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Have you tried giving them extra one-on-one study time?
...how the tables have turned.
Note: As a teacher, I’m still providing distance learning via internet. These parents who have kicked us down and spit on us (verbally) during meetings are now seeing the light. We don’t just teach YOUR kids... but usually classes with 15-20 other kids.
Anyways - good luck out there.
lifetorn
My my, how the turn tables have turned...
didilovesskulls
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rwb813
If I could I would pay teachers like athletes get paid.
ArcaneConjecture
Teachers aren't underpaid, they're overworked. We need to hire more and reduce class sizes by 25%...and by 50% in poor neighborhoods.
YoungGuns0
We have more than 25 kids in a class...
SexDrugsandSausagerolls
"Goodluck out there" op says, stifling a cackle at the parents misfortune of having to deal with their own crappy kids. Karma,eh?
JinxRocks
Teachers and schools should not be expected to raise your kids. Their hand are already full trying to educate them enough to survive
Papapandy
My oldest is in kindergarten and her teacher/school are having to come up with online lesson plans so She can still learn from home.
tweetlebeetlebottlepuddlepaddlebattlemuddle
Bless you.
FiveStarMojo
Never been a better time to not have kids.
catlovesfood
I’m getting my teaching credential now and the wisdom I received for meeting parents: “they have the maturity and education of 8th graders”
biogeofanatic2
As someone who didn't have the patience and ability to NOT tell off parents and was denied a teaching certificate.... I am smiling
Frozenspokes
As an occasional substitute, Thank you! Bless you! And you don't get paid enough to deal with some of these kids.
Merax75
My kids have been great. Youngest (11) did the entire weeks worth of work today so she can play roblox uninterrupted
ojp1977
15 - 20 students? You must not be from America, I'm guessing. Also, Hello from America!
Goodygirl55
My husband and I have taught our kids not to be dicks, and they are really cool kids. The teachers love them ?
Kunitsu
same here, whenever mine fucked up she had to write an apology letter to her teacher stating what she did wrong, why, and how she was going
Kunitsu
to fix it. her teacher loved it and after the first few letters we never had any issues again =D she's an easy kid to deal with
theproofisinmypudding
I teach 23 kids all below grade level as best as i can. Not sure what things will be like when we're finally allowed back in school
donniewhitt74
Got real vengeful real quick...
Canofminus
America: Complain about all the "stupid people," then shit on and underpay the people that want to fix that.
Bancanadiannach
As a teacher I've had parents tell me they don't listen at home or do they're work and ask what I am going to do to fix it ? most parents
Bancanadiannach
Are nice though.
onlyforn00ds
Maybe parents should start being parents rather than trying to be their kid's friend. Crazy concept, I know.
LadyMidnightToker
Thank you for what you do! You are appreciated!
ImSoOffended
I have the opposite problem. Kid is an angel at school and a half-demon at home.
bugeyetex
A big thanks to all the teachers out there.
riddled75365
Thanks. Normally just a bunch of teacher bashing on this site. Everyone I work with has been going crazy trying to help as much as possible.
13579rocket
Thanks ?
Smagalicious
@OP, a big thank you! I did teaching for a few years. I could not do it. If I stayed, I would have choked a parent out. I don’t do jail well
IIcuteIVu
Lol, 15-20?? Try 30++
SpeedPrius
I remember in 2nd grade when it came time for Open House she decorated the back bulletin board to say “Welcome Parents From All 44 of Us!
Bobeez
I was going to say, I’d love to have such a small class as 15-20! Where I teach they can’t run a class unless there’s like 25 kids minimum
13579rocket
I love in a smaller district. 300-400 per grade level split between 3 sci teachers and 7 periods. Other subjects only have 2 teachers for...
13579rocket
...each subject—so yes, those teachers have 30+ students.
Kalamain
Only 15-20 other kids?! Well done you! Most class sizes are 30+
Odyssey9
That's roughly 30-50 feral hogs right there.
13579rocket
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hayhayy
I've got classes of 37. Our poor gym teacher has 50+ kids.
sugarmamaofcats
And this is the we need legislation to prevent this, with more funding to schools
NeutralNebula
Didn't realize this was a competition but i know some people who teach in morocco and it's hell when middle schoolers beat their teachers
Kalamain
O.o "beat their teachers"? As in violence? **Shock**
NeutralNebula
Yeah exactly that, he sent me a video of a kid fighting with his old teacher while the others are helping him pin that teacher down.Gruesome
Kalamain
Holy shit... That should be police levels if wrong...
Wanderlust1117
What.
Megliosolichemalenonfa
In China classes can be closed to 100 students. Or so my wife says (she's Chinese)
Kalamain
How the hell do you keep all the students grades up? Some must skip with class sizes that big.
Megliosolichemalenonfa
Parents give you hell if you don't study. Normal students grades are over 90/100
Kalamain
You mean.... Parents doing their job? Holy shit... How can the world stand it?
13579rocket
Science classes tend to be smaller... because of lab restrictions. My campus does have three sci teachers for 1 grade level...
