I had a difficult meeting with the teacher.
We were meeting to discuss programming - long story short, she cannot change how math is done (it is in the "curriculuum"), even though that way is not the best for my son (indeed, it is slowly turning him off math, which is really sad). She said she "would keep an eye on the situation", whatever that means.
She harped on and on about his disorganisation. Yes, he is disorganised, I know this. She said she was going to be "coming down hard" on this. Excuse me? I told her - there are two routes she can take with this - consequences or rewards for good behaviour. I would prefer the rewards for good behaviour. DS goes to school half days (yes, he is home-schooled half days) - The teacher said due to the time of day he comes into class - it is very difficult to find time to give out positive re-inforcement (umm...if you can find the time to "come down hard" you can find the time to do positive re-inforcement....
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Lastly, we had a little disagreement towards the end of class. Get this:
DS's classmate spilled juice on DS's table, thus ruining his name-tag. Ds told classmate to clean it up, classmate did not, everyone packed up and went home.
Well, the teacher is mad at him for not cleaning or having his classmate clean his desk, as the desk is his responsability. Furthermore, she wants DS to create a new name tag. I told her in no uncertain terms that Sam should not be held responsable for this, that is the classmates job to clean it up and create a new name tag as it is the classmate who ruined it. ARG!
I am mostly venting. Input is welcome, but this is, mostly , a vent.
Kathy
Edited to add: She even said:
" I am a big proponent of HS. I wish I could do it, but I can't afford to"
WTF? How is this relevant? I am not sure if she has a case of sour grapes or if she is trying to hint that I should homeschool full time.
We were meeting to discuss programming - long story short, she cannot change how math is done (it is in the "curriculuum"), even though that way is not the best for my son (indeed, it is slowly turning him off math, which is really sad). She said she "would keep an eye on the situation", whatever that means.
She harped on and on about his disorganisation. Yes, he is disorganised, I know this. She said she was going to be "coming down hard" on this. Excuse me? I told her - there are two routes she can take with this - consequences or rewards for good behaviour. I would prefer the rewards for good behaviour. DS goes to school half days (yes, he is home-schooled half days) - The teacher said due to the time of day he comes into class - it is very difficult to find time to give out positive re-inforcement (umm...if you can find the time to "come down hard" you can find the time to do positive re-inforcement....
: )Lastly, we had a little disagreement towards the end of class. Get this:
DS's classmate spilled juice on DS's table, thus ruining his name-tag. Ds told classmate to clean it up, classmate did not, everyone packed up and went home.
Well, the teacher is mad at him for not cleaning or having his classmate clean his desk, as the desk is his responsability. Furthermore, she wants DS to create a new name tag. I told her in no uncertain terms that Sam should not be held responsable for this, that is the classmates job to clean it up and create a new name tag as it is the classmate who ruined it. ARG!
I am mostly venting. Input is welcome, but this is, mostly , a vent.
Kathy
Edited to add: She even said:
" I am a big proponent of HS. I wish I could do it, but I can't afford to"
WTF? How is this relevant? I am not sure if she has a case of sour grapes or if she is trying to hint that I should homeschool full time.
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. That said, teachers do still have some freedom when it comes to HOW the material is presented. I have coworkers who nominally use our district's text, but "supplement" with their own (different) stuff.
