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.

My DiL is a high school teacher , partner works ft . Schools put finishes at 6 pm but with after school meetings sometines difficult to pick up and also has to ge at work for 8 an. Nursery for younger one opens at 7.30 … ££££ for all these clubs. Also no chance of holiday in term time. No pt work for high school teachers . No home working. !!!

Good God that’s insane! At our school after big performances the kids give the teachers flowers, certainly not the other way round (personally think they deserve a case of wine but apparently that’s not pc!).

Oh yes, we've seen this on our DD dance show. A little show that is done in the hall hired from the school, by the "dance school" that is run in the village hall... its nice, kids look lovely but bloody hell this is not a broadway or west end production 😂😂😂😂😂
I'm not a teacher but I feel you, bonkers. In fact, it's parents not even children.

Cut flowers after an assembly about climate change?!

I once took some Year 5s to a tournament, which was meant to be for our Year 6s. We didn't have too many players in Year 6 and I thought it would be a good experience for the Year 5s, mainly for the following year.
Had a parent call me and actually threaten me afterwards because his Year 5 DC didn't get enough playing time, according to him. Child did not get picked for future tournaments...and we had a secondary school section attached.

My granddaughter, just 14, had a major role in a school production and she was also responsible for a lot of the back stage stuff. I sent my daughter money to buy her some flowers the next day as she had done very well, apparently she (gd) said she preferred the money!

Why did you feel the need to do this though? Isn't the feeling of doing well and being congratulated enough?

Parents maybe but not the school! Sadly, nothing surprises me about schools and parents.

‘Dear parent.

Unfortunately as much as we would love to educate to TikTok standards it is with regret we are not given the budget for flowers.

Regards

The Head.

Keeping parents out of school would lead to a vast improvement in standards, teachers can get on with teaching. How many parents expect to stand over the doctor removing their child's tonsils? The problem is that because we've all been to school too many think they know it all.

Tell her she can have a house point and be grateful for it.

I doubt it, I think the DM readership would stand alongside MN on this one! Sorry if this offends anyone!

It wasn't even a production, it was a short assembly presentation.

Mental! I get my DD flowers after a big dance show, but it's a convention. I'm not a lone loony parent behaving in a mad way. Never ever heard of flowers for speaking in an assembly. Certainly not provided by staff.

Noooooooooooooo, but they are far worse now it seems.

Yeah... "Well done, I'm proud of you" was the response you needed there.

Send a link to this thread and a note 'Computer says No'.

Think the pupil and parents are in the drama department. 🙄

Just when you think you've heard it all...wow.

This degree of stupidity? Yes, it's a past (I'd say) 20 years thing, though it has steadily grown over time. I started my first teaching job (secondary school) in 1981 and there was none of this shite. The worst you got back then was parents pleading with you to enter their child for GCE O level rather than CSE when the child simply wasn't up to it.

Well it's not quite every day is it. 39 weeks of the year isn't it? Plus all those extra nonsense add- on days for "training" AFTER the actual holiday week/s. Nice.

You do realise that the five training days aren't holidays for teachers and were, in fact, taken off teachers' holidays?

I loved this. for passive aggression.

So has she seen others getting flowers and thinks the school provide them? If she thinks the school give every other narrator flowers I suppose she would feel left out. The solution would be a no flowers rule.

Parents really do a performance don't they.

I'd pass this one onto the Head to deal with;firstly so that they can see the sort of day-to day twottery you have to put up with and also because I'm sure they could do with a laugh!😂

So glad I retired before parents emailing staff directly became the thing;I really don't know how I would have replied to that one 😂 Have you shown your colleagues? What was their response? !