Elementary school teachers
in Students & Teens ·
Personally, I find this whole story a bit strange and full of holes...
As a mother of three children of various ages (including school-aged kids, so I can grasp certain things),
I’ve also navigated different seasons of life; I know what it means to have something and to have nothing.
- To start, it strikes me as odd that the teacher sent out a notice about going to McDonald's just one evening (or day) before the field trip (especially since everything was already settled and paid for). If that's really how it went down, then that's her mistake—and honestly, the only real mistake in this entire tale.
- You knew they were going there, so you really should have exchanged some cash ☕ and made sure your child had at least enough for some fries. Besides, given your parenting style and the circumstances, you shouldn't be trying to scramble for money in much more intelligent situations.
- In any case, you should have called the teacher the VERY SAME EVENING you found out about the McDonald's trip to prevent all this drama from happening in the first place.
- And if you didn't call her then, you should have gone to the school the very next day.
- If you didn't even have three days to spare, you should have called her on the actual day they returned and when you first learned about the event.
- All in all, I support what the teacher did, because she was actually thinking about your child's feelings (unlike you).
P.S. I highly doubt a teacher acting this way would be dragging a kid by the sleeve through the hallways chasing them over $7.00. The two of them just don't seem to fit together.
P.P.S. (but not least important) — the fact that someone lives with a boyfriend and together you have FOUR children, neither of you working, living solely off his occasional gigs and child support, tells me a great deal about you as parents.
Look, I am truly aware of situations where life breaks you and you can't find work, but please—waitressing, cleaning offices, working at bakeries, bars, or private apartments, ironing, catering at weddings, washing dishes at weddings, handing out flyers, construction work... YOU CAN ALWAYS DO THAT! Instead of relying on sporadic paychecks and welfare while supporting FOUR CHILDREN. To me, that feels incredibly irresponsible, and it doesn't sit right with me as good parenting or setting an example for kids. You aren't teaching them anything except that we'll get by if someone just gives us something.
IF both of you are ill or have been rendered unable to work—then I take back every word and I apologize.
As a mother of three children of various ages (including school-aged kids, so I can grasp certain things),
I’ve also navigated different seasons of life; I know what it means to have something and to have nothing.
- To start, it strikes me as odd that the teacher sent out a notice about going to McDonald's just one evening (or day) before the field trip (especially since everything was already settled and paid for). If that's really how it went down, then that's her mistake—and honestly, the only real mistake in this entire tale.
- You knew they were going there, so you really should have exchanged some cash ☕ and made sure your child had at least enough for some fries. Besides, given your parenting style and the circumstances, you shouldn't be trying to scramble for money in much more intelligent situations.
- In any case, you should have called the teacher the VERY SAME EVENING you found out about the McDonald's trip to prevent all this drama from happening in the first place.
- And if you didn't call her then, you should have gone to the school the very next day.
- If you didn't even have three days to spare, you should have called her on the actual day they returned and when you first learned about the event.
- All in all, I support what the teacher did, because she was actually thinking about your child's feelings (unlike you).
P.S. I highly doubt a teacher acting this way would be dragging a kid by the sleeve through the hallways chasing them over $7.00. The two of them just don't seem to fit together.
P.P.S. (but not least important) — the fact that someone lives with a boyfriend and together you have FOUR children, neither of you working, living solely off his occasional gigs and child support, tells me a great deal about you as parents.
Look, I am truly aware of situations where life breaks you and you can't find work, but please—waitressing, cleaning offices, working at bakeries, bars, or private apartments, ironing, catering at weddings, washing dishes at weddings, handing out flyers, construction work... YOU CAN ALWAYS DO THAT! Instead of relying on sporadic paychecks and welfare while supporting FOUR CHILDREN. To me, that feels incredibly irresponsible, and it doesn't sit right with me as good parenting or setting an example for kids. You aren't teaching them anything except that we'll get by if someone just gives us something.
IF both of you are ill or have been rendered unable to work—then I take back every word and I apologize.