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A student falls asleep in class and the teacher snaps a pic to send to dad.  Instead of dealing with his son, the dad contacts the local news to complain about the teacher.  Why is it always the fault of the teacher? 

According to the father, the student in question “has had issues in this class” all school year.

No joke. 

The teacher gives “tardy quizzes” first thing, with students receiving a zero if they’re not there to answer the question on the board. The father calls that “ludicrous,” saying it discourages students who already are struggling.

And it is to encourage students to be on time and prepared for class.  They are also REQUIRED by admin.  It’s called bell to bell teaching.

The father says his son has been sick all week, and he’s outraged that the teacher would photograph him sleeping.

Sir, do you think that the teacher caught your son asleep and snapped the pic without giving him an opportunity to wake up and participate?  If he was sick he shouldn’t have been at school.  I personally feel the outrage is b/c he was caught sleeping and it was brought to your attention along with the proof.

“Maybe if (the teacher) had taken the time to wake him up, and keep him on track, instead of using that time to snap a photo of him and send it to me, then my son may have been able to finish the assignment, and the e-mail would not have been necessary!” he wrote. “Shouldn’t (teachers) be more accountable for the education our children receive?

Maybe if his parent would see to it that he gets enough sleep at night and arrives to school on time then the teacher wouldn’t have had to stop class and snap the pic.  Somehow I doubt your son wanted to be self-accountable and finish the assignment.  Obviously accountability is not modeled at home.   In a previous article the “parent” blamed traffic for his son missing the tardy quizzes.  Again, why is it the teacher’s fault? 

Yes, this is part of the problem with education today.  Parents who do not believe their child can do any wrong, even in the face of proof.

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