Remember Daughters teacher? We had meetings today

[greenbriar]

Daughter is now sitting with an A

Principal and Teacher and I and daughter had really long discussions.

Teacher is now required to provide a rubric for every assignment as she could not explain grades in Daughter's portfolio!!! She also had 0's for grades that Daughter had clearly graded in her portfolio...My daughter keeps EVERY assignment (mom instilled that in her!!!)

Other students and parents also requested similar meetings.

I was very hesitant about going forward, but now am glad I did!

The lady is severely wacko

[Maat]

1. I'm glad you stuck up for your daughter.

It sounds like very good news.

[JuniperLea]

2. Good for you and good for daughter and good for the principal!

And I sincerely hope the teacher takes this as a learning experience.

What grade is daughter in again?

[greenbriar]

3. 10/11

she is doing 2 years in one and will graduate a year early

[JuniperLea]

10. Excellent!

And she's getting A's to boot! What a great kid... great parent too.

I did half of 11th and all of my senior year in six months, passed the GED, and was in college before my class graduated. I hated high school with a fiery passion! Didn't mind the work, but really couldn't stand the social scene... maybe because I was raised in a Fundy family and could only date guys from our church... but I don't see anything wrong with an accelerated program! Kids need to be challenged!

[alphafemale]

4. Good lord! Is there any chance of getting your daughter out of her clutches entirely???

I smell vengeance and sabotage in the future.

[greenbriar]

25. don't think that she will do that

she knows I have all the right numbers

[sandnsea]

5. Good

There are bad teachers.

[kitkat65]

6. Good for you for calling her on it. You also taught your daughter a valuable

lesson in documentation. I would have loved to have seen teacher's reaction. Did she get defensive at all?

[greenbriar]

7. not like I expected...she was more flustered like a kid who had been caught

stammering and stuttering


I requested a change, but Daughter loves her other classes and teachers and doesn't want to jeopardize them...


this woman is also her Gifted IEP manager...ugggggggggg

[JuniperLea]

11. In my day... the stoned age... it was called...

Enrichment Program... we were never told why we were pulled out of class three times a week and given extra work. Most of us thought we were stupid and needed the extra help! hahaha~! We didn't complain though. We got extra field trips, we ran most of the student newspaper, and many of us were later awarded a tutor's certificate... that's when we started asking questions! It's much better today when kids are told they are gifted. I wouldn't worry too much about that teacher... she's on the principal's radar now! It would be uber stupid to try and retaliate in any way.

[greenbriar]

14. I learned documentation the hard way in college...

had a teacher claim I didn't do a major research paper...I didn't keep them at the time, but hubby the great man he is, pulled it off the computer even tho I thought I had lost it...



from then on, I keep every single piece of paper in every class...


I also tell my students to do the same. I tell them, I am not perfect, I sometimes make mistakes so If you have a paper, and I miss it in the gradebook, show me,I will fix it.




Daughter even did an awesome extra credit project ...this for an English class...

draw four characters from Ceasar

so...

She drew Ceasar, Brutus, Marc Anthony and Casius..

She even put different atttributes such as a long face, muscles, gave them cloaks all of different colors and explained the symbolism of the colors ect...

she got 10 points because "the faces all looked the same" I saw them, they did not...and the lady is not an art teacher...


guuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

8. Good for you!

It's wacko teachers that give the profession a bad name. They must be weeded out, or at least made to be responsible for their actions.

[Richard Steele]

9. Kudos to you, Greenbriar!

I'll save the mini-rant about "wacky incompetent teachers"
for another day, and just say GOOD FOR YOU!

[greenbriar]

12. as a teacher in the same district, I really hated to do it

I also know that she very well may have teachers like this in college


but...


her scholarships and GPA are at stake for some ditz...I couldn't let that stand

[Demeter]

13. Nor Should You or Any Parent

Good job!

[greenbriar]

15. thanks

I really didn't want to do it


as I would eventually like to teach in that building...but


I am a mother first!

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. Strong-armed into an A

Congrats to the daughter....

