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ugh...teaching
is stressful when there are oversensitive parents! I handed out
national junior honor society applications to the students who
qualified. Well, one of the parents of a kid who didn't qualify emailed
me/my principal complains about how I handed them out and that it made
their son feel inadequate. All I did was ask to speak to a group of
students in the hallway when they were in their last period class.
Dismissal is too crazy to pass out such an important paper, so I didn't
want to do it then and I couldn't wait until Friday when folders of
important papers go home, so I did what I thought was the best
situation. Students talk though..I can't help that. And really, if
this kid would worry more about his school work than being social, he
would have been invited to apply to. Am I wrong here or is this parent
just being a little oversensitive and trying to shield her son from
disappointment? I mean...this doesn't seem any different than posting a casting list or who made a sports team. And at some point, these kids need to learn that
their actions have consequences and if not getting the grades for NJHS
is one of them, then maybe they need to learn to work harder the next
time.
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school vent...
ugh...teaching
is stressful when there are oversensitive parents! I handed out
national junior honor society applications to the students who
qualified. Well, one of the parents of a kid who didn't qualify emailed
me/my principal complains about how I handed them out and that it made
their son feel inadequate. All I did was ask to speak to a group of
students in the hallway when they were in their last period class.
Dismissal is too crazy to pass out such an important paper, so I didn't
want to do it then and I couldn't wait until Friday when folders of
important papers go home, so I did what I thought was the best
situation. Students talk though..I can't help that. And really, if
this kid would worry more about his school work than being social, he
would have been invited to apply to. Am I wrong here or is this parent
just being a little oversensitive and trying to shield her son from
disappointment? I mean...this doesn't seem any different than posting a casting list or who made a sports team. And at some point, these kids need to learn that
their actions have consequences and if not getting the grades for NJHS
is one of them, then maybe they need to learn to work harder the next
time.
Ugh..This is stressing me out and I don't need the stress.
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Re: school vent...
I couldn't have said it better. I think you did the right thing.
I agree. I know in my hs, back in the day, it was "here are the applications and the qualifications. Grab one if it pertains to you." and left at the front desk. At being said, I'm sure a parent would find a way to complains out that if their child was qualified but failed to pick up an application..
That is ridiculous. Don't stress about it. Obviously there were less kids getting the applications than who were if you took the ones who did out into the hall way. It's not like he was the only one who didn't get it or was singled out in any way. What would the parent expect you to do?
In my experience as a high school teacher parent often believe their children are capable of more than they actually are and/or enable them to be slackers. (I'm a bit jaded)
Anything you say in private to students is not inappropriate. You took them aside and had a private conversation with other students. That is confidential and none of the other parents' business anyway. The other student felt bad? That's because a friend or someone told him what the deal was, not because of what you did. You should be allowed to speak to any student in private about any matter.
Dumb...
Also... isn't it a little ironic that the parent is spending more time whining/complaining about this than working on his/her student's learning?
Argh... usually apples dont fall far if you know what I mean.