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Marylee54's saga with how mistreated her children are by their school has gone on in several other threads. Apparently their teachers do have time to pick on them all the time, accusing them of behaviors they didn't do, setting them up to fail, etc. Meanwhile, she's also posted about having to call the police because one of her children assaulted her over a cell phone. So apparently the children are well behaved victims at school, just trying to do their very best except that all the teachers are against them, but at home they're out of control delinquents.
I would guess there's more to this make-up work story than we're hearing here.
Hmmm..lets put it all off on me. Just what do I have to base a positive opinion on?
How about giving credit where credit is due--to your SON??? I find it very difficult to believe that every single teacher/administrator/school personnel has it in for your child and that your child is as perfect as you think. I think you need to enlist the help of an outside objective observer to watch your son and the school personnel and see what the real problem is.
I don't think she put it all off on you. What she said is that if you are unhappy you should leave.
FWIW-teachers don't have time to single out one child and "pick on him". There are to many other things to do in the day.
You've got that right. After 3 preps and 148 students, I don't have the energy to pick on one student . Why would I give myself yet one more thing to do?
I have one mom who insists I lose her daughters papers and everyone knows I lose papers. While I have had several students come to me with missing work, it's either been found in their folders or in the ever growing pile of papers turned in with no name. Every one of them insists they turned in their work until it's found elsewhere. I had one student turn in an english assignment stapled to her physics lab report last week.
I just spent a week untangling my son's attendance record, he was coded for 12 unexcused absences when he was there. They were partial absences, not the whole day, am I supposed to believe he's skipping classes? Well, turned out he wasn't, apparently it was a problem with a subtitute teacher who didn't know how to enter attendance forms correctly. That resulted in us being reported for truancy, which has later been corrected.
Also, insofar as missing assignments, what can he do but ask for them? If they refuse to give it to thim, playing a "blalme game" (who's responsible to ask, etc), well, no wonder he's hopelessle behind.
And, twice I found the teacher's website to be in error. He was sent to detention for not turning in homework on time, when it clearly stated it was due the next day on the website. Remember, we ask for assignments and are told to refer to the website, we shouldn't even be approaching them, then they can't update the website.
Sorry, but I find it hard to believe my son is entirely at fault here.
What does our incident with the police over a cell phone have to do with school's inaccurate records? Once he's been caught in the wrong, he's always wrong, regardless of the circumstances? Why can't the school at least keep their own records straight, for both the "good" and "bad" students?
I just spent a week untangling my son's attendance record, he was coded for 12 unexcused absences when he was there. They were partial absences, not the whole day, am I supposed to believe he's skipping classes? Well, turned out he wasn't, apparently it was a problem with a subtitute teacher who didn't know how to enter attendance forms correctly. That resulted in us being reported for truancy, which has later been corrected.
Also, insofar as missing assignments, what can he do but ask for them? If they refuse to give it to thim, playing a "blalme game" (who's responsible to ask, etc), well, no wonder he's hopelessle behind.
And, twice I found the teacher's website to be in error. He was sent to detention for not turning in homework on time, when it clearly stated it was due the next day on the website. Remember, we ask for assignments and are told to refer to the website, we shouldn't even be approaching them, then they can't update the website.
Sorry, but I find it hard to believe my son is entirely at fault here.
What does our incident with the police over a cell phone have to do with school's inaccurate records? Once he's been caught in the wrong, he's always wrong, regardless of the circumstances? Why can't the school at least keep their own records straight, for both the "good" and "bad" students?
I think you really need to homeschool again. Then you won't have so many problems with his teachers.
Obviously, this is not working.
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. Why would I give myself yet one more thing to do? 
