Teachers unite around this stupidity and try for another day not to leave the profession

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Came in today to an email from a parent. Student deeply upset as we did not get her flowers after she played the 'main part' in the 'show'
She is Year 7. The 'main part' she is talking about? The narrator in our form class assembly about climate change. We were on stage for 6 minutes. It's the done thing apparently- she's seen it on TikTok.
Just blast me into the sun now and be done with it.

Tsk. Naughty, naughty...

I was tongue in cheek. It’s fine if you don’t know anyone, I know quite a few. The point being this is not a family holiday. This is a holiday for the child who goes solo with a parent as they aren’t yet 18, and possibly bring a friend. For the child to let their hair down and unwind after a stressful time. They still have the holiday with the family as well in the summer holidays. This is at the age of 16. This is after GCSEs. It sets quite the precedent for the future. As I mentioned in a jokey way, I got a subject related book as a well done and a pat on the back. It’s becoming more normalised to reward children with expensive items. Mobile phones, holidays, apple technology - iPads, AirPods etc. And as the op referenced, bouquets of flowers for a minor performance, whereby the parents feel aggrieved if their child isn’t presented with a bouquet by the school. I mean what on earth are we doing to our children? The expectations are so big now and the need to spend, spend, spend is ridiculous. It’s becoming expected because it’s being normalised. This is in an age where so many are struggling to pay bills and mortgages, so many have debts that should be focused on and paid off, and there is this level of expectation and parents are encouraging it. We need to step back and observe what’s going on in our society and show our children the value of money.

🎻 for the family involved

I can well believe this is a thing

I know of one parent who hit the roof because her precious dd hadn't had an assembly to herself,praising her for being the biggest asset ever in the history of the school-she should have had a full 20 minutes of the teachers telling the whole school how fantastic she was and how they should all learn from this precious child who would go on to save the world one handed and learn from how intelligent she is

If she'd thought of flowers,I'm sure that would have been shoe-horned in too

This kid had taken part,along with the others in their leavers assembly on the last day but didn't have her own special part-she just lined up with the others on stage

This kid was a bullying,average,nasty tongued,sly and spiteful brat (just like her mother-the apple didnt fall far from the tree) and gave my dd nits every bloody day for the whole 6 years (her mother refused to sort her hair out)

I hoped the mother would calm down with the other two kids,but nope,the school got this type of email all the time from her

I really think they where glad to see the back of her when the younger two finished

Oh god, what are you going to reply? I’d have to say that I’m sorry but I’ve no idea what you’re on about. There wasn’t a play, wasn’t a main part, and flowers aren’t a thing. I’m sorry she’s upset and I’ll make sure not to give her any reading in assembly from now on if it causes her unnecessary distress. I think I’d have to ring home over something like this cause I wouldn’t be able to email it politely.

Entitlement, we fight it every day.

I am dying! I wouldn't mind, but we were updating with several photos on Twitter each day. I don't know what more the parent wanted! She was hassling the head of year who was messaging me with updates (I'm wrangling 100+ kids in the lunch queue!) Just crackers. We had no phones on that trip. My foreign residential allows phones but they get taken at night (school policy).

I am still somewhat staggered that he said in a twelvemonth!

Oh I had a very similar rant on another thread earlier - everything is a thing nowadays, I wonder half the population are anxious wrecks half the time. A few things is nice but everything is batshit. Granny occasionally giving her GD flowers out of sheet pride - lovely. FOMO over florist deliveries documented on tiktok for a few lines delivered in a school play - batshit.

"Good evening Ms FruitnNut,

Thank you for reaching out. I'm sorry to hear that NutJr was emotional after the assembly today. Public speaking can be a big deal for some children and in my experience it can take them a little while to come back down to earth. Please reassure her that school has never provided flowers to any of our student performers and has no plans to do so, and that it is not a reflection on her efforts today.

Kind regards,

Ms PatienceOfAFuckingSaint"

It would, but the article would be published anyway because it would get clicks.

Dear Fuckwit Parent

If you’re aware of the funding and resource to enable us to provide this kind of gift to pupils at the end of every class assembly please let the school bursar know. Here is the email address.

Cheers babe.

Well, not really when the legal school leaving date isn't until the last Friday and the GCSE contingency dates need to be taken into account. Most kids also want to go to the prom as well.

What the actual fuck? So glad I’m out! I don’t think I could come up with a polite response to that bollocks!

Gratefulness for what? Not getting a gift card?

Gratefulness for everything she has day in, day out I’d say. Mock SATs suggest she’s yr 6 so 10/11.

I'm so very sorry but I just can't stop laughing at this. My heart is with you, teachers, I had no idea the amount of tomfoolery you have to manage.

Gratefulness for what she already has

Yes, to be clear when I said above I actually like this idea it is because everyone will support OP - I think.