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AIBU?

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To tell the teacher to tell the children to MUTE THE BLOODY LAPTOP

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samanthawashington · 28/01/2021 19:27

Listening in to the homeschooling, trying to keep my primary age child concentrating (in itself a full time job) trying to nudge him to answer the questions and talk to him about the task, I was completely put off by the other children constantly asking questions, talking over each other and asking bloody irrelevant questions. Like questions about Neighbours and hamsters. DS mutes himself as he was asked to do and only unmutes when asked to by the teacher. If we mute everyone we can't hear instructions and end up lost on the topic. I've emailed about this already, AIBU to email again. Its hard enough as it is! Do children interrupt during real classes?

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samanthawashington · 28/01/2021 20:45

@BigBadVoodooHat

Do children interrupt during real classes?

Have you never been in the same room as children?

Children yes, schoolchildren no.

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Monkeytennis97 · 28/01/2021 20:45

This😂

To tell the teacher to tell the children to MUTE THE BLOODY LAPTOP

SnowDaysAndFunDays · 28/01/2021 20:47

This one makes me laugh.

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samanthawashington · 28/01/2021 20:48

I'm glad its not just me, but the comments, especially about older kids, are hilarious. So its not just the parents who will be carted away after lockdown!

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samanthawashington · 28/01/2021 20:49

@SnowDaysAndFunDays

This one makes me laugh.

God YES!

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SnowDaysAndFunDays · 28/01/2021 20:50

It's my son's idea of hell having to unmute. When he's got a question he furiously types the question even though it would be so much easier to put his hand up and then unmute to ask.

justasmalltownmum · 28/01/2021 20:59

I would not let this go. I would actually say it on the live lesson. Teacher, we can't hear because everyone is chatting.

WriteronaMission · 28/01/2021 21:01

I once interrupted to say we couldn't hear over the noise from others (not thenkids but just the background noise with multiple children learning in the same room). That did the trick and now the teachers remind children to mute mics.

Subordinateclause · 28/01/2021 21:03

A parent did that in my lesson and to be honest the only person I'd heard talking was her and her son!

Failingbettereverytime · 28/01/2021 21:09

What platform is this on? Google classroom does not have the facility for the teacher to mute pupils. Not that I care. I'm secondary and spend the whole lesson begging pupils to please just say something.

Whattodo121 · 28/01/2021 21:23

Do children interrupt during real classes?

Yes. All the time. Constantly. I teach secondary. They’ve usually stopped doing it by year 10, year 8 are the worst IME. You can mute kids on google classroom but only one at a time and then they can unmute themselves straightaway so a bit pointless. I do a 3 strikes and you’re kicked out of the online lesson policy. Haven’t had to kick any kids out yet this term.

TansyViolet · 28/01/2021 21:34

A parent did that in my lesson and to be honest the only person I'd heard talking was her and her son!

Zoomies06 · 28/01/2021 21:39

@SnowDaysAndFunDays

It's my son's idea of hell having to unmute. When he's got a question he furiously types the question even though it would be so much easier to put his hand up and then unmute to ask.

Same as my Dc ( secondary) will unmute to say good morning but then questions go in chat. I have to be honest I am here during the live lessons and the kids are all really well behaved only unmute to ask a question. If they start messing on chat the teacher soon stops it .

Zoomies06 · 28/01/2021 21:41

@Failingbettereverytime

Our secondary uses teams , I know the teacher can mute themselves but I am pretty sure that the kids have to put their own mics on mute .

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samanthawashington · 28/01/2021 21:50

@Failingbettereverytime

Zoom

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slothpaw · 28/01/2021 21:54

Yes children interrupt all the time. Constantly shouting out, arguing about rubbers, sharpening their pencil for no reason, dropping things, needing a drink or a wee or pretending they do so they can mess around in the toilet, sudden nosebleeds. Watch out for when a wasp or fly enters the room!

Multiply that by 30 and add the pressure of data/progress. Welcome to teaching!

toocold54 · 28/01/2021 21:57

Most schools use teams as you can mute everyone but I don’t know about other platforms.

Noodledoodledoo · 28/01/2021 21:58

I can mute all on Teams and rarely need to use it with my secondary classes!! However I had one student who thought it was hilarious to mute me whilst I was presenting a powerpoint - when I can't see I have been muted. When investigated - it was pretty obvious which student - I found out his mum told him to mute me as I was being too loud!

I now block that class from being able to unmute if he is there!

Littlepaws18 · 28/01/2021 22:01

Don't be that difficult parent. It's hard verging on impossible to live teach (I do 22 hours a week live learning currently) because the tools teacher's normally have like their voice, body language, eye contact, those non verbal cues just aren't there. It maybe frustrating but all of this is alien territory and I bet it's a hundred times harder trying to do this at primary school aged kids.

So your child's teacher has enough on worrying about who is watching, what to say, controlling an unseen large group of children without the normal tools.

Give the teacher a break. They are doing the absolute best they can.

BillyAndTheSillies · 28/01/2021 22:01

DS's teacher did the remote mute from very early doors. The first week all you'd hear was "do you have an adult with you to unmute you?" Because we all had to mute from the start of the lesson. A load of four year olds trying to mute and unmute was like pulling teeth.

Works pretty smoothly though, I mute DS the second he goes on to the chat. Absolutely do not trust him to not say something horrendous.

toocold54 · 28/01/2021 22:01

When investigated - it was pretty obvious which student - I found out his mum told him to mute me as I was being too loud!

😂😂😂 omg some people are so rude!!

skintandannoyed · 28/01/2021 22:02

Have the same problem here but it's usually a couple of babies screaming in the background over a few of the kids mics who keep managing to unmute themselves every 5 seconds. Very annoying.

BakewellGin1 · 28/01/2021 22:08

DS is Year 7... They are all on mute unless she asks a question so she says for example 'fred can you tell me...' he is then allowed to unmute and respond...

If group questioning they have to use the 'hands up' option...

If they don't reply saying they are there at beginning they get marked absent...

We have also had a message home requesting 'parents don't ask teacher questions whilst they are teaching' WTF as if they need to ask.

I work in FE... Ours happily mute and camera off... Half the time they are
Laid in bed
Back to sleep
In the bath
Eating a meal
And so on........

We spend our lives phoning them/parents, asking them direct questions, kicking them out till they realise and opt back in... And so on.

BakewellGin1 · 28/01/2021 22:11

Oh and it is Teams we use all round... Teachers can mute all but don't ask me how...
I only know because in large conferences we are all on mute

waynesbluestreak · 28/01/2021 22:19

I have found some of the unmuted conversations interesting. IE parents in the background not realising they are aren't muted and telling their child all the answers and said child acting like a genius. Our teacher told one parent off the other day for doing this. Amused me greatly that they were caught red handed and pulled up on it. They are the ones that probably make the homework model of Buckingham Palace complete with full changing of the guard themselves and then boast at how creative and artistic their child is

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