GrumpySnail
Dude. My smallest science class is 27. The others are much larger.
pokarose
I wish I had this! 7th grade science teachers at my school have 33-35 kids in every class.
13579rocket
...helps to thin out classes a bit. Other subjects only have two teachers for the same amount of students.
Stoppedaskinghowstupidcanyouget
Wait, what? When I taught chemistry, I had classes of 30-35, and lab space for about 24. Good times.
13579rocket
Jeez! There are laws (in TX) that say 24 is the limit in a lab for safety reasons.
corprophage
you're in a system that doesnt just have homeroom and thats it? is it public?
13579rocket
Public, junior high, 300-400 students, multiple (7) periods
AlaskanX
Sounds like middle or high school, grades 7+ depending on region. Elementary is still just homeroom and music/gym where my dad teaches.
yellowdove
I’m a general science and biology teacher. All of my classes are 30+.
mckenziejoseph676365
As a Floridian I have 32 in some of my chemistry classes.
13579rocket
That’s insane. I hope you have a big lab. I can’t imagine students conducting a lab properly with that many in a room.
Meliodas1234
Where are you working as a teacher? Here in Germany you don't often see classes with more than 22 Pupils, and even that was stress for me...
yellowdove
The US.
13579rocket
Texas
truthsmiles
But my child is a precious perfect angel... if anything is wrong it's YOUR fault, not his. /s
laton
Yep, I knew too many parents who thought this. I took the opposite tack - I assumed my kid was guilty until he could prove otherwise
Jellyrabbit
Kids are big liars so you will probably be right most of the time, still I would take putting rational judgement over assuming guilty.
Jellyrabbit
Which often would yield the same result.
ChiLLeCheeze
I had one kid dig into another kid's backpack to grab a toy. I confronted him and he screamed and cried that he didn't steal it.
13579rocket
This is the tactic I use with my own two children.
captainpooposter
Lots of parents r unwilling to look critically at their own kids. They spoil them, don’t have boundaries & won’t admit they’re crap parents
Macewindow54
yes they r
Botticelliii
Yep. Fuck having kids for me. My sis has 3. The bloodline continues and I get to be a kickass uncle.
CyranoDeBurlapSack
Overcompensating for Uber strict parents. Bubble children syndrome. No child left behind.
CommunityAsshole
When I was a cop... Parents would call us when their kids wouldn't go to school in the morning.
CelticBlacksmith
Amen to that, the youngest students I have are by far the worst in the manners department. Spoilt brats with no respect even for each other.
fedeColorTerror
Reason number two I don't want children: I'm afraid to me a crappy mother
Cucumberclouds
It's a rational fear.
Mostlydeadpool
but most people arn't so self-reflective. I'm the same. my parents were shit so I don't want more of the same.
TheJudgeHasItBackwards
Lol, my mom was a teacher, so I never got away with that shit. I learned early on blaming my teacher was a losing strategy.
snakeodactyl
Art teacher here. THIS.
MarkOfTheCovenant
When I see my son being a dick my first thought is "damn, wonder where he got that from. Right. Me." Gotta change your behavior to teach em
captainpooposter
I see so much behavior I don’t like about myself in my son. It’s made me be better.
FlameBeard86
This. I have really internalized that my kids negative behaviors are my fault. Unfortunately he's two, so troubleshooting is very difficult.
bigdickrick206
Still talk to him like a little dude. We did that with our son and it worked wonders. All kids want is to be acknowledged and given the time
bigdickrick206
Of day. They respond very well to being treated like legitimate people. Not just as a kid.
MarkOfTheCovenant
You're probably doing a great job. Parenting is tough sometimes
FlameBeard86
Thanks. We're figuring it out a little bit at a time. He's smart and stubborn and that's just a fun combination.
MarkOfTheCovenant
Three is worse. Especially with boys. Holy shit its a ride
OurMajesty
Remember, they watch everything you do, it's how they learn. If you got angry when something goes wrong they will too.
OurMajesty
But if you do the right thing they will pick that up instead
FlameBeard86
I know you mean well, but unasked for advice comes off as condescending. Still, I agree with what you're saying, having already discovered
Freakydarling93
My brother was an only child for 8 years and he is a complete psycho because of the exact reason you say. I didn't get shit though.
iletdrugsdomythings
an only child. Take care these days! 2/2
Freakydarling93
Haven't spoken to him in 3 years and I barely talk to my mum because she can't admit her mistakes and apologise (for recent and past things)
iletdrugsdomythings
Did not expect that, i am 13 years older than my only sister, her coming along knocked all the onlychildness out of me and she is more 1/2
captainpooposter
“Don’t tell me how to raise my kids” is BS. They don’t come with a manual and you need to have empathy, b humble and ready to change.
AdjustedBritishScientificOutrageScale
No kidding... I went in to raising my 2 daughters totally clueless. I think the only reason I'm a decent father today is because I listened.
DmForDucks
Word
Freakydarling93
He would hurt girls but she always asked what they did to him. No consequence, total belief. I thought he'd be a murderer, no a molester.