Shitty message from teacher on Google Classroom.

[Tibola]

Congratulating the 10 kids who completed the assignment and giving their names. And then in block caps:

FOR ALL THOSE WHO DID NOT COMPLETE THIS I WILL NOT BE GOING BACK OVER THIS IN CLASS 👍

Rude much?!! And no, their school isn’t open for key workers before anyone jumps on me and says how busy she must be

I wonder how many teachers are saying it’s not rude. Too many pages to check each respond but I would like to think most have said they wouldn’t do this.

I wrote a message to my students today which was roughly:

I was expecting a paragraph from everyone today. Thanks to those who have sent it through. If you haven’t can you try and do this as soon as you’re able. If there’s an issue with accessing computers or the resources let me know so we can help. Etc etc.
Fairly gentle but starting with the expectation that work was meant to be handed in.

Most of my kids have several siblings, sharing rooms, live in less than ideal conditions, working class, will have one computer/tablet if even that.

We need to have compassion and care. Not everyone lives in a spacious house with their own bedroom and personal laptop.

I am setting work, have expectations that it will be done and giving more leeway than I would in class. At school they have the library/homework clubs/lunchtime clubs and less work set for home so it’s much easier then.

The teacher is showing little empathy or compassion here. Pretty sad to see.

Seriously, do you have nothing better to whine about?! Stop being a snowflake.

As a teacher, I definitely agree that she could have worded that differently.

I do have to add though that, even if schools are closed and key worker children are elsewhere, in most authorities staff are on a rota and have to go and work in the other school. For example, my school is shut but we have 3 children of key workers from our school attending a secondary school about 10 miles away with children from other primaries and secondaries. Regardless of whether we had 3 or 30 pupils from our school, a minimum of 5 staff a day (working in shifts) are needed from my school to supervise both the children from my school & the other schools from 7.00am-7.00pm. This will continue in the Easter holidays too. This isn’t daily but it does mean that, even if the schools are shut, most teachers will still be at school for at least some of the time. It’s something that has caused a lot of anxiety for me and my colleagues- new environment, new kids, no idea of expectations etc. on top of other things.

Not rude, very to the point. Much time is being lost and there won't be time. The teacher is setting the work and expecting the pupils to complete it. The pupils are not on holiday.
As a parent you should be supportive not moaning .

My son is in year 8, he has ASD and struggles academically in bottom sets at mainstream school. I am a nurse working nights, DH is also still working. 2 younger children in Y5 and Y3. Y5 DC is being assessed for ASD and also struggles academically, Y3 DC is fine and fairly motivated. But last week was spent dealing with meltdowns, arguments and tears. I was lucky to get any sleep after night shifts with them all at home, we really couldn’t get school work done.

We have 1 laptop, I’ve ordered ink for the printer and paper. No workbooks sent home for any of them. High school work is quite clearly set out but couldn’t get onto one of the sites today ?too many trying to access. Primary school sent home an A4 sheet with some activities and some websites listed. I’m not great at teaching and DH gets home after dinner and didn’t get a GCSE so feels out of his depth. We’ve managed reading, dancing and PE in the garden.

I’d feel very upset to receive a message like that. I have friends whose older kids are looking after little siblings while their they work and some whose children have gone to live with relatives for the duration. Many parents will also become ill and some of us will lose loved ones to this. At the moment my priority is my children’s mental and emotional health, juggling our workloads, sorting elderly parent’s shopping and my own mental health as I have my own struggles with anxiety and depression.

I'm on the fence: what she said could definitely have been worded differently as everyone's home situation is different HOWEVER, the essence of what she is saying is correct and your assumption that she is not busy is entirely incorrect.

I think you could both do with a reality check TBH.

You don’t really know what is going on in her life...she might have some personal issues going on, as a lot of us have at the moment...I’d let it go.

@sleepylittlebunnies that sounds so tough - I’m so sorry. And you’re right to put everyone’s mental health first.

For all this teacher knows, there could be many kids on her ‘naughty’ list who are in similar circumstances. A telling off is the last thing they or their parents need.

I’ve had a similarly shitty message on google classroom which I’m going to post separately when I’ve stopped being utterly gobsmacked by it.

We’re in unprecedented circumstances and I think everyone needs to BE KIND - teachers, kids, parents. Cut each other a bit of slack. We’re all making it up as we go along.

She has probably had some messages from parents saying:

• I'm not turning my living room into a classroom.
• If little Johnny doesn't want to do it then I am NOT going to make him.

-Bob has no interest in completing the work set on Google classroom so you will just have to recap everything when they go back in June 😊

• Not everyone is doing the work but it will be covered on there return so Doris will complete it then. In the meantime could you please stop messaging me asking if I have any problems. I DO NOT have any problems working a laptop nor logging into GC. Doris will be spending quality time with her family and enjoying the break!
• School is for school work, home is for relaxing. STOP MESSAGING ME, HE ISNT GOING TO DO THE WORK.

