Informing the Failures
In the middle of every nine week period, I am required to pass out deficiency notices. These get mailed home to let parents know that their child is in danger of failing my class (and usually many others as well). One little known secret about failing a child is that we are not able to put an "F" on a report card unless we have informed the parents ahead of time that there is a chance the kid could fail. So the deficiency report is our venue.I send a deficiency notice to all kids that have less than a 75% at the time of the reports. I know, it seems harsh to give a kid with a "C" a note that says they could possibly fail my class, but it has happened more time that I want to remember. It is quite easy to go from a "C" to an "F" and then back again. So I cover my own butt by giving just about all the "C" and below students a failing notice. This usually sends them into fits of panic, but they get over it and we all go about our term with big grins on.
Oh, wait a second, no we don't.
We have to deal with parents. Even my students get embarassed by their parents' reactions to hearing their precious offspring isn't doing well. It makes me angry. They always start with "Why did you give my child an 'F'?" Ok, first off, I don't give your kid anying. He or she has earned that "F" by not turning in his/her assignments. All I do is plug numbers into a program that spits out the average.
For some reason, many of my parents blame me for their child's failing grade. One mother has gone so far as to accuse me of throwing her son's work away so he couldn't pass. I have a ridiculuous system to get past accusations like that. I actually check in work as the students turn it in, then I have the student intial in the grade book that he/she did indeed turn in the assignment. Then when I grade that assignment, I replace the initial with a grade. So if a paper is lost by me, then I know that the kid really did turn it in. It also places more of the responsibility of turning in assignments on the student, and less off of me.
Only once in six years have I lost a student's assignment. My baby was teething. She ate a whole pile of book reports. Haha, I thanked her for getting me out of hours of reading boring book reports. I haven't assigned a book report since then either.
So for the last week, and a few more to come, I am going to be bombarded with upset parents. It's at times like this I remind my older daughter to never argue with her teacher (even though I agree that she can be a bit mean and unreasonable). Your life will be much easier as a student if you learn how to kiss your teacher's butt.
Hahahahahahahaha.
posted by lobo5747 @ 5:26 AM
2 Comments:
Ha ha, I always heard "The dog ate my book report." I never thought of "The teacher's kid ate my book report" excuse. LOL. I love it! You're right about the parents, though, most of them can't believe their little dumpling could possibly be screwing off in school instead of paying attention to the teacher like they're supposed to! Ugh! People never cease to amaze me.
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