[greenbriar]

18. not at all

just corrected a mistake



proof is in the documentation!!!

[alcibiades_mystery]

19. Right

Good job.

[greenbriar]

20. whatever

I know what I did was in the best interest of my daughter and others in her class


If you didn't read my other thread...you don't know enough to pass judgment on me!

[alcibiades_mystery]

21. Who's passing judgment?

:shrug:

I read your other thread, by the way, which is why I clicked this one. Do what makes you feel good and advances your daughter's chances, I guess.

[blonndee]

28. Indeed! She and her daughter have got theirs, so...

(fill in the blank)

[greenbriar]

30. yea, its all about me me me

not the other 14 parents that are in line to talk about this too



its no big deal that students have 0's in the grade program that they have graded papers in their possesion that clearly proves that they did the work and the grading was wrong


and other mistakes...


its all about me me me



:sarcasm:

[HCE SuiGeneris]

27. Why don't you elaborate on the point?

Sideways comments really are chicken shit.

[alcibiades_mystery]

32. Awwww

I'm hurt.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

34. How childish.

You insinuate that the course of action pursued by greenbriar is selfish and unwarranted, but do not back up your presumptive position. Then respond with this dribble. Meh.

[alcibiades_mystery]

35. You wanted fighty-fighty?

We can fight about the weather if you want, BD12. Or like, your favorite movie or something.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

36. Ok. You disarmed me.

No more interest in following up...

[Zoigal]

17. Congratulation, Greenbriar...

So happy that all turned out well for your daughter. Know that it must have been
particularly hard for you since you are in the same district.
As one who taught forty years, , i know that there are some in the profession that definitely
don't qualify. Up to the administrations to get rid of them IMO. z

[RiverStone]

22. Good job!

Kids need strong advocates - and nobody is better able than a loving parent.

Did Ms. Wacko teacher give any explanation why she never gave a kid an A??? Or at least acknowledge her unethical grading system?

[greenbriar]

23. she said she had very high expectations...

in her stumbling bumbling way but did not in anyway expound or sound convincing


even the principal felt it

[JerseygirlCT]

24. Good! I'm glad. And the children who have to deal with this

teacher in the future might have benefited from your actions, too.

So many teachers are hard working and truly dedicated. I wish there were a much better, faster way to get rid of the deadwood. It would be much better for the profession as a whole!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

26. Democracy (participation) in action!

Awesome news. :woohoo:

[elehhhhna]

DAng, I've never seen such meanspirited posts on DU than these.

Y'all are MEAN.

Good job, greenbriar. methinks the teacher is a drinker.

[elehhhhna]

29. DAng, I've never seen such meanspirited posts on DU than these.

Y'all are MEAN.

Good job, greenbriar. methinks the teacher is a drinker.

[greenbriar]

31. yes because clearly it is wrong to teach my daughter to stand up for herself

when things are wrong

[LeftyMom]

33. Good for you.

If the teacher was doing her job well, she could have explained why your daughter's grade was what it was, and given a clear explanation of what she'd need to do to get an A.

More importantly, you taught your daughter a lesson about advocating for herself and demanding fair treatment, which will serve her well in future schooling and in her career.

[Gold Metal Flake]

37. So...

It sounds like this teacher is passive-agressive. She has an arbitrary grading system that is not a system but rather a method of denying credit for work done? Her records did not reflect the grading she wrote on papers? IE she graded and returned, then failed to note some of the grades in her permanent records? She claims to have "high standards", yet can not demonstrate this standard system when asked?

Izzat right?

[Hoof Hearted]

38. Thanks so much for going in to bat for your daughter. GOOD JOB MOM!

I remember you said she was hesitant to have you become involved because she avoids conflict but I think you taught her something EXTREMELY important. Sometimes when injustice is being committed you have to stand up and fight, not just for yourself but others as well.

AWESOME. I'm so happy for you both.

[greenbriar]

39. exactly right

infact, right before we were supposed to meet, daughter said "lets just forget about it, I will just try to do more extra credit...


I said that is a great attitude, but this time we need to make it right