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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 17:33:23 GMT -5
So there goes my theory about her typing too quickly ...
I might not be doing my kid any favors but at that point I'd be sorely tempted to march the paper up to the principal's office. Or at least, to bring it (with the corrections done in red ink) to her. Not ONLY because of the spelling error (?!) but also because of the purported "crime".
"Standing still" in line?! Really? I'd want to know if my son had caused an accident, or if he had endangered anyone.
Because as a mom of four kids who was / is active in their schools and has done EVERY class trip so far for 23 years (literally), frankly, I can't remember the last time most little boys "stood still" in line LOL.
This woman is a nutter.
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Post by milee on Sept 18, 2012 18:07:07 GMT -5
Yes, but she's a tenured, union-member nutter.
Our district is having difficulty firing a teacher that was convicted of assaulting a nonverbal special needs student (hit him in the head with a water bottle and called him a "retard" or something similar.) Since they can't fire her under the terms of the union contract - apparently even assault is not grounds, she must be given 3 chances and a certain number of written warnings - they are paying her full salary, $77k, to file papers in the head office.
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Post by milee on Sept 18, 2012 18:14:58 GMT -5
I'm going to try to work within the system for a while. Not just because I just don't see any other way to get results, but because it has less risk for my little guy. For now, we're working with him on learning her rules, have a parent/teacher conference set up where we'll listen to her take on things and have signed up to volunteer in many of the upcoming events where we'll demonstrate we're concerned, involved parents, not demanding helicopters. Once we've spent some time building the bridge and earning the cred, I can work with her on some potential adjustments.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 19:03:30 GMT -5
I admire your take Milee. I think chatting to her during some of those trips out could be effective.
Just curious, how old is this woman (ball park?)
And what I REALLY want to know is, why is this woman teaching at a magnet or charter school?
Seriously, how did she get this job?! Did her art teacher DH get it for her? Because frankly, she's just not qualified. And THAT is what bothers me. With all those mistakes, she is NOT qualified to teach ANY little kids with spelling like that, let alone bright kids.
ETA: She may have lots of redeeming qualities that would make up for the spelling errors! But, if that's the case, we haven't heard about them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 19:10:08 GMT -5
I made ONE spelling error during elementary school. As the French say, that and a subway ticket will get me on the subway, ie, it's meaningless.
The teacher had a VERY heavy NY accent. My parents were both immigrants, so they had Eastern European accents, but not NY accents.
The teacher dictated, "norty". I said, I'm sorry, I don't understand. What is "norty"? Is it like east or west?
She got angry and yelled at me, "I've repeated the word three times and I'm not going to repeat it again! Full sentence, 'The boy was norty!'"
I STILL couldn't figure out how a boy could (I was guessing) be "norty" rather than "easty" or "westy". Plus I was thinking, if he was facing north, wouldn't that be "northy" rather than "norty"?!
Turns out the word was "naughty". LOL!
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Post by milee on Sept 18, 2012 19:14:02 GMT -5
Not sure how old she is, but guessing she's early to mid 30s? She has a 2 year old son and from what I've heard, that has softened her a bit.
Since I've spent some time complaining about her, you've only heard the problems, so it's a reasonable question to ask what other things she has to offer. Not completely sure, since we're still getting to know her, but there are some things I do really like. For example: 1) She hands out the spelling words and associated assignments each Wednesday and the test is the next Tuesday. Having not only a whole week but a weekend to prepare is a godsend for busy families or kids like mine who take a long time doing their nightly homework so don't have much time left after the nightly stuff is done. Most teachers hand out the spelling assignments on Monday and the test is Friday, so no weekend to study. 2) Within the spelling, there are 9 different activities listed and each child chooses 3 to do. My guy always picks the physical ones (like tracing the words in a pan of flour/sugar or spelling each word three times while doing jumping jacks) since those fit his learning style. It's nice to have some options that work for different learning styles. 3) Without relaxing her standards, she has offered an alternate suggestion for one of my son's issues - messy print. Instead of printing, she's allowing him to write in cursive, even though they're not doing that until next semester. His cursive is more legible and takes him less time, so that's a good thing.
There are some other good things and some other bad things. She's not all bad. She's not the one I would have picked for my son, but she's not a disaster, either. I'll keep working on it.
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Post by milee on Sept 18, 2012 19:27:51 GMT -5
Not sure how old she is, but guessing she's early to mid 30s? She has a 2 year old son and from what I've heard, that has softened her a bit. . . Was she married when she had the kid? Because that can be a huge problem if your son has any sex education stuff this year. She's married to the art teacher but I haven't Google stalked them to see if the timing of the marriage was appropriate when compared to her son's date of conception. This is not a subject I'm worried about. Not only do I think what goes on at home and is discussed at home has far more impact than any single teacher could have, I'm very proactive about talking to my sons about relationships, sex, birth control and STDs.
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