Interview?

Anyone want to be interviewed for an article I'm writing for submission?  I need to know what you wish your chld/children's teacher knew. 

HA!  What a loaded topic, eh?

Seriously, you always see those bogus articles, "What your child's teacher wants you to know", with things teachers want you to do with your kids. 

Just leave your answer in the comments section.  You can be as long winded as you want, and if I need further clarification I'll email you.

Thanks!

Comments

[Stephanie C.]

Okay, I'll bite!
I wish my kids' teachers knew how to spell.
I wish they knew how to teach a classroom of 30+ students while maintaining their authority and how to earn the respect they should be getting.
That's all for now.

[kalisah]

I'm still thinking...

[m`lynn]

I wish my childrens' teachers knew how valuable, precious, wonderful, and intelligent each of my children really are.

And then I wish they knew that, no matter how valuable, precious, wonderful, and intelligent that child may be, they're only one of my kids. I wish they understood that the process of raising kids involves giving the kids personal responsibility for their lives, and that I have no intention of playing the Spectacular Parenting Game in which parents do projects, write essays, and push their children through every single day's worth of homework. My kids are each individuals, each of them is a separate person, and I expect them to rise or fall through their own efforts, not through mine.

And I wish they knew a little more about genetic variation. DNA affects so much of a child's personality and prospects. No matter what Mom or Dad does, not every child is going to be Perfect. So why this intense pressure for Mom and Dad to be wrapped up in the quest for perfection. And, yes, a lot of that pressure comes from the teacher.

[lucy]

I wish teachers didn't tend to assume that when a parent questions them on some aspect of the classroom, the parent is not automatically one of "those" parents who want to micromanage thier child's life. Or that I might want to know about any issues you see in the classroom, because I recognize that a teacher sees my child in a different setting with different reactions than I do and I'd like to be able to REINFORCE THE CORRECTION of any behavioral problems or issues the teacher is trying to deal with, but that I can't do that IF I DON'T KNOW THAT MY CHILD IS DOING SOMETHING UNACCEPTABLE.

I'm not the enemy, but I am an intelligent, knowledgeable person who wants to be involved. I wish teachers didn't seem to want it both ways- they complain that parents aren't involved enough and then that they're too involved.

I'm tired of teachers painting parents with a broad brush of overindulgence, and I'm tired of them blaming parents for children who are bored and unstimulated because of the curriculum or the teaching methods used in the classroom.

[kalisah]

I wish My Kid's teachers knew more about his educational history.

I wish they knew about the years of struggle. And how hard he's worked to get to where he is now.

I wish they didn't look upon their classes of sixth graders and just assume that they've all had the same school experiences up til now.

And that this year will be the same for all of them again.

I send them emails at the beginning of the year. But it seems like the longer the history gets, the less interested in it they become. The more removed from it they assume he is. The less they think it still affects him.

I wish they looked upon the student he is today as the sum total of his school experiences.

But I guess they don't have time for all that.

[dollymama]

I wish my 1st grade son's teacher knew that there is not enough time in my life for her to expect me to do an hour's worth of homework with my child when he has 5 siblings. She should teach him spelling at school, not rely on me to teach it at home. Kids are tired after a school day, they don't need a boatload of homework to do when they get off the bus. AND parents want to spend their time actually living and enjoying their kids when they are home from school, not doing more school all evening long.