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.

The temptation to send this reply must be strong 😂

Maybe reply "it's a shame SadKid is so upset. We'll make every effort to give the larger roles to other children in future. I'm sure SadKid will manage admirably, as there is clearly a sufficient level of drama at home."

Honestly parents need to butt out of their children’s lives!

I work at a dance school, the amount of parents who record their children at home dancing and then send it to us to show us why their child should do a solo 🫣

Saying 'no' is really quite easy the first time. There are lots of parents who could do with standing in front of a mirror and practising. Harder is repeating it in the same tone of voice lots of times. I used to say to my DD: 'You can ask me the same question as many times as you like and spend all day doing it. The answer will still be no because a process of attrition will not work. Or you can find something more interesting to do instead.'

We're in the throes of the age of entitlement.

OMG!

This would be one of those replies I would HAVE to pass by someone else first (well, in truth, get them to write it) as I can NOT stretch my diplomatic skills that far.

Soooooooooooooooo much time wasted, trying not to say what you really want to say, to parents like this.

I am not surprised. Just reading how some Mothers have meltdowns when others do not drop everything to pray at the tiny feet of their newborns shows how ridiculous many parents are. Too many Mums think they are the Madonna and their child is the chosen one.

Dear Parent,

Thank you so much for informing us of the distress this incident has caused your darling daughter. We were equally appalled when we noticed that you hadn't organised aforementioned flowers but assumed you were preparing for a grand ceremony upon her return home that day. Naturally, we will be informing the SEN department to organise some trauma counselling for your child. We will also aim to make some time for her to be presented with the flowers in our next assembly. Please let us know when you have sourced an appropriate bouquet and perhaps a minor celebrity to present them. If you need any further support with parenting your offspring, do not hesitate to contact us.

Please remember that most of us parents are not wankers, and would completely agree with you about the nuttiness of demanding flowers like this!

you are doing a WONDERFUL job, teachers! Please stay! 🌻

Oh I love this 😂

I've never heard the like. The parent is crackers.

I might have been tempted to use sprog or (devil’s) spawn in place of offspring. 😁

Your child participated in a class assembly and performed her role to an adequate standard.
The school does not provide flowers for students.

Regards
Teacher.

Good lord.

Really? Oh dear this is because the Tik Tok generation have become parents. 🫤

Jesus wept. And I'm sitting here refusing to speak to the teacher on behalf of my (extremely dramatic and sensitive) 11 yo DS for repeatedly making jokes at DSs expense (even though I've already told the teacher how dramatic and sensitive DS is and that they have very different senses of humour and it might be better to avoid this).

I genuinely don't think the teacher is being intentionally mean and I suspect he does this joking with lots of the kids. Most of them seem to enjoy it. My DS just needs to toughen up a little. Plus he's leaving the school in 12 more days (not that he's counting).

Kids need to learn that not everything goes your way all the time in life.

Sometimes I miss teaching and then I read….
actually scratch that. I never miss teaching.

Are stupid parents a new thing?

I have no words for this…

HR would have wanted a word if I’d had to reply to that amount of stupid.

Me neither

The parent is bonkers. I would go higher ground. 'School does not give flowers for performances. I'm sure you understand we have an obligation to recognise the risk of allergies,'

This is just ridiculous, schools barely have enough budget to get the essentials let alone extras like this.

Did you respond with a line of laughing emojis or did you opt for simple 'bless her heart'?

Surely said parent can't expect to be taken seriously- bloody timewaster 😂😂😂

Yep. I don’t regret leaving for a second. My eyes rolled so far back in my head on a daily basis that I was at risk of losing my sight 🙄😩🤷‍♀️. But then so much batshit over protective nonsense parenting on here - you can see where it comes from 🤷‍♀️

I haven't replied yet, I'd love to be able to send some of these responses though!