Dear So and So

[mimitabby]

Wow, that's really nasty. At least I'm spared of the farting. Hah, as I was in the process of writing about how I think Mr. McPhlegm has stopped his coughing/throat clearing, he turned towards me and did it again. Something has to be done. The onsite nurse has posted all these 'cough ettiquette' signs around the company, I've photo copied them and I think I'm going to wall paper his desk with them. Think he'd get it?

nope, you need to spray Lysol immediately after he does one of those things. He probably does NOT have a CLUE that it distresses you.

[Tri Girl]

Dear irresponsible/lazy parents,
please stop expecting public and private schools to raise your children for you, by teaching them things that should be taught at home (manners, values, discipline, social skills, sex ed, and alcohol and drug awareness). We're really busy trying to teach them academics, and all these other things take up many hours of our year and require us to have less time to teach the needed skills your child will need to be successful in the world. We are drastically falling behind on the world scene.
If you are responsible or have already received this message, please disregard.
Sincerely,
time-starved teachers everywhere


while I realize that certainly not ALL parents fit this bill, sadly the numbers are rising dramatically over the years (at least in the 11 years I've been teaching).

[IFjane]

Dear irresponsible/lazy parents,
please stop expecting public and private schools to raise your children for you, by teaching them things that should be taught at home (manners, values, discipline, social skills, sex ed, and alcohol and drug awareness). We're really busy trying to teach them academics, and all these other things take up many hours of our year and require us to have less time to teach the needed skills your child will need to be successful in the world. We are drastically falling behind on the world scene.
If you are responsible or have already received this message, please disregard.
Sincerely,
time-starved teachers everywhere


while I realize that certainly not ALL parents fit this bill, sadly the numbers are rising dramatically over the years (at least in the 11 years I've been teaching).

I'm with you, Tri! I taught for 11 years, now in admin. for 6 and we are seeing it more and more. Between what some parents do not do for their kids & what the kids see when they are watching the Great American Babysitter, we have our work cut out for us!

[mimitabby]

I wish i could remember the movie, but it was rated R.
my 2nd grade son (this was 1990 ish) brought home a permission sliip from school
to watch a rated R movie (it was an action-adventure story) I had an absolute
FIT!
So now MY kid looks bad because i don't want him watching rated R movies.
I was the only mom who complained. I don't think they got to watch the movie.
(it could have been Raiders of the lost ark)

[IFjane]

Mimi - we hear/see it all the time. We have PRESCHOOLERS talking about the movies they watch & they are seeing things I don't want to see. Not only is it making our jobs much more difficult but it is having lasting effects on young minds who are not sufficiently developed to process what they are seeing on the screen. Sad.

Thanks for being the one mom who stood up and said no!

[mtbdarby]

My preschooler got into Pokemon when a big kid brought in a gameboy to dc. I thought it was too violent for him so I told him he couldn't watch it. So his dad bought him a movie. Now when he gets frustrated he tells me how "stupid" he is and that he's a "loser". Right from pokemon. Thanks ex - now you know why you're an ex..

[mimitabby]

Mimi - we hear/see it all the time. We have PRESCHOOLERS talking about the movies they watch & they are seeing things I don't want to see. Not only is it making our jobs much more difficult but it is having lasting effects on young minds who are not sufficiently developed to process what they are seeing on the screen. Sad.

Thanks for being the one mom who stood up and said no!

Yeppers, due to the fact that we had two ACTIVE boys, ALL the teachers knew us as did the principals and even some vice principals.
ahem. We were VERY involved.