bydand
Senior Master
Most of you know that I support teachers in our public schools 99.99% of the time. Again this year my oldest boys have drawn a couple that I am really having a hard time with (a couple of years ago I was bumping heads with one of their teachers as well, but that is the exception and not generally the norm.) This year my oldest son (age 9) has a teacher who is just plain crazy and vastly uneducated. They did a bit on the Great Lakes and my son brought in some photos of the beaches and Lakes of Lake Michigan. His teacher proceeded to tell the class that the water isn't really that color naturally, and that the States surrounding the Great Lakes all pay into a fund to dye the water so it draws more tourism dollars. Nick, bless his heart, spoke up and asked if she had ever seen any of the Great Lakes so she would know how large they are and how it would be impossible to actually color the water. She sent home a note saying he was disruptive and trying to undermine her teaching. A couple weeks later she made a blanket statement that there are no fish that can breath air and live out of water for even a short period of time. Again, Nick raised his hand and asked about the African Lung fish, or the Northern Snakehead. I guess she came unglued on him in class. This is according to other kids in his class, and not him; he came home and quietly asked if he could get on the computer and check out something. When I asked what he wanted to look-up he simply said, "Just to see if there really are fish that can breath air." When pressed a bit further because I could tell something was bothering him, he told me his teacher called him a liar in class and that there were no fish that could breath air and he just wanted to print out a few pages of information about the African Lung fish, the Northern Snakehead, and the Climbing Perch. I was amazed he knew what fish he wanted to look up personally.
The #2 son has one not much better, she is obsessed with folders. Have to have those simple paper folders, even though they don't actually use them :idunno:. So we send in a couple of folders and all is right with the world, if he forgets to have one, or we forget to put one in his backpack, she will send him out of class to go to the office and ask that we bring one to the school for him. He is 7 by the way
What would you do? I am really interested in the teachers thoughts and comments. The oldest is in 4th grade and they only have 2 - 4th grade teachers. The each take a couple of classes and every student has both teachers. I am at a loss, any hints or suggestions? HELP!
The #2 son has one not much better, she is obsessed with folders. Have to have those simple paper folders, even though they don't actually use them :idunno:. So we send in a couple of folders and all is right with the world, if he forgets to have one, or we forget to put one in his backpack, she will send him out of class to go to the office and ask that we bring one to the school for him. He is 7 by the way
What would you do? I am really interested in the teachers thoughts and comments. The oldest is in 4th grade and they only have 2 - 4th grade teachers. The each take a couple of classes and every student has both teachers. I am at a loss, any hints or suggestions? HELP!