The Teacher Vs. the Parents

Posted by teacher on March 2, 2010

They say that in all humor is a bit of truth. I came across a very funny blog post at learnmegood2.blogspot.com in the form of a welcome letter to parents. This teacher thought it would be fun to write a mock letter to undoubtedly get all his teacher friends laughing while mocking parents in general.
My mother (God rest her soul) was a teacher, so I do understand the humor in the post, and even recognized a bit of it as being true. But it generally characterized parents as buffoons that children needed to be protected from.

One of the lines that found most offensive are: “Remember that school starts promptly at 8:00, and your child should be in his/her seat, ready to work when the bell rings. Please do NOT set your alarm clock for 7:55 and expect to get there in time for your child to have breakfast.” Granted, there are some parents who tend to habitually sleep late and therefore have habitually late kids. But this line does letter goes out to all (pretend) parents and not just the tardy few. This “joke” indicates that the teacher thinks that parents don’t care enough to do due diligence in getting their kids to school.