Thank you for letting me know that you feel your child is being targeted unfairly by the teacher. Yes, I know the teacher has reached out several times to let you know that your child does not react well to being corrected, and you are tired of hearing this. Yes, I know you feel like the teacher doesn’t understand/like/believe in your child. Yes, I know you believe that the teacher doesn’t have nice things to say about your child because all you have heard are the concerns. Here is what you may not have heard. The teacher has fielded no…
Apple trees…
Why is she writing about apple trees? Seriously? Yep. Read on. You may see the connection here. I need to preface this post with the statement that although I am employed by Jackson Public Schools, this is purely my opinion and does not reflect the positions or opinions of JPS. As a teacher, I always had a pack of paperwork that I sent home on the first day of school: the forms from the office, a personality inventory, and my discipline procedures. My discipline procedure letter started out to the effect of, ‘This is the letter that is my least…