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Feb 05, 2009 at 06:00 PM
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My son came home from school with an additional 350 Spanish words to define because another kid was acting up. The other kid was irritating the teacher on purpose because "I don't care, I'm not going to do them anyway."
My son has been working very hard to keep his grades up, he's getting his driver's license and his grades affect our insurance rates (a rant for another day). This type of peer pressure doesn't work! I'm SO tired of having my son doing homework until all hours of the night because OTHER kids are acting up. It's the same bleeping kids in every class. Whatever happened to kicking those kids out of the class and having the principal and parents deal with them? __________________ I've been married for 24 years and have four wonderful children. |
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Feb 05, 2009 at 11:21 PM
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I understand your frustration and I recommend that you talk to his teacher about your concern and if it gets you no where then request a meeting with the principal you and the teacher - it always worked for me.
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Feb 05, 2009 at 11:27 PM
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Wow, that stinks to be your son.
I'm surprised the problem kids havn't been punched or something already. (...or maybe my school & peers are just intolerant of idiots who get everyone in trouble?) Sadly, teachers and other authority figures will punish the whole group for the actions of a few because they either feel too overwhelmed to deal with the individual students (big schools) or they think the other kids will peer pressure them into stopping (used by a lot of high school teachers actually) and I think you are right in that this kind of peer pressure doesn't work |
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Feb 06, 2009 at 12:46 AM
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I sent this particular teacher an email tonight. Part of the problem in this class is her fault. She likes to be "one of the guys". She's on the kids' facebooks and gets involved in their love lives and things of that nature. They don't see her as an authority figure.
This would be concidered a pretty small school, but these teachers are stuck on that peer pressure punishment thing. It doesn't work, at least not for my kids. My daughter was the leader type, but she was in AP classes so she didn't have to put up with that type of nonsense. I think this wheel has to start making some noise again. Time to break in the new principle if it continues. The frustrating thing is that these 3 boys have been causing trouble since the third grade. __________________ I've been married for 24 years and have four wonderful children. |
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Feb 06, 2009 at 12:50 AM
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Feb 06, 2009 at 01:50 AM
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Kick her up the bum .......
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Feb 06, 2009 at 11:51 AM
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When my children were in school I had a similar issue, while it wasn't the others kids acting up, it was one particular teacher always had the kids work in groups on projects and reports, etc. Everyone in the group got the same grade....my kid did all the work. I met with the teacher, he didn't know any other way to do it, he said he chose the groups and would put one person in each group that he knew would see to it that the work got done. That was unacceptable to me. I went to the principal and spoke to her and explained what was going on. Needless to say, things changed and the teacher was not allowed to do that any more. He could still chose the groups and put one person in each group that he knew would do it, but he could not grade them the same. I still hated that my kid had to do all the work, but at least they got the credit and not the ones who did nothing. I would talk with the teacher and principal. Not sure how big your school district is, but I spoke with the superintendent at times on a couple different issues. Don't give up and stick to your guns! 
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Feb 06, 2009 at 01:50 PM
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I second what Rhapsody said about talking to the teacher and if necessary the principal.
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Feb 06, 2009 at 02:51 PM
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The email to the teacher was very effective. I was preparing myself for battle.
__________________ I've been married for 24 years and have four wonderful children. |
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Feb 06, 2009 at 03:18 PM
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Can't wait for the next episode lol......
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