A few days ago
Anonymous

Does the teacher need to apologize?

My 5th grade child had notes & emails sent to me because she had ” Missing Papers”. Well I found the paper in with her graded paper that have been sent home over the weeks. (Glad I Keep Them) I sent a note along with ALL the papers my child got in trouble over. Suddenly with in a few hours, went on line to check and All her grades went up. I mean from 48 up to 70.From 59 up to 95. I was not given an explination. She just did not LOG the grades. I punished my child for not keeping up with her papers and not making an effort. I have a conferance with the teacher in the morning. Just wonder if I should ask her to apologize to my child. It is HER fault my child was punished. That how I feel about it anyways.

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A few days ago
eclipsegt_01_03

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It may not totally be her fault that your child was punished, but she should apologize to you anyway. That would be the right thing to do.
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A few days ago
blueseven22578
Sure, the teacher should say she’s sorry. But you have to understand that these email alerts and things like that are normally not sent out by the teacher. It is an automatic thing done by the program. Me for example, I have no planning periods, and I only have about 15 minutes for lunch. I have practice after school until 4:30. Many nights I have meetings at 7. I often have parades on Saturdays. I try to go in every Sunday morning and get caught up, but it doesn’t always happen. So sometimes I don’t get grades entered until after the due date that was entered. I finally had to put in a very late due date on the computer, even though the work was actually due much earlier.

However, when you got the alerts, did you ask your child about it? What did she say? Did you believe her? If you did, did you call the teacher and ask about it? Or did you just automatically punish her with no questions asked. Yes, I realize you were misled, and it shouldn’t have happened. But…if you punished her and she shouldn’t have been, then maybe you should make it up to her. I’m not defending the teacher here. It could be that she’s a lousy teacher, I don’t know. But you should give her (and your daughter) the benefit of the doubt before you jump to conclusions.

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A few days ago
cliff1224
First your child wasn’t punished by the teacher that was you. Yes I think the teacher should apologize for the error but the punishment the teacher had no control over.

Your child is ten so she should have known if she did the work or not. She should have spoken up to the teacher and told you that yes she had done them.

Just saying it’s not all the teachers fault on the punishment.

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A few days ago
peytonbarclay
I agree with you. Depending on how the teacher’s note was worded (apparently no misunderstanding on your part), it sounds like the teacher blamed your child for their own irresponsibility! How in heck did the teacher assign any grades anyway if they didn’t have the paper at some point in time? It sounds like the teacher is clearly at fault, and both you and your child are due an apology. Wait and see first if the teacher offers an apology before asking for one.
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A few days ago
theseeker4
Yes, you should apologize to your child as well though, as you should have checked the papers that were returned BEFORE you punished her. You are guilty of the same thing your daughter’s teacher is, maybe more so, as her teacher couldn’t as easily look at the papers (since you had them) to make sure they were really completed.
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A few days ago
Mr. Keating
That may not be all together true. Have you considered the possibility that your child put the papers in there? My wife teaches 5th grade, and her students do that on occasion. I’m not saying your child did, but it isn’t unheard of. In any case, I wouldn’t expect an appology if it is the teacher’s fault. I’m sure that it is well deserved, but I wouldn’t demand one. That could put strain on the student/teacher relationship. It could also put a bad taste in the teacher’s mouth for you.
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A few days ago
mamaw2305
Tell the teacher that your child had been punished for her mistakes and you think that it would mean a lot to your child if she apologizes to her.As you want to make things right between you and your child.Then apologize to your child and tell her you are sorry and if this happens again that you will look into it before you let it happen again The teacher should do the right thing and tell her she is sorry
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A few days ago
Gangsta
That is the teachers fault and not yours. The teacher should take responsibility to keep track up papers handed in. If she can not for fill this she shouldn’t be a teacher. So yes the teacher should apologize to your child about her error. I hope this helpds you!
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A few days ago
jdeekdee
She should defiantely apologize. Yes everyone is bombarded with too much work, can’t keep up with everything, etc.

But, when your child ‘supposedly’ could not keep up with everything, she paid for this mistake by having bad grades.

So in turn, the teacher should pay for this mistake because it was her mistake.

Make sure you write down everything that has happened, just to keep in case this comes up again. Also, write down everything that is said in that meeting so teacher wont’ come back and say ‘I didn’t say that’.

In the meeting ask the teacher what she is going to do to make sure this doesn’t happen again. And write down what she says.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
Most definately she should apologize,especially if the child was unfairly punished. Everyone makes mistakes and she should hone up to that and admit her unperfectness.A simple sorry can speak volumes!!!
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