Interesting dynamic when your child treats you like an unsupportive middle manager.
Swaggles121 on
“so now here we are” 😂 I’m wheezing
Impuls1ve on
Pretty professionally exasperated, but also fair.
TheRainStopped on
Per my last PowerSchool,
arkham1010 on
I kinda hate the fact that I get instant updates on my kids grades. It just encourages myself and my wife to hover over them.
I’d rather not know and have them handle their own education and pass or fail on their own merits rather than me nagging them to turn in homework.
Lightarc on
Sounds like he did hand it in (if late), and the stepmom won’t take “The teacher hasn’t graded it yet” as an answer, so honestly, solid move. Remove yourself as the middleman by putting the concerned party directly in touch with the person who can do something about it.
danielpants on
please do the needful.
unk214 on
Kid out here writing more professional emails than some college students.
Cohen_TheBarbarian on
Honestly, at 12, this is great executive function! Good for him!
Duece09 on
As a parent of a child of similar age, I can attest to this exact thing haha.
TimHarg on
As a teacher who retired two years ago, I can tell you from experience that this isn’t even slightly out of the ordinary. CC’ing the adult is a clear sign that the adults also fully expect the assignment to be graded.
With that being said, if the kid did the essay, and the deadline for posting grades hasn’t passed, why wouldn’t you grade it? I certainly would have and did on many, many occasions.
hard_rock_bottom on
As a teacher I would like to tell you I get emails like this pretty often.
JasonDetwiler on
This is a constant struggle with my son’s math teacher. Im showing him this now
Mikesaidit36 on
Future Attorney.
RiffyWammel on
Just one step away from the giddy heights of ‘as per my last email…’ 😆
katonda on
“Sincerely,
Get Outlook for iOS”
mhammaker on
I just realized a 12 year old was born in 2014. I’m old.
JuanaBlanca on
Good for him. The homework sitting on “missing” in Canvas is the bane of my existence. Because sometimes it’s just that it hasn’t been graded. Sometimes it’s a glitch. Sometimes it was an optional assignment but there’s no way for me to tell. And sometimes it’s actually missing, and then 2 weeks later I get a nasty gram from the teacher.
P3ACH3AT3R on
this kid rips
FullGuarantee4767 on
“…so now we are here” is fucking gold.
drinkmoredrano on
Kid is a future project manager
Yazzypoo101 on
I had a teacher give me Zeroes on At least three assignments in a single 9 weeks. I had to DIG for them from a huge pile of assignments the teacher had lying around. Maybe I should’ve sent him an email and CCd my mom instead.
AcctAlreadyTaken on
The only note I would include to the kid is next time change “bothering’ to “questioning”. That way the stepmom/mom wouldn’t have anything to come back at him for. Other than that its solid IMO.
my_angry_alt on
Kid is ready for dealing with middle management in corporate America.
The_Bitter_Bear on
Haha, I love it.
This kid is already equipped to handle a middle/micro-manager later in life.
healthywenis on
Fuck PowerSchool
F8Tempter on
just a straight shooter with upper management written all over him.
GonzoSF on
Omg this kid is ready for worklife 😂
RepulsiveStill177 on
So now here we are! Rest of your life my dude!
Beginning_Box7976 on
Hey shout out to the stepmom keeping those kids on top of it!
kohlscustoms on
As a parent and a teacher I understand and sympathize with everyone involved in this post. Student, teacher and step mom.
grmrsan on
Lol, my daughter has sent almost identical emails 🤣
We did work on better phrasing to get better responses from the reciever though.
Lizdance40 on
Good on him!
My son’s teacher had given him a zero on an assignment but my son insisted that he did. My son brought in all of his work for the class and found the assignment and it had been graded. Teachers make mistakes.
jboucs on
Actually totally relatable…
*Qualifications: mom with a 12 year old son that refuses to hand in homework he HAS LITERALLY ALREADY COMPLETED, and finds it acceptable to get a 40/100 on it, because of it.
