Teachers I need solidarity before I leave the profession

Sorry l need to back op up here - she didn't know it would be that popular and the bakery are doing her a massive favour - why would she decline such an offer? If it goes well, they may invite her back so more children can go.
If she did 1st come 1st served, the people that didn't see the letter or email straight away would kick off.
Random names out of a hat is the best way - obvs the selected children's names don't get the next trip out.

(in the colloquial all day every day sense anyway)

As they were talking about a residential, they were absolutely correct with the 24/7.

We are looking after their kids 24/7 for a 5 days straight

Umm. You might want to try that again @Sugarcoldturkey 🙄

We have a parent at school who is that parent.
Complains about everything. I think she just wants attention herself despite being well educated, well to do and in a good job.
The result of her endless complaining is all the staff dislike her and her child.
Everyone dreads getting her kid in their class.
Everyone is defensive and guarded and falsely naice to her (through gritted teeth).
Everyone is extremely guarded with every dealing with her child.

Her child has zero resilience. Absolutely none.

He cries and whinges over everything.
Mum will sort every single trivial thing out for him. He will grow into a Trump-like adult and will no doubt be a terrible husband.

In primary we were told to email the teacher. I emailed the teacher. The head called me out for emailing the teacher at 10:30 at night. As though I have a choice about when to squeeze life admin in.

In secondary (state) we have to email the admin office, who seem to delete all messages immediately as no one ever gets back to us ever. Even when my child was struggling with severe mental ill health. Yeh I get the you are busy, but either offer communication or don’t. Don’t offer it but not respond.

Oh god I’ve just been reminded of a trip we ran before Christmas. When we got back from school, parents collecting kids parked in the bus bays instead of using the car park, so the buses had to stop in the road to let kids out. One parent left his car parked across the zebra crossing to go into school and complain about how unsafe it was for thus to let the kids out where we did.

Yes and yes, in my school today... we banned 3 more parents ... Rude abusive and genuinely threatening.

It’s just so tiring and so depleting. I try so hard to make things fun but keep being told it’s boring. And parents telling me that their child doesn’t like something or being told that they need to do things. Like writing or reading. I don’t know how they expect me to get them through their GCSEs if I don’t get them to read or write. Just lost and that the joy has gone out of teaching. I still laugh and enjoy being with the kids but it’s definitely not what it was when I came into the job.

Are you not allowed to turn round and say - I had arranged this, was going to do this on Saturday but now it’s become too complicated so I’m not sorry. It’s good that they realise I think. I would have been mortified as a parent if I’d thought my behaviour had ruined things.

What a brilliant response

Omg - I’m so sorry…. That is crazy. I can’t believe they would behave so rudely towards you. Idiots. You sound great - don’t give up - teachers are fab!

This week in teaching I have been stretched to beyond breaking point and I cried all the way to work. Nothing I do is ever enough. My feeling of burnout is more from micromanaging and totally unreasonable expectations from SLT rather than parents complaining, but over the years I worked in private schools I had many many batshit parental complaints. Awful. Not sure how much longer I can do this for.

Well it certainly sounds like being a teacher makes life harder than it should be and if all teachers decided they didn't want to do it anymore then the rest of us would be screwed.

Ah can’t you just wait until these people hit the real world and understand that work isn’t like this.

Can you imagine ‘I feel uncomfortable with the deadline you have given me’.

Not a teacher but a volunteer leader. We are definitely getting far more emails especially from parents of the younger ones.
Emails that just a few years ago you’d never have received.
X was ‘sad’ she didn’t get a turn at a game (there’s too many to all have a turn each week) - easily dealt with by a never mind I’m sure you’ll get a turn soon instead mum writes long email.
And parents getting very involved in tiny details to try and protect child from any minor upset or inconvenience eg y must sit with her friend.

I'm astounded that parents have your e-mail address! When I was at school I don't even think we had parents evenings in primary and i'm only early 40s. Parents got a report once a year and that was that. I don't think they ever even saw the teacher at all.

My daughter's in P3 and I don't think her teacher is perfect but I just let her crack on the basis that she's the trained education professional and I'm very much not.

Wow I feel for you.. I try so hard not to be that parent! Just drop him off, pick him up and unless there's anything major I need to mention just leave the teachers alone. There are certain parents constantly surrounding DSs teacher at drop off and pick up each day though, no doubt being a pain in the arse.

Raffle
Applying for a job
Applying to university
Applying for an apprenticeship
Trying out for a school team
Trying out for a school play
Head kid
School captain

Basically living in the real world.

The person you are responding to is absolutely one of those parents so just ignore her and her entitled “why did you do this when it wast fair for everyone behaviour’.

Poster you are the kind of parent that makes teachers want to give up teaching If you can do a better job, retrain and try.

Teachers once again I salute you.

Wankers. That is all.

In my DD school we can't email teachers only the head of year. That's an important boundary to have I reckon!