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Complaining about a teacher

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,998 ✭✭✭Shapey Fiend


    Justask wrote: »
    Yea we are in the market for a grinds teacher

    Said that as a last resort. Better to take the hit now so he doesn't fall behind not going to get any better in leaving cert.

    My father helped me out with maths and science. The mother helped with french. Big commitment but often that's the only thing you can do. Trying to get through to a teacher is a losing battle the school system is set up to protect lazy messers. Not going to get any joy. Unless you can switch the kid up or down a grade often the teachers doing the 1st honours class are worse than the ones down a level or two. If the school is big it shouldn't be impossible to switch there were 4 maths teachers in my year as I remember (long time ago).

    Trying to influence the system is hard work. Just got to try and work around it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭Justask


    You are reading an awful lot into the OP's posts and defeating your object of giving an insight of sorts into the teacher's angle of the story by being so defensive and eager to blame it on the kids and their parent's having the wool pulled over their eyes.

    We've all been to school and I'm sure just about everybody reading this has had that one teacher who not only can't teach but who doesn't like children very much. They should either be drummed out of the school or sidelined into administration where they can't do so much damage.

    OP, I hope you manage to get some satisfaction and answers if not from the maths teacher, then the principal.


    When you do look at the facts from both sides I think a different story emerges then that the crap teacher vs innocent hard working student cliche that some people want to jump on.

    For example

    Last year i requested a meeting with this teacher many times but told she was busy. Requested she phone me many times and never phoned.
    I do not understand why a principal would not arrange this meeting at this stage. Principals understand that this is a bad idea in the long term. There probably is a good reason why the principal is reluctant to arrange such a meeting. And can back up this reasoning to the Board of management.
    The principal cannot simply say at a BOM meeting the teacher refused to meet the parent.

    Now new year and its got worse. My son has said that loads of the kids are failling and parents are not happy.
    Okay then if the child said it it must be true

    Every single day i've recieved a note home re a book she knows I cant get.
    A book that by the OPS admission the child LOST. He is coming into school every day without it, the OP cannot get the book, yet a junior cert maths book is probably the EASiEST book to get. Maybe he counld take some responsibility and borrow a book off another student??? Maybe? It might have cut down on some agro from him and his mum.

    Again a child without a book can be very disruptive.......... and low and behold he got a note in his journal for what? you guessed it BEING DISRUPTIVE

    He got a note home over putting his pencil case in his bag confused.png
    Well actually no thats not exactly true. He got a note for being disruptive and he went home and told his mum he got it for putting his pencilcase away. Note the mothers blind indignation and questioninning smily face.

    As far as what other kids are saying or what the child tells his mum other kids are saying I think it would be wise to treat that as somewhat bias, in all fairness.

    So what else are we missing here?????
    Missing nothing..... the book was lost and I was only saying I couldn't get the book cos I'm an awful difficult mother. Yea ur right he was not only disrupting the class but the whole school actually no in the entire county. Ur also right he I'd an awful liar and the worse child in the country. Oh and this teacher is the best teacher in the world. Yea the school won't met me and the lynch mob cos we are such a dreadful family..... ok what else mmmmm. I hope u and ur students never come across anything so awful in ur school. Reminder me never ever to come onto boards again looking for advice...... must try harder as a mother to bring up my awful lying disruptive son better. Good luck to u and ur students. (Issue has been sorted by the way) Thanks to all the good advice from other posters. Took them on board and it worked. Enjoy ur day Mr Flat !!!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,741 ✭✭✭Piliger


    Justask wrote: »
    Missing nothing..... the book was lost and I was only saying I couldn't get the book cos I'm an awful difficult mother. Yea ur right he was not only disrupting the class but the whole school actually no in the entire county. Ur also right he I'd an awful liar and the worse child in the country. Oh and this teacher is the best teacher in the world. Yea the school won't met me and the lynch mob cos we are such a dreadful family..... ok what else mmmmm. I hope u and ur students never come across anything so awful in ur school. Reminder me never ever to come onto boards again looking for advice...... must try harder as a mother to bring up my awful lying disruptive son better. Good luck to u and ur students. (Issue has been sorted by the way) Thanks to all the good advice from other posters. Took them on board and it worked. Enjoy ur day Mr Flat !!!!!!

    Well done OP. Best of luck.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    Justask wrote: »
    Missing nothing..... the book was lost and I was only saying I couldn't get the book cos I'm an awful difficult mother. Yea ur right he was not only disrupting the class but the whole school actually no in the entire county. Ur also right he I'd an awful liar and the worse child in the country. Oh and this teacher is the best teacher in the world. Yea the school won't met me and the lynch mob cos we are such a dreadful family..... ok what else mmmmm. I hope u and ur students never come across anything so awful in ur school. Reminder me never ever to come onto boards again looking for advice...... must try harder as a mother to bring up my awful lying disruptive son better. Good luck to u and ur students. (Issue has been sorted by the way) Thanks to all the good advice from other posters. Took them on board and it worked. Enjoy ur day Mr Flat !!!!!!

    After all that, and we get a small post script that it's 'all sorted by the way'. So what was the upshot?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭pwurple


    Glad it is sorted OP, no doubt the book helped. I can imagine trying to do the homework, and pay attention in class is made difficult without the book.

    I wouldn't be so taking what flat said personally, they were just giving the teachers perspective. Seemed valid enough to me. Two sides to every story especially when it comes to kids.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    Flatbackflour seemed convey to have reasonable suggestions, albeit somewhat unsubtly.

    I'm glad the issue is sorted, OP, but you should note that nobody is perfect and that is vital to look at a situation objectively, from both sides. The fact that you suddenly flip and act so defensively does not help your case.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,644 ✭✭✭SerialComplaint


    Where you will be met by the secretary of the board of management as your first point of contact

    (the principal)

    Just for the record, while principal is indeed usually the Secretary of the Board, you can make sure that you don't get stonewalled by an obstinate principal by contacting the two parents nominees on the Board also. This way, you can make sure that your complaint to the Board actually reaches the Board.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 irishbanger


    So our son lost his book,

    he is also disturbing the class,

    that information was not in your original post.

    You said initially he got a note for putting his pencil case in his bag. He actually did not.

    He got a note for disturbing the class.

    So he is spinning information to you that suits the excuse why he is failing

    And he has other kids backing him up.

    Other kids probably also running a muck and blaming it all on the teacher

    Always the kids never the teachers are all kids liars then just like with the priests????????????????????


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    And on that note ...


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