AIBU to feel disappointed with teacher.

[Foodarella]

I'll try to keep this short. My son started Reception in September and they do an online journal. I think after the first term they gave us log in details for it. I don't have a laptop, the kids had a kindle but it was literally on its way out, so no real use. Anyways, I thought I have the log in details I'll download it before summer, as I did with the staff at his previous nursery. They put it all on a memory stick for me. So I at least didn't lose it.

Anyways end of June I dropped my phone in the toilet and I was so gutted. My mum as a surprise bought me a mac and an iPhone. Excited was not the word. So first week in July I retrieve the letter to access his profile, they have a time out period, I needed a new letter. So last week Monday I stated I'd need a new letter, assured I'd get it by Tuesday morning. Asked said I'd get it that afternoon. Said she was too busy. Didn't ask on Wednesday as I didn't want to become annoying. Thursday morning she saw me and said she'd give me the form that afternoon, ex collected and when I enquiried about a form he stated there wasn't one. I asked Friday morning, she said I'd get it in the afternoon. No form. So Monday comes around again and she states she was so busy last week, she didn't get her ppa etc. Again no form in the afternoon. She sees the disappointment on my face and says she'll stay behind to do it. This morning I get the form, yay I think. I go home, sign up, it goes through, it then sends me an email to confirm my address and says they've sent the school a message and once they confirm I can access his profile. After a couple hours go past I call the school and ask the receptionist to confirm my application and she seems confused and says she'll ask his teacher and will call me back, she calls me in about an hour and says the teacher says she'll do it. I thank her. I get to school, I thank her, I say my goodbyes and she promises she'll confirm my application, she says it'll only take a few seconds. I'm happy. It's now 6pm no confirmation email so I can't access his profile and it will be deleted over the summer. I just feel disappointed. Everyone just assumes everyone has a tablet or labtop and that isn't the case. So aibu to be disappointed or is it my fault it's gone?

This isn't the teachers fault, you've had a whole school year to access it even if you didn't have a computer at home. Staff will prioritise what needs to be done in the last week of term and I'd imagine a log in for a parent that hasn't bothered all year wasn't at the top of the list.

22 posts before someone started comparing teaching to all other jobs as teachers cannot possibly be busy! Well done @Dolphinswimmingupsidedown start Of teacher bingo!

You can’t have been that interested to not try to access it until July. YABU to expect the teacher to prioritise this. It’s not her fault you dropped the phone down the loo. She’d have enough to deal with at the end of term without having to sort out a mess that you created.

You've left it until the end of term. Teacher will have other things going on. YABU

YABU. You didn't just say you were disappointed. You said you were disappointed with the teacher. It's not their fault you didn't log in all year!

Reception Did you say?

Okay I accept it is my fault. I should be disappointed with myself. Maybe she'll log on over the holidays.

Also we did know about it in September but didn't get codes to the following term, so I didn't have a year to access it. I may have put we got codes in the first term but I was wrong, it wasn't till February or March, but still long enough for me to get. So my fault. I accept that now.

No it isn't tapestry, his nursery one was tapestry.

pieceofpurple

I come from a family of teachers and I’ve worked as a teacher myself. There are certain teachers, not all, but a fair few, who don’t half play the end of term/almost half term card. Of all the roles I’ve done, it was the one where I certainly wasn’t short of time (compared with the demands of a high flying corporate role).

What did you teach @Dolphinswimmingupsidedown

Dolphinswimmingupsidedown

There are certain teachers, not all, but a fair few, who don’t half play the I can do it so everyone else can card.

I fully accept that I was being unreasonable. I should have played a more proactive part and definitely shouldn't have waited ages to see his profile. I just got carried away I suppose and felt hard done by even though it was my fault.

Onto the positive note I just checked my email an hour ago and it was confirmed. So I can get to see the little ones work.

I have definitely learnt my lesson. And I am extremely thankful she took time out of her holiday today to confirm my registration.

Thanks again to everyone telling me I was being unreasonable. I needed to hear it, even though it was a bitter pill to swallow.

Boney - or who are committed enough to make the effort.

Because parents don't have anything better to do we're supposed to access a learning journal now?

We were given a printed copy at end of year. So it would only become an issue when op knew the school werent doing that

You would not believe how many parents suddenly come in with urgent queries and requests in the last week of term. I've had requests for meetings about a kid's academic progress from parents who've shown zero interest all year. I'm sorry this happened though.

Those saying parents are too busy to bother with this stuff, or teachers are 'playing the end of term card'.... Do you not see the irony in the fact that the OP couldn't be bothered to even look at something for a whole year, but expects the teacher to have time to do something immediately?

Because parents don't have anything better to do we're supposed to access a learning journal now?

Journals are available to parents because parents are usually interested in what their children have been learning at school. If you cba to access it, don't! It's not compulsory.

Lovely that you can get access to this now OP.

Because parents don't have anything better to do we're supposed to access a learning journal now?

So you can’t spare 5 minutes in your day to look at what your child has been up to in school but you do have the time to read and respond to a thread on here?

Honestly you left it too late, the end of summer term is ridiculously busy.

Just seen your update, glad you have got it 😁

My end of year is not at all manic. That's because I let things go so I can chill with my class, do end of year stuff and spend quality time with the children who have worked so hard for me. I then spend the first week of the hols going in and doing all the stuff I have shoved to one side. It's choices and not easy.