doesn't want to get stuck behind buses. So, she had the pediatrician write a note saying that her daughter wasn't healthy enough to stay the whole day. She now leaves at 2:15 every day instead of 2:30 "for her health." Who cares that is disrupts the learning of every other child in the class.

Oh yeah! I had a couple tell me once that their child was gifted, and they expected her to be enriched. Problem was, she was barely average! When I very tactfully explained that, they blasted me for not being able to recognize her giftedness because all I do is sing songs and tie shoes all day.

Nice.

I actually had parents pull their son from the public school and put him in parochial school because he was "gifted and going to Harvard and I was ruining things." This poor boy was a good reader, O.K. in math, and struggled greatly with writing. What are the odds this kid will grow up with a healthy self esteem?

 

[tinaninea]

Dear parents of Bruce,

Please ask your child to keep his wonderful stories of his vacation to himself. You should know that Trina has not yet taken this trip and hearing about it from Bruce will completely ruin it for her. Certainly you can understand that Trina is the most important student in my class and I cannot allow other students to get in the way of little Trina's life experiences. Next time you plan a trip, I suggest that you check with Trina's parents to be sure that she has already had the experience.

Thank You!

P.S. Bruce & the other students will no longer have a turn at the water fountain to be sure Trina has enough time.

 

[MamaCoog]

Oh my gosh, that is so rediculous!!! So, did she want you to get out the duct tape and tape Bruce's mouth shut for a few weeks?

Thats exactly what I thought. Keep a kindergartener quiet?!?

 

[Teacher03]

This thread is cracking me up! When I taught preschool I had a dad tell me he didn't care about how his daughter was doing socially, he just wanted to know if she was the smartest in the class. Um, no, and she wasn't doing very well socially either. Another dad kept eyeing the tape dispenser on my desk and asked if he could have a piece of tape. His wife explained he had a tape fetish.

 

[2Kds2K9]

I personally think that Minnie and her fellow teachers need to write a book about this mother and her child! I'd buy the book! Then you could all earn the millions of dollars that you so deserve for having to deal with parents like this on a daily basis.

God Bless all the teachers out there! You are worth 10 times your weight in gold!

 

[Luv Bunnies]

I work in a preschool class and a few weeks ago a mom called on a Monday morning before her son arrived on the bus.

She said, "Would you please make sure Danny eats his crackers at snack time today? He's had diarrhea for the past two days and I'm hoping the crackers will help it go away."

My co-worker who answered the phone said, "If he has diarrhea he's not allowed to be at school. You need to come and pick him up as soon as possible."

I went out to meet the bus at the curb and the mom pulled up right behind it. She was very confused as to why we wouldn't deal with diarrhea. I explained that it was listed in the health sheet we sent home at the beginning of the year as a reason to keep your child home. It's a health hazard for everyone in the room. He could have something contagious, etc., etc.

She said, "But I packed extra clothes in his backpack!"

I'm thinking, "Are you kidding me?" She reluctantly put him in the car and took him home. That day he got a fever and spent the rest of the week at home.

 

[Aliceacc]

The scary thing is that the kids get smarter, but somehow the parents never do.

I teach HS. One or two of our parents (who were once the ones we're talking about) still haven't caught on.

 

[Minnie_me]

Another funny (different parent) - - One of my little girls was taking a different bus home to play with a friend. Her mother called and left me this voicemail: Will you please make sure that Anna calls me when she gets to Lucy's house? Thanks!

How can I do that? I won't be there!!!

 

[LadyShea]

DS is the most precious thing in the world to us, but holy cow! I seriously cannot get over the pathological self absorption.

 

[DreamDelta]

I teach preschool also and it never ceases to amaze me what parents think we are obligated to do for their children. I once had a mother ask me to wipe her son's behind after he took a poop. I almost lost it! I told her I'd call her when he did and she could come to the school and clean his butt! Of course she was ticked, but who cares?! Nowhere in my job description does it say "Butt Wiper"!

 

[Minnie_me]

I teach preschool also and it never ceases to amaze me what parents think we are obligated to do for their children. I once had a mother ask me to wipe her son's behind after he took a poop. I almost lost it! I told her I'd call her when he did and she could come to the school and clean his butt! Of course she was ticked, but who cares?! Nowhere in my job description does it say "Butt Wiper"!

LOL!!!! I've posted about this before --- LOOK AT MY TAGS!!!!!!

I did not get a master's degree in early childhood education to wipe the bums of children other than my own. A few parents have acted like deer in the headlights when I tell them that I don't do that. "What should we do?!??!" they exclaim! I tell them to buy some flushable wipes, feed their kid a bunch of prunes, and spend the weekend teaching him to wipe his bum!