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

Op I agree

Rude

Thumbs up and in caps? No need

And she absolutely will be going back over it in class

why have some children completed the assignment and others not

I am so glad our headteacher wrote a great letter to parents explaining his approach.

There would be a multitude of reasons why children could and could not complete a task.

Have they got a computer?
How many PCs are there in the house?
Are their parents able to supervise them?
What is the house like to work in?
What stress are the family under?

People know that BLOCK CAPS means shouting.

Year 10 - perfectly fine. Children of that age should be able to complete homework & assignments with minimal parental help. Or at least attempt them & submit the attempt so that the teacher can see where they're going wrong.

Year 10 - nope. Still not teaching new stuff. Try teaching new Chemistry content to bottom sets!

Like I said, what if the kids are sick? They are judging home circumstances and naming and shaming unfairly.

Totally agree Mendleev. Tried Kinetic energy with my 10.5 over email. So difficult.

Not to mention some kids are living in small areas with lots of noise and not much room.

Very rude!

@Neednewwellies there are plenty of reasons. If parents are working at home and there is only one device, said work can't always be done until work is finished. Even if there is an available device, some children need that extra support (which they can get in school) and parents may not know how to do it, or have the time to help them. Children who struggle to focus (my child has ADHD and has measures in place for this at school but it's a real struggle to get him to focus on anything for more than 5 minutes at home) might not be able to complete the work fully. Just a few examples.

Yes, I think 15 year olds can handle being told that only a third (?) of them are doing the work

What's wrong with that ? Not rude in the slightest?

IF YOU CAN’T SEE WHY THATS RUDE THEN I DESPAIR! (And yes, my use of caps is deliberate irony).

The teacher has no idea of children’s situations or ability to get work done in these difficult times. I’ve had trouble working from home for instance - as have most of my colleagues - due to IT issues. I’m just glad my boss didn’t respond like that when our productivity was lower than it usually is.

Year 10 . To the point and reasonable. She knows what her pupils are like and what will get their attention and what will not.

Although it really isn’t taking into account the home circumstances of her class. Does she know for sure that each child has somewhere suitable to work? Does she know there’s no DV at home? Does she know the child is being fed? Has pens? All things being equal a Y10 child should be able to work independently but all things are not equal.

I think thats perfectly reasonable. I presume your child was in the group that didnt bother.

Sounds fair enough to me. She is making clear it’s the children and parents responsibility.

Genuine question here - why is a thumbs up considered rude? Have I missed some sort of emoji etiquette?

If only 10 completed the work then the teacher is right to be cross. Assuming around 30 in the class then two thirds of the class haven't done it. They can't all be ill! I doubt that many have such difficult circumstances that they couldn't do the work.

And she absolutely will be going back over it in class

There won't be time to cover everything.

And she absolutely will be going back over it in class

Definitely. I trust my top set to do the work set.

I will still go over it all. Only a fool wouldn't.

She is just telling it like it is - in plain English.

Is this where the word 'privilege' can be used?

People who have the privilege of several PCs, a good working environment, a stable home life etc

Maybe some people just can't understand other people's lives.

People know that BLOCK CAPS means shouting.

As a teacher PP has explained, it’s not possible to do bold on this sort of software, so caps has to do.

Yes, it was worded rudely.
No need for a teacher to be using capitals and the thumbs up is placed sarcastically to show the rude intention.

I’ve named some kids on a post asking them to complete something. I was polite, but I don’t think the teacher’s message here was rude. We’ve been told to contact heads of year if kids don’t do work as a ‘safeguarding’ style issue. If they don’t respond, we want to know if they’re ok.

There won't be time to cover everything.

If we go back in September there will be. It will be quicker yes but there is still time.

What subject was it OP?
I'm an English teacher, teaching year 10 on Google classroom, as well as going into work to look after the keyworker kids.

I would have worded that differently, the typical response I would use:
Thank you to those who completed this. For those who haven't yet done so, you know how to contact me if I can help in anyway. I hope we will have the chance to go over this further when we're back in class, but as we don't know when that will be, please try to complete if you possibly can.

We are under no pressure from SLT, who are happy for us to set manageable work in manageable chunks, and provide support and feedback.

I wouldn't take the approach taken by this teacher.

My eldest is Y8 and completing all her work. But nobody is swearing at her or hitting her. She’s fed and watered and has her own device. Is the teacher sure that’s the case for all her class?

I think generally ok as it was yr 10. Didn’t like the capitals or thumbs up

"They shouldn’t be naming and shaming." no naming and shaming in the OP.