Re:Teachers Quit Jobs at Highest Rate on Record
by jpatokal on Friday December 28, 2018 @08:17PM
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Non-American here: what happens if the teacher just flatly says no/doesn't answer the emails/calls etc? Are lawsuits against teachers over grades an actual thing in the US now? (In Europe or Australia you'd be laughed out of court for even trying.)
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Re:Teachers Quit Jobs at Highest Rate on Record
by skywhopper on Friday December 28, 2018 @08:22PM
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No such lawsuits are not a thing. I’m sure people threaten it. But it doesn’t happen.
That said, the teachers do have a responsibility to respond to parents. But they should never give in to helicopter parent special requests for extra credit.
Re:Teachers Quit Jobs at Highest Rate on Record
by grecy on Friday December 28, 2018 @09:52PM
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> That said, the teachers do have a responsibility to respond to parents
Are you sure about that?
In my opinion the teachers have a responsibility to do the best damn job they can teaching their students. Meetings, parent emails and "admin paperwork", etc. are all a distant second.
I know my brother pushes back against it, and just says there are not enough hours in the day to respond to the requests of the hundreds of parents of all of his students.