Just a few rl quotes from rl parents to rl teachers 3🤦‍♀️

The caps are rude, pretty much shouting.
The thumbs up are passive aggressive and somewhat childish.
The teacher's point nonetheless needed to be made. If students and/or parents don't value the learning they are being offered, an important learning opportunity will be missed.
Your kids completed the work, so I'm curious why you felt the need to call the teacher out?
Be careful what you wish for, because apart from the clear once and only message, there seems to be to a couple of other messages. Firstly, I'm angry because I care about my students' progress and secondly I don't feel what I do is valued.
If this teacher continues to feel so abused, watch and see how great it will be when he/she leaves the profession and the students get nothing but supply!

Sounds fair

Year 10 fix up!

I wonder how many of you will blame the teacher next year when your then year 11 child is massively behind?

I don’t think it’s rude at all, children are unlikely to be going back to school until September. Our only responsibility as a parent is to wake them up in time for their online lessons.
I imagine all teachers have put a lot of hard work into getting all materials required online working evenings and weekends to achieve this. To have only 10 pupils out of a potential 30 bother logging into complete work is atrocious and I don’t blame him/her at all for the message. These kids need to wake up, unfortunately there will not be any other time to catch up on the curriculum and I think we are lucky to have the facility of google classroom.
You get them up and ensure they have the tools to access google classrooms. Kids either log in at each lesson time and do the work or they don’t - If they want a crap job then they don’t have to bother. My daughters teachers are all logged in at the lesson time so they can provide help where needed and daughter knows she can come and ask me for help too (I’m a keyworker trying to work from home 4 days a week)
This next generation needs a wake up call

Very rude message and very little understanding of what stress people are under at the moment .
For all she knows, people may have illness in the house, bad broadband connections , family stress due to work loss, parents having to work in difficult circumstances, the list is endless .
She shows no empathy .

I had a similar shouty message from DD2 teacher on Friday evening saying DD has not submitted her work. Turned out DD had done the work but submitted it incorrectly (difficult when different teachers are using different methods). I have to admit her tone at the end of a long difficult week for all irked me a bit as DD had worked so hard and done so independently while DH & I got on with WFH. Anyway I decided not to react and put it down to it being a new and stressful situation for all of us.

I don't think there is anything wrong with this, chances are the ones that didn't complete just couldn't be arsed. We have had to check up on our kids, make sure they have been working.

What these teachers need to understand is that parents are not at home having a jolly while this is happening. Most are working full time from home or are in a out of worry about how to pay the bills while they are on unpaid leave. Give the parents a break because they are not teachers and should not be expected to be. year 10 should be working on their own! Seriously!

This wouldn't bother me personally but we are lucky enough to have everything we need for DS's to complete their homework.

Plus the time to motivate them when they are being lazy little arses which can happen to the best of students.

If we were struggling (and a lot of families are right now) I can imagine it could be quite upsetting.

DS1's teachers have taken a much more positive and motivational direction with their e-mails to the children and parents. I appreciate it.

I sympathise (wouldn’t have typed it). As a working from home teacher I am finding the planning of accessible and interesting lessons challenging. We were effectively bounced out of school with one day’s notice, without the chance to put the technology in place to support learning (school laptops don’t work on home internet/TEAMS keeps crashing) Most of this has been navigated with the help and patience of a small corp of keen students. There is nothing compares to face to face explanations and support with young people and it is difficult to convey warm support. I might add that I am definitely moving forward with learning (11-18 year olds) the concept of consolidating for 6 months is plain crazy. Those who have not attempted to keep up will obviously fall behind and will have to complete the work next academic year. So yes - I know where that teacher is coming from, yes - I am very busy teaching from home and supporting students through TEAMS, yes - I am very worried about the progress of my absentees and yes - I am sick to fucking death of people thinking I’m sitting watching box sets in my pj’s whilst being paid. It doesn’t matter how many students turn up to each of your online lessons, you still have to plan, mark, record and support and give feedback (often outside 9 to 5). Not looking for a pat on the back just wanting people to back off and not use teachers as whipping boys. Ps I have two children at home who don’t want to engage either.

Well, I'm going to give you a pat on the back anyway because you deserve it, Babybeets.

So there.

:o

I think that's very rude, not just because of the tone, but also - most parents had like 24 hours notice that schools were closing. For a lot of us that means buying an extra PC/laptop for the kids to do schoolwork on. Have you tried buying a laptop lately? Or printer? It's close to impossible to find a reasonably priced one. I know, I've tried. Finally found one and it still hasn't shown up almost 2 weeks later. Ordered a printer and it arrived not working.

So my kids haven't handed in their homework, because we haven't been able to set up for home schooling, and I assume a hell of a lot of parents are in the same boat. Surely teachers have to take that into consideration.

most parents had like 24 hours notice that schools were closing.

Which is exactly the same amount of notice as schools and their members of staff.

DS's school and the schools I am a governor for, all checked whether children would have access to technology.

Our kid is a fiend for getting through paper. A family support worker from her school rang up today and said they are preparing for the school to be shut till September. I calculate we have enough paper left to past her to roughly next Tuesday. Houston, we have a (minor, trivial) problem!