Parent Review …
She looked at us through suspicious eyes.
“He’s an only child, yes?”
“No, he has a sister”, we replied.
“His e’s are backwards”, she threw out.
“Yes, but he seems to KNOW they’re backwards”, I replied defensively.
“And he doesn’t know where to put the finger space so he isn’t reading words, yet.” She said accusingly.
“But we know he can’t read, yet, how would he know when a word stops and starts if he can’t read?” I questioned earnestly trying not to offend the teacher.
“This is SENIOR kindergarten. He must know all the letters, recognize all the vowels, identify ch, th, sh, sounds by sight, count to 100 hundred AND listen and respond accordingly by the end of June, and he should be able to read.”
“Gah gah gah” we answered.
So overall:
The five year old is average.
His parents?
Apparently we’re failing.
Comments (3)
There must be a course teachers take these days, teaching them how to intimidate parents, with extra credit for sending them cowering to the corner with their thumbs in their mouths.
Posted by: Jennifer on December 16, 2004 11:26 AM
Hello? Failing at what? He's *five.*
(btw, relax!)
Posted by: Philip on December 17, 2004 9:26 AM
Bad teacher. So bad.
You may want to (gasp) find a better school. One that doesn't have bars on the windows.
Then again, you might just want one that has windows at all. To let in the sun. The bad teachers cannot work tere because they would shrivel up.
Posted by: Shiz on December 17, 2004 1:47 PM
