The teacher, Ms. Blowman, sucks.
Half of big government is government schools.
Another reason to homeschool!
But, the parent looks like just another unwed mother. *sigh* Will they never learn?
Perhaps, mom should have maintained some control in here household and with her daughter and made sure the kid did her homework.
An award for “Incompetent Parenting” should have been given to mom.
nope not mean spirited at all
the kid and the parent needs to toughen up
My 3rd grade teacher had a “hot water list”
I made the list.
Oh the Horror!
Coddling kids who demonstrate bad behavior doesn’t do them or society any favors.
The truth can be very painful.
Perhaps now she will be motivated to do her homework.
If parents would only raise their children to be more responsible, but I’m sure the parents have an excuse for that.
The teacher should also make it explicitly clear what is expected at the beginning of the year both verbally as well as in writing.
Here are a couple of other ideas.
Every time any students fail to do their homework just re-distribute a few points from the homework done by each of the other responsible students to the irresponsible ones. Make sure the irresponsible students get enough points to get As on their homework.
Or you could have all of the children do 25 push ups in class. If they refuse the students who did their homework get Fs and the one’s who didn’t get As!
The children will be so ticked off by either method they’ll put pressure on the slackers to get with the program.
Just use a bit of creativity can go a long way to academic success!
This is the same sort of parent who says of the child just arrested for murder and mayhem, “But he’s such a great kid!”
If she’s so embarrassed for her daughter, why did she go and spread it all over the news and allow her daughter to be identified and photographed? She’s looking for $.
“... this seems mean spirited”.
I am wondering if a student had done this (created a false award for something negative and handed it to her in front of the other kids)... what would have happened? I have the feeling that the student would have been counseled for bullying. There are better ways, IMHO, to motivate children other than public embarrassment. Perhaps the teacher tried but this shouldn’t have been done. Perhaps NOT getting an award (for best grades, best homework completion etc) could have been a motivator. IMHO.
Well Liberals demand everyone get an award for something so there ya go.
Strange, but nowhere in the article did I see anyone denying the validity of the charge. The kid isn’t doing her homework and the teacher is just recognizing that accomplishment.
I teach a pre-core class at the local community college, so this should be a class that students take in their first or second semester of college. This year, I had a student contact me THREE TIMES requesting that his grade be brought up from the F he earned. He did not turn in at least 10 projects / quizzes / assignments over a 16-week semester and failed every test, but he still requested that his grade be raised so he could continue getting financial aid. Oh, and so his mom wouldn’t be mad at him.
Maybe if someone had taken him aside ten years ago when he was in third grade, perhaps he would understand the connection between grades and turning in an assignment.
Even last week, in one of my “professional level” classes, one of the students walked out of the lab without showing me his work. I stopped him before he left the building and he said, “Well, I’ve already taken it off my computer. Can’t you just give me a grade?”
Here in the metroplex, over half of my community college students fail the courses, primarily because they don’t do the homework.
The teacher, Ms. Blowman, sucks.
Half of big government is government schools.
I agree 100% with the teacher. The student needs to learn that actions have consequences. The mother is overly concerned with her child’s self-esteem, but doesn’t seem to understand that real self-esteem comes from accomplishments, not from unwarranted praise. It’s much better that the young girl learns this lesson now, instead of when she’s much older.
Rewarding bad behavior and punishing success doesn’t seem to work towards improving things. I don’t see this as bullying but more as very mild punishment for bad behavior.
I would like to know what kind of homework went undone. Does the child know the material? Is the homework a waste of time? Does the child have difficulty with the assignments?
My daughter was not a very good student in elementary school and her class mates made fun of her for making mistakes. It was very hard on her. She had an excellent teacher in 4th grade and it made all the difference.
It seems to me to many teachers, and admin, deserve this award,too.
I’m guessing there will be an open spot in this charter school’s 4th grade next year. Surely the mother will not allow the child to return, especially since the chld attends there by choice.