tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post2093773728208792777..comments2023-11-22T05:51:28.934+00:00Comments on Frank Chalk: Parents EveningMr Chalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02300002644366743672noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-66003782288305407752009-12-20T20:31:19.106+00:002009-12-20T20:31:19.106+00:00As a French teacher in France, I am pretty sure th...As a French teacher in France, I am pretty sure that if you didn't have freedom to choose schools, teachers would more easily tell parents that they have a serious problem with their child. Mobile phones should be banned from primary and secondary schools, anyway. If families are just like customers shopping, then you have a serious issue in your system ! It should be very clear that school is not to be run like a business... and our bloody president (I'd rather have your queen, tells a lot) wants to go your way !Marcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-85814075959141589042009-12-07T18:21:10.840+00:002009-12-07T18:21:10.840+00:00I can do without little Tyson sitting with his oar...I can do without little Tyson sitting with his oarents at parents' evening too. I am turning my head from side to side, switching from "he" to "you" and desperately trying to gauge whether Mum and possibly-Dad are going to thump me or Tyson for what i am trying to tell them between interruptions of "WotEVVa", "butbutbutbut", tossed heads and rolled eyeballs.Lilyofthefieldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-11957948380334839592009-12-07T09:25:40.208+00:002009-12-07T09:25:40.208+00:00The other problem is that most parents (especially...The other problem is that most parents (especially Dwayne's and Chantelle's) don't understand educational lingo. If they hear "....is trying hard to follow instructions" they think their little bruiser really IS trying hard at soemthing, when it means that they're an absolute menace who can't and won't do as they're told. If they hear "XYZ are making an efford to apply themselves more actively" they think their darlings are making an effort to work when they're clearly just mking an effort to send of SMS during lessons....<br />Teachss should be allowed to talk truthfully and call a spade a spade, and bad behaviour shouldn't be labelled "challenging" because most parents simply don't get the message tht way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-30734998398137122742009-12-03T19:33:23.095+00:002009-12-03T19:33:23.095+00:00Absolutely spot-on. The parents who the teachers w...Absolutely spot-on. The parents who the teachers want and need to see almost never turn up. This lack of effort and interest is, of course, why the other problems exist.Margaret Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910776236752629334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-70162653472645578062009-12-03T19:31:19.614+00:002009-12-03T19:31:19.614+00:00Thing is, if Parent-Teacher (I use the word "...Thing is, if Parent-Teacher (I use the word "teacher" without expectation of qualification) Consultations, as we grandly called ours, were in the middle of the day, I'd take unpaid leave to attend.<br /><br />Most of our parents have f*ck all else to do, live half a mile away and still can't be arsed.<br /><br />I remember being alarmed that Son1 seemed to be doing so poorly at Science in Y7 when he did the extension paper SATs in Y6 and was hoping to (indeed did) make a career out of it. Turned out that his first name was the same a s the class asshole and his second name differed only slightly. Good job I can read quickly-concealed markbooks upside-down, innit.Lilyofthefieldnoreply@blogger.com