To think “fuck it” to home schooling after this?

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So we do ds2’s, year 7, maths homeschooling, ds2 is quite able, so he gets most of the questions right ( they mark themselves) but we had some stress trying to get a couple of questions to match the answers provided by the teacher as one answer was blatantly wrong and another question we aren’t sure about either because it was stuff he said he hadn’t covered yet. Even so, he gave it a go but couldnt match the answer given. Turns out that answer given by the teacher was wrong and ds2 actually been right all along.

Other maths questions are apparently a recap on work already done before lockdown but ds2 claims “but we havent’t done this”, me being a maths bod try to explain it to him, much frustration on both sides as unknown to me at the time some of it’s a totally new concept for him.

Later (ie after the work was due in) we get an email from teacher, admitting errors in answers, and explaining later questions are actually year8 stuff that they haven’t covered yet in year7 and with explanations how to do it.

Wtf, if they are giving questions from year8 to year7 students, how about a bit of warning beforehand before parents get superstressed. Maths is my thing anyway so trying to explain concepts you think your child should already know (Because the teachers say it’s a feckin recap)is doable, but not everyone is a maths bod. Some parents might ace the english or art homework instead, mine don’t stand a chance 😂

Lots of unnecessary stress and upset could’ve been avoided for everyone.

I don't understand the "tiktock" (tiktok?) comment. I know what tik tok is, kind of, but not sure why, as a teacher, I'll be doing a dance in the car park next week. Can someone explain, please?

Are you being unreasonable to think 'fuck it' to home schooling because one teacher made a mistake with one piece of work in one subject?

Ummm - yes. Obviously you are being completely unreasonable (and would be disadvantaging nobody but your own child).

I think we need to stop saying 'it's teacher bashing' whenever a parent queries anything a teacher post for their child to do.

I agree with whoever said about SeeSaw website it is a crappy website. It just seems to be a dumping ground for teachers to put random things.

Oh and I fully expect this thread to be deleted as all the other ones have been.

For example yesterday my Yr 6 child had 6 pages of multiplications times by 10, 100 and 1000. He got everything right as he should at 11 but then his teacher asked him to try the Cambridge Math Challenge which they do in high school. It's completely irrelevant to him, and not whatever maths they are teaching at school.

Oh, and thank you to those parents who understand that we're just doing our best and supporting us, we appreciate your words! 😊 Have a good day today!

My daughters in year 7 and the support has been good. A weekly email and we use google classroom anyway for homework so works well. The school emailed before Easter to that they are going to be reviewing curriculum and instead of children learning new stuff at home will ensure they go over work they’ve done previously. I think that is a much better option. They have years to catch up.

If DC were adamant they had not covered work that was supposed to be a recap I would have just asked the teacher.

Not get into a situation where both DC and I are frustrated and super stressed. We have been advised that it's really important for it never to get to that stage.

Do what you can.
Encourage your child to have a go at what has been set or what they can access via BBC etc
The teacher is doing their best. None of us know the home circs of the people we are emailing etc so consider this also.
It won't be great or individualised or throughly marked. It will keep your child busy for a couple of hours a day.

@Clutterbugsmum Why? This is EXACTLY what it is. They are becoming so tiresome. parent loses their shit then comes on here to start a thread about how shit the teachers/school are then it's a massive pile on, you included.

You can’t criticise teachers.

Didn’t you get the memo?

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Do you have any idea how stressed teachers are trying to remote teach? Give the poor women a break!

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Nurses are doing it and putting it online, then being criticised

And why query it to MN at 2.30 am?

Other than to vent and then allow others to say' yes, it's all shit'.

Hey ho.

The Cambridge Maths stuff sounds like optional extension work for your DC who had obviously breezed through the other work. Seems fair enough. If he couldn't do that, did it matter?

It's slightly annoying OP but hardly surprisngly that mistakes get made when everyone's getting to grips with working online, and lots of teachers will suddenly have to prepare work while also caring for their own children.

Surely you could have just let those questions go though - if he got almost akll the work right and you weren't sure of two? I really don't think it had to be as stressful as you're making out.

Another teacher bashing thread which can be filed under "human makes a mistake and apologises".

@Daffodil101 Obtuse much

True that herc .

Thanks, Daffodil, for explaining. I've had a look at some articles about it now. Interesting debate.

whenever a parent queries anything a teacher post for their child to do.

This isn't just a parent querying though is it?

I teach. Yesterday I was setting work whilst holding 2 x 1 hour long Zoom meetings with my Department, where we ranked Yr11 and Yr13 students, moderated work and discussed policies. I was setting work while I responded to 63 messages from students on Google c/room, I was actively teaching my 10 year old, supervising my 15 year old, checking in regularly with my 18 year old who needed help with his uni finance application.
I did my best. The lessons were not fab but I did my best.

I can't understand why you're this involved if your child is Y7 and quite able? I teach Y7, and I'm setting work for every lesson. I get loads of questions from the kids themselves eg. "Miss, I need help" , "Miss, I can't do the work", or it might be something specific, like "How do I add axis labels to a graph on google sheets?" etc. They all just ask me if they need help - and I help them as best I can. Not always easy on-line, but I do my best. Occasionally, a question from a pupil might flag up that I've uploaded something that's not accessible for some reason or another, but because the kids flag it up quickly, I can sort it straight away.

Your child should have contacted the teacher straight away when they'd done the work but thought a question was wrong, and queried it, then left that piece of work and got on with something else (no need to get stressed - it's the teacher's problem once you've flagged it up). Again, with the work that was stuff he hadn't done - he should have straight away contacted the teacher with a quick "Miss, I don't think we've done this work?", then left it with her?? OR if you can teach the concept yourself, then just teach it yourself (as you did do, but I can't work out what there is to get stressed about)? My own DD is in Y5, quite able also, and she loves doing some of the secondary maths stuff that I've been teaching her.

YABU - the teacher made a mistake which she admitted to. A simple, honest mistake. People make mistakes.

If your DS wasn't sure, perhaps he should have emailed the teacher to ask for clarification?

YABU to 'give up' because of a minor hiccup.

@Clutterbugsmum what’s wrong with the Cambridge maths extension work?
If my Y6 was give six pages of x10, x100, x1000 I would get her to do one question to confirm my belief that she covered that long ago and is totally secure, and ignore the other 5.9 pages. It would be an utter waste of time for her. You can’t criticise a school for setting an extension task, any more than I would criticise them for setting 6 pointlessly easy pages for her - because someone in the class needs that too. Stop expecting an individualised programme.

My dt's in year 7 are given 2,5 & 10 times tables to do.

Now that pisses me off! But then I think, so what, makes it less stressful.

(But I do actually think wtf! They did them in year 3!!)