Bad teacher

[Mrsmumof3]

My son is in reception his teacher is awful ,always ignoring parents and on pick up time she will talk with other parents while im standing there waiting for her to call my child name. Whenever she want to speaks with me about somethinh concerning my son ,for example if another parent come she will leave me and starts talking to the other parent then come back to me . Like today school finish at 3.30 and i was there at 3.21 i was standing there with 4 other parents then she opened the doors call the other 4 kids and my kids wasnt called then lots of parents starts coming and i was standing in the front of her ,she just ignores me and call the other children names whos parents come after me and i was so mad i shout my son name to come out the class and my son didnt want to come because the teacher didnt call his name and all she did ignored me and she went back inside the classroom until i shout my son name again then the teaching assitant told my son to go then he comes. I dont really know what her problems because my son always on time ,never missed school since september and we always do our homework and readings .does this happen a lot or is this unusual?

No need for my attitude to change for new school because i havnt done anything wrong and i have 2 other children at that school they have been there for 4 years and the teachers are great and very helpful .when i open the letter that my son got a place there i was over the moon i felt like i won a lottery . I just cant wait for him to starts there

Wolfiefan

actually, suggesting the child speaks English at home does show a serious lack of knowledge about bilingualism, I would not be impressed with that in a teacher at all, if she is not up to date on this, what else does she not know about current understandings of learning and cognitive development?

Maybe not her fault, do teachers not get training on this? I am surprised with so many bilingual children these days, if so, this should be corrected

Thank you missperigen atleast you understand it the reason i post this and by telling me the mother to speak english at home for her it wasnt enought that she have to go and tell my other son the same thing in front of me

It’s very rude to call her awful and a bad teacher for something concerning dismissing children. This is a minute part of the job.

This child has only been in the country for 6 months and likely has not sufficient English language to access what is happening in class. That’s the teacher’s worry.
I have friends with children who were raised bilingual. They have enough of either language to understand and be understood. That’s different.
Your attitude does come across poorly here. You are being very rude about this teacher for not letting your child out first. That is so far from the most important part of her job as you can get.

The differents between your friend's children and mine is maybe your friend's children were born and raised here so they spoke both languages but my child was born in a different country with no english and he had 2 siblings who speak good english and we encouraged them at home between them children to only speaks english so they can help their brothers which the kids does even it might not be a lot of english but they do help him so i dont know what more this tescher want. Oh yeah when i first wrote the post i only mentioned what happens at pick up times because i didnt want to go to so much details because i knew they will be perfect some people like you who thinks im paranoid. I think my title may be the problem there and im sorry i didnt know what the right way to put but readings other people messages i just realised that it should be teacher bad attitude towards me and if a teacher is doing her teaching well even she avoids parents ,ignored parents ,laugh behind parents when they talk wrong english ,talking to parents that your child is this and that no even a word to impress him so she still good teacher at her job?

She’s laughing at your use of English? You never mentioned that before and do sound paranoid now.

I can’t believe how sceptical all the pps are, nor do I understand the instant defensiveness around teachers. That kind of (possibly unconscious) prejudice against non-English speakers is fairly common and it’s not THAT hard to deal with a Reception class.
OP, I’m glad your DC is changing schools - it sounds like for whatever reason, that school wasn’t right for you.

Allfednonedead
I think it's the textbook nature of the thread that might lead to scepticism.

It's fairly common to have:
OP - here is an issue and the teacher is clearly terrible
Most posters - not ideal but why not have a chat with the teacher. It's a bit much to decide they're awful based on what you've said
OP- But they are awful and here's a drip feed

Posters - Hmm drip feed, but either way actually talk to school about it.
OP - I only added extra information because I should have realised you'd all be defending teachers all the time. I dont get why people on here always defend teachers

It's a fairly predictable and boring pattern. I've been accused (on other threads) for defending teachers at all costs for saying 'you should go and talk to the school about It, but don't storm in there. Actually chat like a sensible adult' or 'X sounds quite unprofessional so deal with that and ignore Y and Z because they are non issues' Some people are only interested in being told they are right.

Thank you allfeed

You need to change your attitude.
Put yourself in her shoes it can’t be easy teaching a child who hardly understands a word you are saying.
This constant need to say people must have a problem with you not being British etc is just pathetic I’m sorry. You have jumped on that at every opportunity. Be greatful the teacher was trying to help your child and move on, with a better attitude and less defensive

No i wont change my attitude because i havnt done anything wrong to her because i know thats how some of you british people are you never find anything wrong with your british people but if its was the other way round that would have been a differents stories and not everyone have a problem with me being not british and its her who have a problem with us because . the few years i spend in this country i met some lovely british people who treats us well and some bad ones too like this teacher .

Listen to yourself!! “You British people”

Who’s the one with the problem??

You are the one with the problem

No chance. I picked up on your attitude from the start and I was right.

I hope your son enjoys his new school and doesn’t pick up on your attitude towards us British people

“You British people”

Would you find 'You (insert as required) people' acceptable? I suspect an accusation of racism/hate crime might be involved. Such hypocrisy.

Thank you all my children have my attitudes because we love people , we respect everyone and caring and we except people to treat us the same

Play fair tillytrotter with your deject even quoting - OP said “some of you British people” not “you British people”.

I do think the nationality is irrelevant in the phrase and best avoided - OP, just say “some people” because yes, regardless of facts some people will side with their own nationality as s default. And that is wrong.

But what the OP said is not as bad as a sweeping (all) “you British people” as you’re unfairly implying.

No, you treat people how you see fit based on your own assumptions about their beliefs before even discussing it with them, take offence to that and then show exactly that type of behaviour in your language towards them yourself.

Hypocrite

Thank you i didnt understand what you says so it goes back to you

Thank you ellisandra

Please if the admins is online can you delete this post . Thank you

It sounds like she does have an issue with you, yes. Sadly some of the posters on here are both naive and also lacking knowledge on how children acquire language and learn English as a second one. It sounds as though the teacher also lacks that knowledge and a teaching professional that ignorant on the subject is most likely showing negative bias towards your family, although it may not be conscious. I have experience in this area and while it was becoming a less common issue, it still can be. Teachers aren't automatically infallible or without prejudice. They are human.

Children with English a a second language should NEVER be encouraged to only speak English at home. Families should be encouraged to use their first language at home. All the latest evidence shows that's the best thing to do, for various reasons. That is the advice and guidance given to teachers and is easily available for a teacher, lacking experience, to find. The fact this teacher hasn't bothered speaks volumes to me.

Speak to the teacher and explain that you need to collect your child promptly, so you can collect your other children.

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