Irresponsible Teachers

[VJA]

recently I have silmilar problem with my gal Eng teacher. My gal was sitting with a super mischief gal. When my gal complaint to this Eng teacher, she would tell everyone , don’t complain to me during my lesson !

so this super mischief gal would disturb my gal during Eng lesson only…
She would tear my gal little red dot paper, pull the correction tape etc…
controlling myself now before I talk to the teacher. Dun want to make life difficult for my gal.
By passing such comments would only block the communication btw teachers and students. what if something serious really happen? Cannot understand teachers nowadays??!!

[nani]

so how do you response to this conversation:


Child: how does h/she(teacher) want us to be responsible when h/she is irresponsible? I’ve lost my respect for h/she.

Parent: :-??

[limlim]

What if the school is irresponsible?


Emailed the school to suggests some materials that might be useful for students… never reply email.

ok or not ok… at least should give a reply right? or at least direct to the relevant department.

Don’t the school value parent’s feedback?

[smartmummy]

limlim:

What if the school is irresponsible?


Emailed the school to suggests some materials that might be useful for students.. never reply email.

ok or not ok.. at least should give a reply right? or at least direct to the relevant department.

Don't the school value parent's feedback?

I emailed to relevent department but they said they can't subscribe as they subscribe another material.
I emailed to school(different topic) but no reply

[Joule]

nani:

so how do you response to this conversation:


Child: how does h/she(teacher) want us to be responsible when h/she is irresponsible? I've lost my respect for h/she.

Parent: :-??

yeah....how can my boss ask me to be responsible when she is also irresponsible

I dowan to work liao la!

my answer would be:

because she is a teacher and you are the student.??

I guess the reasoning behind this is that you need to fulfill your role as a student and not depend on other ppl's behavior

that means you have an internal locus of control not an external one

dunno really how to exprain la....

[Castle House]

Hm.. no offence to anyone but how do you define irresponsible.. just because the Teacher does not reply email?


Communication comes in many forms now.. if you feel yours is urgent and need immediate response from the School/Teacher.. isn't it more effective to call..?

Is there a diary book? Parents can also communicate with the Teacher through this mode..

Why would the child comments that the Teacher is irresponsible? On what basis?

Really no offence to anyone..

[try]

smartmummy:

limlim:

What if the school is irresponsible?


Emailed the school to suggests some materials that might be useful for students.. never reply email.

ok or not ok.. at least should give a reply right? or at least direct to the relevant department.

Don't the school value parent's feedback?

I emailed to relevent department but they said they can't subscribe as they subscribe another material.
I emailed to school(different topic) but no reply

how about emailing the principal? Most schools would have the principal's email on their website but if really don't have, ask this forum - many helpful parents

I think a principal will not condone teachers not replying to emails after a certain number of days. And if you explain that you even ask your child to approach the teacher personally, I am sure any principal worthy of the position will do something about it.

[try]

try:

smartmummy:

[quote=\"limlim\"]What if the school is irresponsible?


Emailed the school to suggests some materials that might be useful for students.. never reply email.

ok or not ok.. at least should give a reply right? or at least direct to the relevant department.

Don't the school value parent's feedback?

I emailed to relevent department but they said they can't subscribe as they subscribe another material.
I emailed to school(different topic) but no reply

how about emailing the principal? Most schools would have the principal's email on their website but if really don't have, ask this forum - many helpful parents

I think a principal will not condone teachers not replying to emails after a certain number of days. And if you explain that you even ask your child to approach the teacher personally, I am sure any principal worthy of the position will do something about it.[/quote]I forgot to add that you should give the teacher a chance by asking your child to ask the teacher if he/she had received your email and if not, can the teacher write down her \"correct\" email so that you can email her again. If the teacher still does not respond, you really have no choice but to approach the principal.

[concern2]

VJA:

recently I have silmilar problem with my gal Eng teacher. My gal was sitting with a super mischief gal. When my gal complaint to this Eng teacher, she would tell everyone , don't complain to me during my lesson !

so this super mischief gal would disturb my gal during Eng lesson only...
She would tear my gal little red dot paper, pull the correction tape etc..
controlling myself now before I talk to the teacher. Dun want to make life difficult for my gal.
By passing such comments would only block the communication btw teachers and students. what if something serious really happen? Cannot understand teachers nowadays??!!

VJA, the teacher is allowing the mischievous girl to get away with her disrupting acts. Perhaps you can ask your girl to tell the teacher that the classmate is making her unable to concentrate in class, and request for change of seat.

My son was put to sit in front of a mischievous boy when he was in P1, but the teacher dealt with it differently, giving warnings and subsequently when his disruptive behavior continued, was asked to stand at a corner. He eventually improved.

[buds]

We nvr hv such problem since preschool. :scratchhead:

We hv school office number, principal's number and teachers' hph numbers too apart from their email addresses. There's also the communication book in preschool years and pupil diary in primary school years. Replies are within the day itself ie. you write something in the book in the morning, child comes back with prompt reply. For long and detailed replies, sometimes teacher calls either after lunch.. at the end of the day.. or latest by next following day. We've always had good relationships with teachers and support the school events. The administrators n security personnel know us by name n even add as an extra pair of eyes for us in school.

I believe the manner in which we communicate (written or spoken) with teachers also makes a difference. I've seen parents personally address them (teachers) by their first names n start rambling queries or complains in a condescending tone... tsk tsk...