Voratus on
When I was in probably 7th grade I had a writing assignment I didn’t want to do, so I didn’t. Got marked 0 and mid semester a near failing notice was sent to my folks.
Long story shorter, I went in to apologize and ask if I could now do that paper, but said something like “my parents said to apologize and see if i could still turn it in”
Because like the kid here, I still didn’t want to do any of that, I just had to, and wasn’t about to make it sound like this was my choice.
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Interesting dynamic when your child treats you like an unsupportive middle manager.
“so now here we are” 😂 I’m wheezing
Pretty professionally exasperated, but also fair.
Per my last PowerSchool,
I kinda hate the fact that I get instant updates on my kids grades. It just encourages myself and my wife to hover over them.
I’d rather not know and have them handle their own education and pass or fail on their own merits rather than me nagging them to turn in homework.
Sounds like he did hand it in (if late), and the stepmom won’t take “The teacher hasn’t graded it yet” as an answer, so honestly, solid move. Remove yourself as the middleman by putting the concerned party directly in touch with the person who can do something about it.
please do the needful.
Kid out here writing more professional emails than some college students.
Honestly, at 12, this is great executive function! Good for him!
As a parent of a child of similar age, I can attest to this exact thing haha.
As a teacher who retired two years ago, I can tell you from experience that this isn’t even slightly out of the ordinary. CC’ing the adult is a clear sign that the adults also fully expect the assignment to be graded.
With that being said, if the kid did the essay, and the deadline for posting grades hasn’t passed, why wouldn’t you grade it? I certainly would have and did on many, many occasions.
As a teacher I would like to tell you I get emails like this pretty often.
This is a constant struggle with my son’s math teacher. Im showing him this now
Future Attorney.
Just one step away from the giddy heights of ‘as per my last email…’ 😆
“Sincerely,
Get Outlook for iOS”
I just realized a 12 year old was born in 2014. I’m old.
Good for him. The homework sitting on “missing” in Canvas is the bane of my existence. Because sometimes it’s just that it hasn’t been graded. Sometimes it’s a glitch. Sometimes it was an optional assignment but there’s no way for me to tell. And sometimes it’s actually missing, and then 2 weeks later I get a nasty gram from the teacher.
this kid rips
“…so now we are here” is fucking gold.
Kid is a future project manager
I had a teacher give me Zeroes on At least three assignments in a single 9 weeks. I had to DIG for them from a huge pile of assignments the teacher had lying around. Maybe I should’ve sent him an email and CCd my mom instead.
The only note I would include to the kid is next time change “bothering’ to “questioning”. That way the stepmom/mom wouldn’t have anything to come back at him for. Other than that its solid IMO.
Kid is ready for dealing with middle management in corporate America.
Haha, I love it.
This kid is already equipped to handle a middle/micro-manager later in life.
Fuck PowerSchool
just a straight shooter with upper management written all over him.
Omg this kid is ready for worklife 😂
So now here we are! Rest of your life my dude!
Hey shout out to the stepmom keeping those kids on top of it!
As a parent and a teacher I understand and sympathize with everyone involved in this post. Student, teacher and step mom.
Lol, my daughter has sent almost identical emails 🤣
We did work on better phrasing to get better responses from the reciever though.
Good on him!
My son’s teacher had given him a zero on an assignment but my son insisted that he did. My son brought in all of his work for the class and found the assignment and it had been graded. Teachers make mistakes.
Actually totally relatable…
*Qualifications: mom with a 12 year old son that refuses to hand in homework he HAS LITERALLY ALREADY COMPLETED, and finds it acceptable to get a 40/100 on it, because of it.
When I was in probably 7th grade I had a writing assignment I didn’t want to do, so I didn’t. Got marked 0 and mid semester a near failing notice was sent to my folks.
Long story shorter, I went in to apologize and ask if I could now do that paper, but said something like “my parents said to apologize and see if i could still turn it in”
Because like the kid here, I still didn’t want to do any of that, I just had to, and wasn’t about to make it sound like this was my choice.
“So now we are here” is golden