I’ve Been Watching My Kid’s Teacher on Zoom, and I’m Horrified
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#2Maybe what's going on here is that parents are seeing, for the first time, how human and imperfect teachers can really be. Especially in the early grades. I say this with utmost respect for the teaching profession, some teachers are not good enough for 1st grade. This kind of bullying, complaining, and blaming is absolutely not appropriate for any teacher, and especially one that is supposed to be modeling behavior for 1st graders. If she's spending her Saturday grading, well that sucks, but railing about it to the children is not the way to deal with it. What a disgrace.
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#3Maybe what's going on here is that parents are seeing, for the first time, how human and imperfect teachers can really be. Especially in the early grades. I say this with utmost respect for the teaching profession, some teachers are not good enough for 1st grade. This kind of bullying, complaining, and blaming is absolutely not appropriate for any teacher, and especially one that is supposed to be modeling behavior f…
First-graders should not, under any circumstances, have homework assignments that need to be graded. Furthermore, berating children as described borders on abuse. This teacher has absolutely no idea what they are doing and should be fired.
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#4Maybe what's going on here is that parents are seeing, for the first time, how human and imperfect teachers can really be. Especially in the early grades. I say this with utmost respect for the teaching profession, some teachers are not good enough for 1st grade. This kind of bullying, complaining, and blaming is absolutely not appropriate for any teacher, and especially one that is supposed to be modeling behavior f…
First-graders should not, under any circumstances, have homework assignments that need to be graded. Furthermore, berating children as described borders on abuse. This teacher has absolutely no idea what they are doing and should be fired.
Teachers are people. You may find that hiring perfect persons to teach first grade is difficult. The children will be fine.
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#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
First-graders should not, under any circumstances, have homework assignments that need to be graded. Furthermore, berating children as described borders on abuse. This teacher has absolutely no idea what they are doing and should be fired.
Teachers are people. You may find that hiring perfect persons to teach first grade is difficult. The children will be fine.
If the people you want to raise are people who are passive aggressive whiners who complain behind their bosses backs to their underlings while dodging responsibility then yes, the children will be fine.
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#6> She is very strict in correcting what I see as normal 6-year-old behavior.
I'm sorry, what exactly did they from Catholic school?
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#7> She is very strict in correcting what I see as normal 6-year-old behavior. I'm sorry, what exactly did they from Catholic school ?
I think that's unwarranted and actually quite offensive. Of course there have been many incidents of hurtful and abusive behaviour by some individuals in a position of trust in some Catholic schools. There are also many, many gentle, loving and supportive people working in Catholic institutions around the world. Please take your lazy prejudices elsewhere.
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#8If you care about your kids’ education, home school them.
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#9> She is very strict in correcting what I see as normal 6-year-old behavior. I'm sorry, what exactly did they from Catholic school ?
I think that's unwarranted and actually quite offensive. Of course there have been many incidents of hurtful and abusive behaviour by some individuals in a position of trust in some Catholic schools. There are also many, many gentle, loving and supportive people working in Catholic institutions around the world. Please take your lazy prejudices elsewhere.
Can I keep my lazy prejudices about problems with Catholic school after having attended several, and then seeing a variety of non-parochial schools first hand (through my work in schools) and second hand through my spouse (who is an educator) and my kids?
Also, parent comment said "strict", you said "gentle, loving and supportive". It's possible to be both. Maybe you need to look at your own lazy prejudices.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think that's unwarranted and actually quite offensive. Of course there have been many incidents of hurtful and abusive behaviour by some individuals in a position of trust in some Catholic schools. There are also many, many gentle, loving and supportive people working in Catholic institutions around the world. Please take your lazy prejudices elsewhere.
Can I keep my lazy prejudices about problems with Catholic school after having attended several, and then seeing a variety of non-parochial schools first hand (through my work in schools) and second hand through my spouse (who is an educator) and my kids? Also, parent comment said "strict", you said "gentle, loving and supportive". It's possible to be both. Maybe you need to look at your own lazy prejudices.
When someone is identified with an institution, any criticism of the institution is taken as a direct attack on their identity and so they must defend with the same righteous indignance that they would from someone assassinating their character.