Teachers unite around this stupidity and try for another day not to leave the profession

I can well believe this. Just look at the fuss in the media whenever year 11s are banged from their prom on account of behaving like little shits.

My favourite ever response to a complaint is;

"Oh dear. Tell you what, write it on a piece of paper, put it an envelope, tear it up, and shut your face."

Soooo glad I’ve retired!

There’s always one. 😂😂😂😂

What? Is this child ND? If so I understand but I’m presuming the parents isn’t.

I usually feel bad for the OP when the tabloids pick up a thread.

If OP doesn’t mind, I think this could be the basis of a rather amusing one, whilst also increasing well deserved sympathy for teachers.

thank goodness no emails when I was teaching. I can remember a handful of stupid parent comments in a very long and enjoyable teaching career. You have to have a thick skin in teaching nowadays. But remember the lovely children and ignore the foolish parents.

Ban social media and actually ban most parents.

😂 Wtf? Wow… I feel bad (for you) but I find this so funny.

That's such an insult

I worked so hard in my first year of teaching

Tried to be the kindest
Fairest
Hardest working teacher ever

One parent went nuclear because I did not make enough of a fuss over a media her daughter got at gymnastics

I bloody did make a fuss

I hated teaching
I lasted three years

Lovely students but my god the nonsense surrounding that profession 😡😡😡😡😡

Do you get flowers for playing the main part of a teacher who doesn't want to strangle idiotic parents?

I would far sooner the school spend their budget on learning resources than bloody flowers ffs!

I'd be tempted to reply either

"oh dear, how sad, never mind" or "thoughts and prayers"

Christ!!!! That's so entitled!!!!!

Dear Parent,

Thank you for your feedback about our class assembly on climate change.

You have helped me realise that, in our work on the project, we didn't examine the impact of heating and transport in the cut-flower industry and their consequential contribution to climate change. If your daughter would like to research this as an enrichment activity in her own time, I'm sure we could find a way to enable her to share the work with her classmates.

As the teacher responsible however, I do feel very relieved that words such as 'thank you' and 'well done' have a zero carbon footprint and are free.

Yours etc

Can AI draft a response for you?

don't be so fucking stupid, its hay fever season

Dear Matilda Batshit

As Milly-Rae will know from her narration, the assembly was to highlight the climate crisis we face today, and given that flowers are a controversial contributor to that crisis - air miles, water consumption, etc - it would have been profoundly problematic to reward her efforts with a floral tribute.

I hope she’ll be happy with the environmentally safe thumbs up we all gave her magnificent speaking.

best regards
A. Weary-Teacher

I could write a book of similar stories. Sadly not that unusual these days. Can AI draft a response for you?

Yes, definitely this!!!

I had a parent come to me at the beginning of the year, (y4) to say little Johnny has never had a decent part in any production and could I please bear it in mind. Very polite, fair enough. Come Christmas time he actually had a really good audition, so I gave him a good part - not the 'main' part but a line or two in almost every scene. He was happy, practice was going well. Cue mum sending a scathing email asking why, after our talk, he didn't have the main part. He deserves to shine etc. I

calmed her down but every week there was a different complaint. His costume looked stupid, practise was boring, the production was on at an inconvenient time, mum wanted to come in and 'supervise' practise because I wasn't doing it right... The boy was embarrassed of his mum's behaviour and just wanted to get on with it. On the day of production mum was staring at her phone the entire time!

I warned the next teacher about her - she may have destroyed her son's chances of fame the next year!

My sympathies OP. No wonder we're leaving in droves.

What in the holy theatre gods nonsense is this?! 🙄How are these kids going to survive in the real world without their "lawnmower parents" to smooth the way in front of them?

I have a close relative who is famous on stage & screen. Not once have I seen them or any other professional actor receive a bouquet of flowers at the end of a stage performance!

That parent needs to get a grip! On a similar vein I have a friend who was ‘amazed’ (using the polite term for her reaction) when her new graduate trainee complained on the day she started that there had not been a ‘Welcome Cake’ when she arrived in the office.

ffs

Sure, but YOU bought the flowers. You didn't expect the teacher to provide them.

When I was a teacher, it was absolutely a thing for flowers to be presented after school productions (although not after assemblies).

It was flowers for the teachers who had given huge amounts of time to the show. They were organised and paid for by pupils and their parents. The lead roles usually did the organising and presenting.

After major productions I'd often receive an £80(ish) bouquet and a £100 voucher for Waitrose or M&S. This parent had better start organising some collections if she wants things done the right way 😉😁

I had a father complain once that there was no birthday cake for his son. I will cut and serve a cake that parents bring in for a birthday, and I thought that was what he meant. I spebt the better part of my spare lesson the next morning trying to find what could have happened to the missing cake before I figured out that no. I was complaining that I hadn't personally baked or purchased a cake for his child.