people will click anything

[tyler811]

EDIT

Wow PT Barnum was right, one every minute. Amazing how the herd so goes most everyone else. Raised my post count though

 

[dabuddha]

Teacher needs to apologize. It's an honest mistake and I don't see any reason why she shouldn't.

 

[zoiks]

Let it go. Teachers are human too. How'd they know that you grounded your kid. And how come your kid never told you that he actually gave the test?

 

[ViviTheMage]

Not sure how old he is, but he should have questioned it to his teacher...or the parents should have (you guys )

teacher's make mistakes too!

 

[thomsbrain]

Fuck the teacher, go to the principle about it. You'll probably get the same direct result (an apology), but the principle needs to know when his teachers make mistakes that large. It could be part or the start of a pattern of negligence.

 

[Baked]

E = Excellent Health! Learn to read grades old man.

 

[yllus]

Tallying final grades is an extremely hectic time for a teacher - I'd be leaning towards cutting her some slack and instead using the parent-teacher meeting to laugh the whole thing away. Making demands of her isn't likely to go well.

 

[sdifox]

You can explain the situation and ask her if she could apologise to your kid? I don't see why she would not. But ask, not demand.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: zoiks
Let it go. Teachers are human

actually, they're dancer.

 

[silverpig]

Why you waited 2 weeks to check is beyond me... As soon as I saw that "E" I would have gone online to figure out what the problem was.

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: zoiks
Let it go. Teachers are human too. How'd they know that you grounded your kid. And how come your kid never told you that he actually gave the test?

He did tell me about the test as I written on the post "He remembered the test" which was to say he remembered taking the test. I should have clarified that.

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: Baked
E = Excellent Health! Learn to read grades old man.

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: zoiks
Let it go. Teachers are human

actually, they're dancer.

Yeps. Also if they had souls then they wouldn't be soldiers.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: zoiks

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: zoiks
Let it go. Teachers are human

actually, they're dancer.

Yeps. Also if they had souls then they wouldn't be soldiers.

:Q You can read my mind

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: tyler811
I hit the roof but was calm when discussing this with him.

Which was it? I'm guessing the former, since your punishment seems, at least to me, to have been a little draconian.

I think part of the reason you're still mad is that YOU effed-up. Sure, she did, too, but angrily confronting her (and let's face it, your actions expose point to the high possibility of edging over into anger when you talk to her) can only have negative consequences.

Let it go. Don't even talk to her at all. You know, or should know, that you won't be able to truly, fully restrain yourself, don't you

What you need to do is to make it up to your son. Go do that and let the rest go, please.

 

[JTsyo]

If your kid is in HS it's his fault of not keeping track of his own grades. Younger than that you really can't expect it of them. The teacher screwed up and should have double checked grades that seem low.

Off-topic: I never seen an E grade before, it's always been A,B,C,D and F.

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: sdifox
You can explain the situation and ask her if she would apologise to your kid? I don't see why she would not. But ask, not demand.

Well as an adult I would figure that she should do it without asking. All the teachers know my wife and I as we attend every parent/teacher conference. They know we would not tolerate such a grade

 

[apac]

Maybe use this as an exercise in trust with your son? Next time let him try to figure out what happened before losing your cool and issuing punishment.

edit: although you should tell him that it's his responsibility to look into this sort of thing. In 3 weeks he never once talked to the teacher about it?

 

[jamesbond007]

Hmm...female teacher for a health class...I don't think I have to say it because everyone on this forum should know where this will go.

EDIT: Oh, and seriously, why didn't you seek the online grade book sooner or ask the teacher about it right away instead of letting it slide so long? Personally, I would have asked for my son's story first and then call the teacher or school about it. Right away. ESPECIALLY if my son is normally in the A and B range...

 

[Insomniator]

Health isn't a real class anyway.

 

[her209]

Shouldn't you have been constantly checking his/her homeworks and test scores?

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007
Hmm...female teacher for a health class...I don't think I have to say it because everyone on this forum should know where this will go.

I don't. Please explain.

 

[zoiks]

Btw, OP. You now need to buy your kid a car to make up.

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Why you waited 2 weeks to check is beyond me... As soon as I saw that "E" I would have gone online to figure out what the problem was.

We are open and honest with our son as would expext the same with him. We do not check his grades because we have never had to. He writes in planner everyday and we check it and his homework every day.

 

[Chiropteran]

Originally posted by: tyler811
Three weeks ago my son brought home his mid term progress report.


...


So we grounded him to the house with no PC, no cartoons, no phone calls, no friends and he could not go to his friends overnight B-Day party. Plus the next weekend he missed a school event at the high school swimming pool with games, pizza, friends and movies. Along with the other things I mentioned.

So it wasn't even a report card? I think you overreacted a bit. I could see blaming it on the teacher if it was, you know, maybe an actual report card, but a BS mid term progress report?

Poor kid was probably afraid to argue with you, otherwise I don't see why he didn't defend himself and explain that he should have had a higher grade.