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My dd is having some issues with math this year. I sent her teacher an email about my concern, and also asked if she had suggestions on where I might find a tutor. They have afterschool help once a week where kids can meet with their teachers if they need extra help. I asked about that too. Never heard back. Thoughts?
Some schools require teachers to spend extra time tutoring the 'slow" students after school as "part of their job" I can understand why a teacher who has seen the child not follow instructions and not try hard not like having to give even more time to an individual student. ...If they cant do the school work let the parents pay for a tutor.
This is a good suggestion. Many times, I find emails from parents in my junk folder. I had it happen this week that an email got filtered into my junk mail. So I went from an irate parent because I didn't answer her email to an irate parent over the fact "I thought her email was junk" (Do people really not know how this works?).
I try to check my junk mail but I forget sometimes. If I forget long enough, the email in question might be down the list.
Maybe verify the teacher received the email. There is a good possibility she didn't. Could you send a note to be delived to the teacher by your daughter?
It sounds like you're a reasonably intelligent person who cares about your daughter's education. If you ever come accross a teacher in the public school system who is "offended" by your parental concerns what you should do is remind them that your taxes pay their salary!
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It sounds like you're a reasonably intelligent person who cares about your daughter's education. If you ever come accross a teacher in the public school system who is "offended" by your parental concerns what you should do is remind them that your taxes pay their salary!
Yeah, that always makes people want to work with you in the future.
Yeah, that always makes people want to work with you in the future.
Well I find that most teachers, many of them who are not even parents themselves, suffer from superiority complexes and they always seem to know what's best for other people's children. Sometimes they need to be put in their place.
They're my kids! I'm the parent! You're the one who makes a living off of the taxes I pay, get's ridiculous annual 3 - 5% raises in your garanteed union contract and then whines about how hard you have it. I will raise my kids as I see fit and I don't need some smug liberal public school teacher indoctrinating my kids with thier BS. teach them how to read, write add subtract etc etc etc if you're even capable of that. If you get on your high horse and start lecturing me you can bet I will make all sorts of trouble for you.
Well I find that most teachers, many of them who are not even parents themselves, suffer from superiority complexes and they always seem to know what's best for other people's children. Sometimes they need to be put in their place.
They're my kids! I'm the parent! You're the one who makes a living off of the taxes I pay, get's ridiculous annual 3 - 5% raises in your guaranteed union contract and then whines about how hard you have it. I will raise my kids as I see fit and I don't need some smug liberal public school teacher indoctrinating my kids with thier BS. teach them how to read, write add subtract etc etc etc if you're even capable of that. If you get on your high horse and start lecturing me you can bet I will make all sorts of trouble for you.
I'm not sure who you are so darn mad at, but I'm not a teacher and you are not my parent. I've always considered my kids teachers my partners in educating my kids. I've never been lectured by any of my kids teachers but we've had all kinds of good discussions. The teachers in our area often live here or graduated from our schools and yes, they pay taxes too.
Back to the OP, Did you hear back from the teacher or were you able to get the name of a tutor from the office?
I hope gimme it checks back in to let us know what she found out. I can't imagine the teacher was offended by the email. I'm guessing the question moved down the email chain and was overlooked.
As a teacher I have to add that I would love to receive a 3% raise. In 20 years I don't think I've had but a handful of years during which I received a raise of at least 3%. We don't have a union negotiated contract. In the past 5 years we had one step increase and one COLA of a little over 1%.
Ok. Back to the OP.
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(Do people really not know how this works?). 
