Ten Ways to REALLY Annoy Your Child's Teacher

(I was going to say the top ten, but I'm learning more every year).

10. Ask if your child is the only one who gets in trouble in the classroom.

9. When told that your child has disrupted a quiet classroom, ask why the teacher thinks this is abnormal.

8. Explain to teacher that your child’s bad behavior/academic struggles are due to his insecurities about being in the classroom.

7. Lose tests and report cards which students are told to return to school with a signature.

6. Call teacher's cell phone at 10:00 p.m. because your child just started her homework and can’t find her spelling list. (Teachers believe children should be sleeping at 10 p.m. on school nights).

5. Do not sign the agenda sent home every night (do not look for said spelling list in agenda, though it is written there weekly) then complain about poor communication.

4. Respond with “OK, Uh-huh,” to all of the teacher’s weekly phone calls, including agreements to sign said agenda; do not sign, but complain about poor communication.

3.Request homework for child’s absences, or request that teacher gather and list work not completed in class, then send child to school with said homework, not begun.

2. Request extension for said homework, then send child to school with said homework, not begun, or without said homework at all, ever.

1. Continue process for incomplete work, then question why child’s grades are low; be sure to attribute this to the teacher’s poor communication.