29 Teachers Who Are “Fed Up” With Parents For Making Allllll The Excuses For Their Kid

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“YOU are their first teachers in life. Children listen to their parents, whether you realize it or not. They pick up on your habits, your words, and your attitude.”

“It is often the same students who are so disrespectful to teachers that have parents who equally say things about teachers behind their backs. As a high school math teacher, I am so tired of hearing people say how ‘useless’ my subjects are. Yes, no one is ever going to ask you on the street how to find the tangent of an acute angle, but it is the problem-solving skills and determination that I’m hoping my students learn. It breaks my heart, knowing that parents are just echoing the same negative thoughts, and they are infiltrating our students’ minds. 

Parents get frustrated because they don’t remember how to do the work, and they pass on these frustrations to students. Parents, you need to be more involved in your children’s school lives. You should know if they are struggling with subjects and just relying on AI or other resources. And for the love of everything, stop begging for us to round up or give more extra credit. By the end of the marking period, we have done everything that we possibly can. We are not the enemy. We WANT to see your students succeed. You need to believe us when we call out bad behavior and a poor work ethic.”

—anonymous