AIBU to be pissed off a DD1s I.T Teacher???

[FreyaTheFairy]

Ok dd1 has came home since the February holiday telling me and dh stories about her IT teacher. In her words "She is grumpy, fat and would sooner yell at you for not listening before hearing your question". So curious me decided to ask my friend who's twins dds are in the same class and I heard similar clames.

While my dd1, who is very tech savvy has no bother, she has told me (and my friend told me her dds said) that if you can't understand her shouts (been told she always shouts for no reason)the you fall behind and get yelled at more.

So AIBU to be pissed off a DD1s I.T Teacher???

[seeker]

[grin]@coralanne's hugely relevant anecdotes!

OP- what sort of marks is your dd getting?

[EvilTwins]

Coralanne- I disagree. Sorry.

[TheFallenNinja]

No, surely not, a child that says something negative about her teacher.

Classic halfastoryitis

[coralanne]

EvilTwins I wasn't the one wasting 10 minutes. The DC were.

I will come clean and say it has been 10 years and another country where this took place. As far as OFSTED is concerned, I am eternally grateful that I have never taught in or had DC educated in England.

Boney The school I taught in was different from the normal run of the mill school. A selective Government school.

But children are the same wherever you live. If they have boundries and guidelines (and a reasonable amount of slack rope) then they will respond reasonably well.

It also helps when parents and teachers are on the same side.

[b4bunnies]

speak to the teacher immediately and recommend a weight-loss programme. tell her you'll be back at the beginning of each month to check her progress, or will delegate the weigh-in to your children on a rota.

encourage your children to be as vile as possible. why not? the woman is fat and dealing with an unruly class. they can really let off steam and no-one will care.

regarding shouting, speak to the school leadership. they will not allow shouting. unless they do it.

[fuzzysnout]

The shouty fat cow. Complain to the head and have her sacked immediately. Perhaps you could start accompanying your PFB poor DD to school to make sure that no one scares her by being too loud or too fat in future.

[BoneyBackJefferson]

coralanne

"I just waited. The DC gradually came to the realisation that I really didn't care one way or the other if they choose not to participate in the class.

Most of them were pretty intelligent and decided to participate."

Your school and parents are much different to the school that I teach at.

[EvilTwins]

coralanne - 10 minutes? Bloody hell, OFSTED would crucify you! You sound awfully smug about your genius method of getting students quiet, but wasting that amount of time is ridiculous.

OP, I second all mentions of kids not always using the term "shouting" in the same way that an adult would. I teach drama, and have to raise my voice to bring classes back together- 32 yr 9s all getting on with practical work gets VERY loud. That's not "shouting" though, which, in my view, implies a loss of control.

[Blissx]

You are BVU to be pissed off at her IT Teacher and U to not be pointing out to your DD that that is not the way to speak about people. Stop this incessant teacher bashing and teach your DD that better behaviour is the key. If your DD gets one hint that you will always be on her side and not the teachers and condone bad mouthing them, you will see a slippery slope to bad behaviour and poor grades.

She will not like every teacher she has or will have (did you like all of your teachers and haven't you turned out fine?) or even every colleague or Boss she may have. It's called growing up.

[coralanne]

Sneezing. Possibly not. In a perfect world these classes would have Teachers specially trained in this area.

The last thing they would need is a Teacher who is impatient and shouty.

[SneezingwakestheJesus]

Coralanne, genuine question, would that work for the really rowdy (sp?) classes? What if they decided it was more fun to carry on wasting their own time too? Would you have to adapt it for them?

[coralanne]

NotTreadingGrapes I have never held my hand up in my life.

I just waited. The DC gradually came to the realisation that I really didn't care one way or the other if they choose not to participate in the class.

Most of them were pretty intelligent and decided to participate.

Somewhere along the line, the student has to take responsibility for their own learning. The role of the teacher should gradually become one of facilitor.

By the time they start university they are not going to have anyone yelling at them to do their work.

[MissAnnersley]

I got it tryharder.

[coralanne]

Boney The longest I had to wait was ten minutes.

Then my response was "Well that was 10 minutes you will never get back. I hope your parents will understand if that lost 10 minutes means that you will not progress as quickly as they thought you would".

Subject was Maths.

[Tryharder]

I was being sarcastic about the writing to Ofsted thing btw. The ironic eye brow raise emoticon has disappeared.

[NotTreadingGrapes]

Ah yes, the old hand held up in the air thing and waiting until 30 x 12 yr olds realised en masse they were being unreasonable.

How I cringed when I was observing those teachers. And how the kids took the piss.

[GraceSpeaker]

Sorry - so your daughter actually has no problem with this teacher other than not liking loud noises (good luck with that in a high school)? Why are you leading a campaign to be pissed off at her on behalf of your friend's children? If your friend has a problem, let her talk to the teacher about it on the phone or at parents' evening.

If your daughter isn't making good progress, then it's your problem and you should contact the school.

[BoneyBackJefferson]

coralanne

"I always found that if a class got a bit out of hand the best way of bringing their attention back to the task at hand was to stand and say nothing."

The last teacher I saw doing that was stood there for 20 minutes, the same for the one that would put his hand up for silence.

It works for some classes and not for others.

[coralanne]

Can't really believe that most people on this thread seem to think that the DD is at fault and that it's OK for a teacher to be grumpy and shouty most of the time.

[coralanne]

I don't think that a teacher should be shouting at a class of 11 year olds.

It generally means that their teaching and control strategies aren't up to scratch.

I always found that if a class got a bit out of hand the best way of bringing their attention back to the task at hand was to stand and say nothing.

[maddy68]

Sounds like a strict teacher. Not always popular with teenagers :).
I wouldn't say anything and see for yourself at parents evening

[niceguy2]

I know what you mean porridge but at the end of the day it's hard to imagine a teacher shouting for the sake of shouting. It just takes too much effort. And if they are shouting because the class is misbehaving then they shouldn't be misbehaving.

And a bunch of 15-16yr old's should be old enough (and wise enough) to understand that if your teacher has just had a massive bombshell like that dropped that he is likely to be not in the mood for stupid behaviour. And if they don't realise it then they flipping well should learn.

[TheCatIsUpTheDuff]

Is this a naice church school in Northamptonshire? If so, your DD is SO right. The teacher may not be there any more, but there certainly was an enormous IT teacher who did nothing but shout. She once reduced a young female teacher almost to tears - it was a fundraising mufti day and the teacher had been sponsored to wear school uniform, but had her shirt untucked!

Better luck next year.