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this was forwarded to me for an opinion...my collegue wants to know if they should respond to this email.
<span style="font-size: 20pt">Mr. Smith, <---names changed to protect the inncent
After our conversation today, my husband and I talked extensively with Junior so that he'd have a full understanding of his responsibility as a student, the importance of being respectful, and the dangers of dishonesty. Since our last conversation with you, Junior indicated that he has been doing good in your class. If I can remember correctly, he had a grade of an "A". Now, I believe it is a "B". There have been occasions in which he said he asked for clarity or further understanding and he seemed to annoy you with having to ask more than once. I am familiar with him doing this because he does it at home. However, as adults sometimes it requires us to repeat ourselves or to teach him the importance of listening the first time.
He said that on several occasions students in the class have listened to each others music and used each others headsets and were not reprimanded by you about this. He said he does not understand why you snatched the headset off of his head. We can't understand that either.
We listened to him play with both hands page 23 "Empire State of Mind" for his final exam; is this acceptable for him to play on Thursday?
We do not believe that the teacher is always right or wrong nor that the student is always right or wrong. We do not believe that our child is incapable of behavior that may not be his best, but we will give him the benefit of the doubt until we draw a conclusion. Our conclusion is Junior has not performed at his best this semester in your class and he has not displayed the best behavior that is expected of him in a student teacher relationship; however, Junior has taken a look at himself and shown improvement in both of these areas and his grade was an indicator. We also believe that you have not displayed the most pleasant attitude or guidance to him.
When I asked you if he was to continue in your class for the spring semester, your reply was, "I hope not." I was shocked because I have worked as a teacher and I understand that sometimes you come across students that are a challenge to you. Even as a minister of the Gospel, you will encounter souls needing a little more help than another. Do you give up on them too? But to tell a parent that you hope their child is not in your class indicates that the best thing for us to do is make sure he is not in your class next semester. Why? Because you'd lack the ability to educate him in the manner required of you by the school board.
So, we will make sure that he is not in your class and pray that you never encounter a student that poses a challenge to you again.
I trust that our honesty will not negatively affect his grade in your class.
Quite frankly, Junior is not a difficult child.
Mr. & Mrs. Berry</span>
<span style="font-size: 20pt">Mr. Smith, <---names changed to protect the inncent
After our conversation today, my husband and I talked extensively with Junior so that he'd have a full understanding of his responsibility as a student, the importance of being respectful, and the dangers of dishonesty. Since our last conversation with you, Junior indicated that he has been doing good in your class. If I can remember correctly, he had a grade of an "A". Now, I believe it is a "B". There have been occasions in which he said he asked for clarity or further understanding and he seemed to annoy you with having to ask more than once. I am familiar with him doing this because he does it at home. However, as adults sometimes it requires us to repeat ourselves or to teach him the importance of listening the first time.
He said that on several occasions students in the class have listened to each others music and used each others headsets and were not reprimanded by you about this. He said he does not understand why you snatched the headset off of his head. We can't understand that either.
We listened to him play with both hands page 23 "Empire State of Mind" for his final exam; is this acceptable for him to play on Thursday?
We do not believe that the teacher is always right or wrong nor that the student is always right or wrong. We do not believe that our child is incapable of behavior that may not be his best, but we will give him the benefit of the doubt until we draw a conclusion. Our conclusion is Junior has not performed at his best this semester in your class and he has not displayed the best behavior that is expected of him in a student teacher relationship; however, Junior has taken a look at himself and shown improvement in both of these areas and his grade was an indicator. We also believe that you have not displayed the most pleasant attitude or guidance to him.
When I asked you if he was to continue in your class for the spring semester, your reply was, "I hope not." I was shocked because I have worked as a teacher and I understand that sometimes you come across students that are a challenge to you. Even as a minister of the Gospel, you will encounter souls needing a little more help than another. Do you give up on them too? But to tell a parent that you hope their child is not in your class indicates that the best thing for us to do is make sure he is not in your class next semester. Why? Because you'd lack the ability to educate him in the manner required of you by the school board.
So, we will make sure that he is not in your class and pray that you never encounter a student that poses a challenge to you again.
I trust that our honesty will not negatively affect his grade in your class.
Quite frankly, Junior is not a difficult child.
Mr. & Mrs. Berry</span>
you're pulling our leg right?
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