Is a teacher sending a personal thank letter to a child's home over stepping a boundary?

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Or normal?

I was surprised when DS got a thank you card through the post today, hand written from one of his school teachers.

Probably totally normal, I was just wondering really.

Where the fuck is op?

I feel so sorry for teachers! no matter what they do, someone seems to take issue. I constantly read posts on our local noticeboard where parents and others complain and in particular they complain about things that happen outside the school time and feel the school and teachers should be responsible. I think the postcard was a lovely gesture.

My DC's school do this. I was surprised the first time it happened but think it is a nice thing to do.

Oh my goodness, how sad.
I send cards to students who have been fantastic on school trips.
I sent postcards to students who have worked hard and achieved well.
I send emails to parents when students have shown improvements.
I do all this because I care about the students and I want to acknowledge the good things that they do, because let's face it, we don't get much of that when we're out in the big wide world.
I open up my classroom every lunchtime so that kids can drop in and have lunch with me out of the cold.
I do hope that none of the parents of the children I teach are unhappy with any of this :-(

jasmine1971
Don't stop doing what you're doing, it's great!
Teachers at DC's secondary ring up sometimes to tell us if they've done a good bit of work. I always feel really proud & it's a motivator for the boys to keep going!
You sound like a credit to your (very hard working) profession

At age 14, my son got a letter home, thanking him for choosing to go to that particular school and saying that he was nothing but a credit to his family and to the school - we still have the letter, 25 years later. we were very happy for him.

My dd’s secondary school sends out birthday cards to all pupils
It makes the students feel special on their birthday

Crazy shit.
As an ex- teacher, this sort of attitude from the parents was what made me eventually leave the profession. Imagine this sort of nonsense from the parents of half the class every year for 14 years, and it grinds you down.

You start to second guess everything you do in case it offends parents and causes them to complain. So, in the end, you just stick to the basics for an easy life and it's the children who suffer.

Some people just have to question and complain about everything. I bet OP has some long-standing gripe with their child's teacher and this is just ' yet another thing that they are doing wrong'.

Jasmine1971, I used to let children eat lunch with me the the classroom if it was cold, and as one parent complained that this was unacceptable unless I was eating the same sort of food, we had to stop.

Granted, the smt should maybe fight a little but more against these ridiculous complaints but they too, don't have time to deal with such petty nonsense.

It’s a lovely thought and also shows the true meaning of giving and receiving. How kind of her.

FFS OP where is the rest of the info - so many other posters have given their views and asked for more details - you have written the original post then nothing else????

I think it’s lovely, my dd was delighted to receive a thankyou letter from her head-teacher over the Summer. The school is a small rural school and the head actively teaches alongside running the school. My dd always picks/ makes gifts for her teachers as a thankyou.

Teachers can’t win these days - poor teacher!

Dd's year 1 teacher turned up on our doorstep at 9am on Saturday morning we were in our pyjamas as dd's picture had gone missing and she'd found it. I thought it was really kind. They send well done postcards in year 7 too.

By law when a child is excluded schools must write to their parents giving statutory information. Is that invading people's houses through the letterbox? Surely that's much more upsetting than a thank you card.

I’m astonished that the Op has given zero info about this, but still so many have replied.

Strikes me that teacher sending note knows about acceptable social behaviour and norms - sending thank yous, appreciation, congratulations.....but Op has not realised the social norm of acknowledging the comments of those replying to her thread on MN. Op seems unreasonable, not teacher!

One Saturday morning not on Saturday morning. She's in year 7 now

Scanned through all the pages... I so wanted to see an update from OP about this heinous crime... 😂😂

This was a random no context kind of post. Thanks OP

I do hate when someone posts very vague post without the details and then it kicks off.. is it really hard to give the details, context? Impossible to even base an opinion on ... just a kind card from the teacher??

Lovely thing to do! You should be grateful the teacher has put time and effort into it.

This shows a lot of people have no idea what some things mean and the context of when they are used 🙄

As for all you teachers doing this, good on you and keep it up (if you are staying!), I jumped ship many moons ago, I was another excellent teacher who managed to get children to excel when others had failed, but the scrutiny just wasn’t worth it (and thankfully before crap like this OP’s post!).

Log it with 101.

invading the home through the letterbox

Thanks, I needed a good laugh.