Now that I am the de facto father figure for my girlfriend's ten year old son, I am getting a education in the modern school system. Seems like the national scholastic battle cry is "If it ain't standardized tested, it ain't taught!!" But that's another topic.
Anyway, I just returned from my first parent-teacher conference, and after being on my most intelligent-sounding behavior for 45 minutes, I am having a few beers and dealing with the stress. For those of you with kids, how do you refer to their teacher? Mrs Russell or Cheryl? I feel like a douche calling her Mrs Russell, we're both professionals, adults, etc., so I should go with first name basis but my natural inclination is to go with the surname.
Sorry, waaaaay off the motorcycle topic, but you're the only people I can talk to! Not really, according to my girlfriend I should bug her about shit like this...
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Bigshankhank
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Uncle Bob
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I have a lot of friends who are teachers, principals, etc. They call each other Mr or Mrs when they are at school, so I think that's probably the route you should go. For instance, they might say to each other ,
"I got pretty fucked up last night Mr Williams". "I can tell Mr Green, you look like shit today".
"I got pretty fucked up last night Mr Williams". "I can tell Mr Green, you look like shit today".
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Uncle Bob wrote: "I got pretty fucked up last night Mr Williams". "I can tell Mr Green, you look like shit today".
rofl. i can just see, maybe, some of my old grade school teachers talking like that. would explains some stuff really yknow?
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liablemtl
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Yup... that's how I generally approach it, unless they ask to be called by their first name.
My son's kindergarten teacher was unbelieveably hot. Smokin' hot. Ungodly hot... damn, she was fine. The only thing missing was some height... she was kinda short... but that's ok because she was hot! My son's 2nd grade teacher was hot too... not as hot as his kindergarten teacher... but fine, none the less.
Anyway... where was I going with this? Oh yeah... welcome to parenthood. My kid seems to be exceptionally smart and extremely well behaved... which means I'm gonna have a felon on my hands by the time he's old enough to drive.
Public schools are extremely disappointing. It's hard to find good teachers in the mix who want to do more than take home a paycheck. I'm not trying to undermine teachers... it's just that I think few of them genuinely want to teach our kids... most of them are either burned out with the kids, burned out with the parents, or burned out with the administration. The whole thing ends up being the "puppy mill" mentality. It's best to take an interest, a real interest, in what your kid is doing and learning and try to expound on everything they're injesting to make the lessons real and so they make sense of what they are learning...
Does that make sense? Hell... Me and the Captain have been enjoying a few too many cokes tonight...
I'll just shut the hell up now.
My son's kindergarten teacher was unbelieveably hot. Smokin' hot. Ungodly hot... damn, she was fine. The only thing missing was some height... she was kinda short... but that's ok because she was hot! My son's 2nd grade teacher was hot too... not as hot as his kindergarten teacher... but fine, none the less.
Anyway... where was I going with this? Oh yeah... welcome to parenthood. My kid seems to be exceptionally smart and extremely well behaved... which means I'm gonna have a felon on my hands by the time he's old enough to drive.
Public schools are extremely disappointing. It's hard to find good teachers in the mix who want to do more than take home a paycheck. I'm not trying to undermine teachers... it's just that I think few of them genuinely want to teach our kids... most of them are either burned out with the kids, burned out with the parents, or burned out with the administration. The whole thing ends up being the "puppy mill" mentality. It's best to take an interest, a real interest, in what your kid is doing and learning and try to expound on everything they're injesting to make the lessons real and so they make sense of what they are learning...
Does that make sense? Hell... Me and the Captain have been enjoying a few too many cokes tonight...
I'll just shut the hell up now.-
Ames
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As a licensed educator I, for one, can't stand the trend of nationalized testing. I think it's taking education in this country in entirely the wrong direction. But hell, look at the administration that's pushing it.
Generally I think the best rule to follow is to see how the teacher introduces themselves and address them by the name they offer you. When meeting with parents I generally will shake their hand and say, "I'm Ames and it's a pleasure to meet with you." It lets them know how I prefir to be addressed and is cordial.
I agree there are a lot of educators out there who are burned out, and I blame the administration that we have to deal with day in and day out. Our curriculem is dictated by politicians who don't understand what the education process is, or what the priorties should be. We also have to deal with a lot of negative parents who feel their little angel would never be disruptive and that because their child was slashing tires in the faculty parking lot it's because of something WE did. Or, my favorite scenario, "Why did you fail my kid?" Gee, could it be that he never turned in any assignments all year and all of the phone calls and letters I sent you weren't responded to? NAH! I won't even go into the number of threats I've received from parents (it's always fun to watch their faces when I don't back down and throw it back at them ).
BigshankHank, hang in there and keep going to those conferences. It may be a hassle, but in the long run it will make a difference. You're doing a good thing.
BTW, the best place to hit on teachers is at the FAC's. Man do they throw them back!
Generally I think the best rule to follow is to see how the teacher introduces themselves and address them by the name they offer you. When meeting with parents I generally will shake their hand and say, "I'm Ames and it's a pleasure to meet with you." It lets them know how I prefir to be addressed and is cordial.
