So I have three kids. And they each have seven courses in their school schedules. And each teacher has emailed me a "welcome to the new school year!" email, a "please read the syllabus and electronically sign HERE" email, and now I'm getting a flood of "what a terrific week we've had!" emails.
FROM TWENTY-ONE TEACHERS. Sixty-three! Sixty-three emails from their schools this week! And there is an automated phone call that comes from them weekly, too, from the principals. JFC. [ETA] I even get them from the P.E. teacher at the middle school. WHY DO I NEED UPDATES ON THIS. Trick question! I don't.
Remember when we were kids (people of my age) and parents didn't give a shit unless it was parent-teacher night? Wait, that was probably just my parents. I might be the only person you know of that had to forge signatures on their report card because my mother couldn't be bothered to sign. (And they were As!)
(And I would like to remind you that my mother also wore her wedding dress to my wedding. That story never gets old, man.)
I PLAN ON DRINKING TONIGHT.
FROM TWENTY-ONE TEACHERS. Sixty-three! Sixty-three emails from their schools this week! And there is an automated phone call that comes from them weekly, too, from the principals. JFC. [ETA] I even get them from the P.E. teacher at the middle school. WHY DO I NEED UPDATES ON THIS. Trick question! I don't.
Remember when we were kids (people of my age) and parents didn't give a shit unless it was parent-teacher night? Wait, that was probably just my parents. I might be the only person you know of that had to forge signatures on their report card because my mother couldn't be bothered to sign. (And they were As!)
(And I would like to remind you that my mother also wore her wedding dress to my wedding. That story never gets old, man.)
I PLAN ON DRINKING TONIGHT.
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I haaaaaaaaaaates it, Precious.
Even then, why do they feel the need to email you about how the week is going? That's what back to school night is for.
Oh, there are a lot of professional mommies in my town. They're rich, they have nothing else to do but chirp and chatter and bring food and glitter to every damn thing. I am not one of them. *hides*
Wait, what?? I don't believe I know this story. Also, that's a LOT OF DAMN EMAILS!!!! Holy shit!! Drink for me!!
Bottoms up!
And my parents couldn't even be bothered with parent/teacher night, so I feel you. ;)
;D
Bring on the drinking, baby! I would raise a gin & tonic to you, but I had too many of those last night.
Mmm, gin and tonic! (Do you ever put lime and ginger in that? Oooooh, so good!) I'm drinking a glass of red tonight - new to me wine, so I'll be sure to post the label for you later! <3 <3 <3
Ahahaha, your sample test made me snort very loudly.
That's crazy. Way crazier than our school. We used to get a lot of those automated calls, but they were to tell us that cindergirl was tardy again, LOL. (NOT ACTUALLY FUNNY) And I don't get any teacher emails. I have had three different meetings this week, though. And school hasn't even started yet.
*toasts you with my non-oaked Chardonnay*
My parents showed up to parent/teacher night high. It was an aces evening all around.
And yeah, out of everything that should be used to judge teachers this one has *numbers* and can be *tracked* so they would probably get in trouble if they refused to send them.
But yeah, my parents were involved in my school years privately and at home. Basically my parents saw my teachers as their peers. Coming to parent-teacher conferences meant catching up with friends/acquaintances.
I wonder if the school(s) would be open to the suggestion that an email digest with the combined info from the teachers of each child be created so that for each child you get one or two emails a week instead of this ridiculous onslaught. There is a balance to be found so that you get good information and communication with the school and they with you--but not such an overwhelming amount that you take one look at your inbox and delete them unopened out of despair. Parents are busy people nowadays with a zillion work related emails so if schools want response it is in their best interest not to overtax parents and thus discourage them from participating.
When Aaron was in middle school we used to get regular calls complaing about him. They were doing team teaching at the time, so it would be the entire team that you'd get to meet with. And they would say the exact say thing every time -
Aaron is disruptive (he tends to walk when he talks), calls out in class, is doing something other than what he's supposed to do
BUT
he's so bright that he'll be fine and we shouldn't worry.
I never know what I was supposed to get out of these sessions. I already knew my kid was immature; at that point, he was 18 months younger than everyone else. So I would nod my head, go home and tell Aaron to please try to still still so he wouldn't bother the other kids.
63 e-mails is way, way excessive. First off, if one of them actually was important, I can pretty much guarantee it would slip through the cracks. And what could they possibly have to write about every single week?
We finally got all of the registration stuff online this year and I could have wept with joy. You only had to make changes, not input everything, if you'd been in the district. OH I WAS SO HAPPY.