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AIBU?

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Original poster

to just march into the classroom and take my kids ?

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princessparty · 02/02/2010 17:07

I am SO fed up of them being late out of school when we have to rush off to afterschool clubs.They are supposed to come out at 3.30 and we can just make the 4-6 yo gymnastics session if we leave at 3.30 on the dot.
So today i just walked into each of their classrooms and said 'excuse me Mr X I need to take Y now.' in a pleasant way.I think I'm going to do it every week now
I mean we get them to school on time,they should get them ou on time.

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Blu · 02/02/2010 18:10

Op - brilliant! Could you please give us a clue as to the school your DCs attend? Because if you do this next week, by Tuesday, you may well find the door barred by security and the Head, and I can't wait to see the fracas that ensues, and how all the kids will be agog at Y's Mum, and all the parents in the playground laughing / in horror - it will be a fantastic spectacle. Is ther anyone whose DCs go to the same school? Can you get it in your phone and out it on YouTube?

OTOH, if you are ever a couple of mins late getting your kids to school, I hope you won't mind when the teacher barges in through your front door, snatches them from their Weetabix and says 'excuse me, PrincessPanty, I need Y now'.

Politely telling them you need them out on time might have been better done BEFORE this bulldozer tactic.

Ivykaty44 · 02/02/2010 18:11

Has the bell gone to end the school day? if it has then YANBU but if the bell has not gone then you are being UR

School life is not more important than other activities outdside school, some teachers do carry on after the bells has rung to end the school day - this can cause problems. Pehaps it is an enthusiastic teacher though so that may be a good thing

GypsyMoth · 02/02/2010 18:12

where has op gone?

Littlefish · 02/02/2010 18:13

"I will mention to the girls' teachers that I will need them at 3.30 on the dot every Tuesday .So then the ball is in their court"

PrincessParty you are completely up your own arse if you think your children's club is more important that the routine of the whole class. If I was your child's teacher, I would think you were off your rocker, and very rude.

cornsilk · 02/02/2010 18:15

she is winding us up. No-one is that self-absorbed.

doesntplaywellwithothers · 02/02/2010 18:16

YABVU...education comes first...afterschool clubs are optional. Way to go...showing your DCs what's really important in life!

Blu · 02/02/2010 18:19

If they are 15 mins late, and every day, then, yes, that i annoying and not convenient. But if teaching finishes at 3.30 and then there are bags to collect, coats, gym kit, that can easily take 5 mins or more.

lisbey · 02/02/2010 18:23

I always think it's a good sign if a teacher is routinely late letting them out. Wouldn't want to think the teacher is so desperate to get rid of them that they've got their coats on waiting for the bell

famishedass · 02/02/2010 18:25

Sadly, I do believe the OP. One of the mothers in my school did something very similar a few years back.

OP - yabu.

Is it dark up there by the way? Up your own arse.

Ivykaty44 · 02/02/2010 18:26

school is optional, they don't have to go to a school to be educated - take them out and home school

StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 02/02/2010 18:27

Self-absorbed, rude, bratty and having a feeling of total entitlement.

Is that the impression that you want the school and the other parents to have of you, Princessparty? Because that is the impression you are giving us here.

Were your children mortified, or do they share your think the world revolves around them too?

How would you feel if another parent waltzed into your childrens' classes and disrupted them? Or worse, a nutter with a machete or a gun?

IndigoSky · 02/02/2010 18:28

Blimey - you sound as bossy and as self absorbed as the woman on the woman's hour drama today. I was glued to that thinking that no one could be that pushy and up herself. Guess I was wrong.

skidoodle · 02/02/2010 18:28

I can't believe how many people want security guards on the doors of a primary school to stop the PARENTS getting in.

That's way more fucked up than wanting your children's teacher to finish up their classes on time.

StewieGriffinsMom · 02/02/2010 18:28

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McSnail · 02/02/2010 18:31

I can't remember anyone saying they wanted security guards on the doors of primary schools.

Did I accidentally skip a page or something??

Ivykaty44 · 02/02/2010 18:33

doesn't skidoddle remember? Or is she/he not in UK?

elmofan · 02/02/2010 18:34

my dc's school has a locked doors policy , if a parent wants access they have to stand in front of the security camera & press a buzzer for the secretary to let you in , i would imagine this is fairly standard in all schools now .

Jamieandhismagictorch · 02/02/2010 18:37

I blame Thatcher.

TooManySprinkles · 02/02/2010 18:41

WOW! This thread!
I am a teacher and I (although disagreeing with the marching in and demanding children which would be both infuriating and rude) do understand the frustration at the constant lateness of children being let out of school.

I always make sure my class are out on time - as a parent I don't think it's fair to leave parents freezing/soaking in all weather conditions (often with younger children). If you are organised it is entirely possible to get 30 children out on time.

overmydeadbody · 02/02/2010 18:42

of course YABU

lavenderbongo · 02/02/2010 18:42

Although I do not agree with the OP - it was rude and underming the authority of the teacher. I cant believe the way people react about the idea of going into classroom unannounced and how the school should change the security codes to prevent parents entering the premises. These are our children in these schools - I firmly believe that we should have as much access (within reason) as we want to schools - and certainly should be able to walk in and collect them from classrooms if the need arises (some sort of emergency).

I am in NZ at the moment and have been really surprised by the free and easy access I have to DDs school. There are no security gates, codes or anyone on guard at the school gates. I have been told that I can pop in when I like to helop out in the classroom, and some of the parent I know come at lunch time to have lunch in the field with their kids. We are welcomed into the classroom and the teachers have no problem with allowing parents into their class whilst teaching. Obviously we ask first and are polite but it is so much better than the seperation and locked away feel (almost them and us) of UK schools.

Pozzled · 02/02/2010 18:44

The only way to get 30 kids in their coats and out at 3.30pm is to stop teaching at 3.20pm (depending on age, how long they've been in the class etc). So that's 50 minutes teaching time lost each week, or 31 hours each school year. But obviously your kids gym class is far more important than that, right?

abbierhodes · 02/02/2010 18:49

I would have died if you were my mother!! I bet your kids are really embarrassed, poor things. Are you this pushy in every aspect of their lives?

fernie3 · 02/02/2010 18:54

I would have had to smash a window to get into my daughters classroom, I have only very briefly ever seen the inside of it!. I think you were very rude to march into the classroom especially for the sake of an afterschool club. A few more minutes of waiting is hardly likely to kill you.

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