I agree there are a lot of educators out there who are burned out, and I blame the administration that we have to deal with day in and day out. Our curriculem is dictated by politicians who don't understand what the education process is, or what the priorties should be. We also have to deal with a lot of negative parents who feel their little angel would never be disruptive and that because their child was slashing tires in the faculty parking lot it's because of something WE did. Or, my favorite scenario, "Why did you fail my kid?" Gee, could it be that he never turned in any assignments all year and all of the phone calls and letters I sent you weren't responded to? NAH! I won't even go into the number of threats I've received from parents (it's always fun to watch their faces when I don't back down and throw it back at them
).BigshankHank, hang in there and keep going to those conferences. It may be a hassle, but in the long run it will make a difference. You're doing a good thing.
BTW, the best place to hit on teachers is at the FAC's. Man do they throw them back!
Cheers,
Ames.
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I'm working in Internationall** school here(not a teacher..just a security guard)..
So as far as I know general rule is stick with formal.
Mr. Mrs,Miss is OK.. Everything else is just between the parents..
**read American
So as far as I know general rule is stick with formal.
Mr. Mrs,Miss is OK.. Everything else is just between the parents..
**read American
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Bigshankhank
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Well Ames she went with Cheryl so Cheryl it is, just wanted to check my etiquette, which is the secondary mission of this board I've noticed.
As for the kid, we are trying, but as my Dad used to say, "He's ate up with the dumbass" which of course necessitated the meeting. Alas he can pass the yearly standardized tests so he passes on to the next grade (6th next year) without knowing how to spell simple words like "skip" nor how to perform division functions. Of course as a former copy editor (college news rag) and having a pseudo-engineering degree, those two flaws aggravate the living hell out of me.
BTW the teacher is not hot but there is a 3rd grade teacher at his school who literally made my jaw drop, which of course my GF noticed and hasn't let me forget.
As for the kid, we are trying, but as my Dad used to say, "He's ate up with the dumbass" which of course necessitated the meeting. Alas he can pass the yearly standardized tests so he passes on to the next grade (6th next year) without knowing how to spell simple words like "skip" nor how to perform division functions. Of course as a former copy editor (college news rag) and having a pseudo-engineering degree, those two flaws aggravate the living hell out of me.
BTW the teacher is not hot but there is a 3rd grade teacher at his school who literally made my jaw drop, which of course my GF noticed and hasn't let me forget.
It's time for Humankind to ditch the imaginary friends of our species' childhood and grow the fuck up.
-Davros
"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"
Let me sacrifice your soul to the ruler of darkness
Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.
-Davros
"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"
Let me sacrifice your soul to the ruler of darkness
Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.
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Ames
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Ames
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That was Roy Orbison! Blasphemer!SidVicious wrote:Pretty Woman?Ames wrote:This reminds me of a VanHalen song. You know the one.
Cheers,
Ames.
Whatever doesn't kill you, only makes you...stranger!
Quid Ita Serius?
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Ames.
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Quid Ita Serius?
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originally, but VH did cover the song.Ames wrote:That was Roy Orbison! Blasphemer!SidVicious wrote:Pretty Woman?Ames wrote:This reminds me of a VanHalen song. You know the one.
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Nothing beats a hangover like kitten love -guitargeek
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Ames
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Nuh uh! They didn't. Like the first (and of course ONLY) Highlander movie, "There can be only one!" Anything else you claim is purely a figment of your imagination.SidVicious wrote:originally, but VH did cover the song.Ames wrote:That was Roy Orbison! Blasphemer!SidVicious wrote:Pretty Woman?Ames wrote:This reminds me of a VanHalen song. You know the one.
Cheers,
Ames.
Whatever doesn't kill you, only makes you...stranger!
Quid Ita Serius?
You never know how much you appreciate your civil liberties until they've been violated.
Ames.
Whatever doesn't kill you, only makes you...stranger!
Quid Ita Serius?
You never know how much you appreciate your civil liberties until they've been violated.
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maniacles
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Ettiquette?!!! On THIS board? Fuck that!!! (Can't even spell it!)
Not if I have anything to say about it!
But then I am kinda the John Belushi of the group.
Public school can be nothing more than tax sponsored daycare. The only way to break that trend, at least for your kid, is to get involved! Volunteer, keep going to conferences, communicate with the teachers and other parents. The staff may actually remember why they got into teaching again and begin to give a damn.
I'm really lucky, Jeffco schools are well run, well funded and the staff is "mostly" fantastic!
Not if I have anything to say about it!
But then I am kinda the John Belushi of the group.
Public school can be nothing more than tax sponsored daycare. The only way to break that trend, at least for your kid, is to get involved! Volunteer, keep going to conferences, communicate with the teachers and other parents. The staff may actually remember why they got into teaching again and begin to give a damn.
I'm really lucky, Jeffco schools are well run, well funded and the staff is "mostly" fantastic!
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liablemtl
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Maniacles has got it. Stay involved in your kids school and he'll do fine. Once you stop showing interest in his education... so will he. That's what happened to me... which is why I ended up getting kicked out of public high school for the 3rd and final time. But that's another bleeding heart crybaby story for another time.