Funny - Actual Parent to Teacher notes
 

No Parent Left Behind . . . . .


These are real notes written by parents in the Memphis School District. Spellings & grammar errors have been left intact.

1 My son is under a doctor's care and should not take PE today. Please execute him.
2. Please exkuce lisa for being absent she was sick and i had her shot.
3. Dear school: please ecsc's john being absent on jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33.
4. Please excuse gloria from jim today. She is administrating.
5. Please excuse roland from p.e. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip.
6. John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face.
7. Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing part.
8. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins.
9. Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side.
10. Please excuse ray friday from school. He has very loose vowels.
11. Please excuse Lesli from being absent yesterday. She haddiahre dyreadireathe the sh*ts.
12. Please excuse tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea, and his boots leak.
13. Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust.
14. Please excuse jimmy for being. It was his father's fault.
15. I kept Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because i don't know what size she wear.
16. Please excuse jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it monday. We thought it was sunday.
17. Sally won't be in school a week from friday. We have to attend her funeral.
18. My daughter was absent yesterday because she was tired. She spent a weekend with the marines.
19. Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well.
20. Please excuse mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps.
21. Gloria was absent yesterday as she was having a gangover.
22. Please excuse brenda. She has been sick and under the doctor.
23. Maryann was absent december 11-16, because she had a fever, sore throat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever an sore throat, her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night.
Now we know why parents are screaming for better education for our kids.

Those are really funny!!!!!!!!!!

Yes funny. But I find them so very sad, actually, and wonder where these schools are located.
Then I re-read the one about being in the bed with "gramps" and Jeff Foxworthy's "You Might Be A Redneck If...." jumps to mind! Wow!

Jan in VA

As a retired teacher, I can say these are pretty accurate. It's not a matter of where the schools are located, but the economic and educational levels of the parents. If we move, most of us would do it on weekends and after work. Low income parents many times keep their kids home for a week to help. Also, if we have to go to the doctor we do it after school. Not true for many.

Parents shouldn't be screaming for better education for their kids. Teachers are screaming for better help from home. When a five year old walks into kindergarten and does not recognize the letters of the alphabet or numbers, that child is behind already that is the fault of the parents, not the teachers!!

Hehehehehehe.......

Thanks Holli!:thumbup:

My daughter that teaches kindergaten was encourging her kids to read at home with there parents one child told her they had no books at his house so at parent teacher confrences she offered the mother some books Mom said dont bother it has too many words that I cant read these were simple kindergarten booklets that have mostly pictures and very few words

I think it is sad to poke fun at this or that someone took it upon themselves to make this public. Perpetrating these 'stories' is a form of bullying.

Do you really think it is okay to make fun of those with less education or perhaps just as much education, but in a different language?

Do you think it is okay for a staff person at a school to release private correspondence between a parent and teacher?

I live in an area where there is a marginalized community that is doing their best to improve the lives of their children. Many of the parents are lucky to have a grade 3 education themselves and were brutally abused in residential schools.

If they took the time to write a note, is to be applauded not ridiculed.

Perhaps you want to twice before sharing these 'stories'.

Here, here.
MaryKatherine

Another retired teacher here. I first saw this list as least 30 years ago in Ohio. Every place has people less educated than others and this list tends to make stereotypes and prejudice rise. Lets work toward good instead.

Sorry if these offended; however, few people who aren't in education realize the mammoth job teachers have. Educators care or they wouldn't work for the salaries they do. Fortunately, educators are kind and caring people but few in the general public realize the enormous handicaps that students who grow up in homes where learning isn't valued have.
Now that teachers are more and more being held accountable, it's important for this side of things to not be forgotten. I have seen some amazing teachers do amazing things with little home preparation but it bears repeating that it takes a village to raise a child.

I am also a retired teacher. Years ago one of my third grade students was struggling with reading and asked if he could stay after school to learn more. During one of the after school sessions, he told me that after I teach him something, he goes home to teach it to his dad, who never learned to read! I loved that kid, would love to know how he is doing now.
Some parents just never had the encouragement or opportunities, but want their kids to have more and I think that attitude is awesome. During the lasts few years of my career, parents seemed to be so much more involved and encouraged their kids to learn, even though they were dealing with moms having to work, single parent households, etc.

As a retired teacher, I am actually surprised at how FEW letters like this were sent to me. Nonetheless, ignorance abounds. I was once in a major chain store where my eye was drawn to a sign advertising chocolate bars for .25 (cents sign). I asked the manager if it were correct. When he assured me it was, I demanded he sell me the bars for 1/4 cent each. The next day, I posted a copy of the sign in my remedial math class without comment. Everyone saw what was funny.

I made the comment that I find these sort of posts to be offensive.

My dad is a retired teacher, my mother volunteered in literacy programs at the schools for many years. Almost all my parents friends worked in the local school system, many of my friends and former classmates are teachers.

I do recognized the good work teachers do and the challenges faced in the classroom. Teachers have fewer and fewer resources available to them.

However those challenges do not make okay to poke fun at the families of students. Nor does it make it okay to publish purported, real notes from parents to teachers.

Posts like this do nothing to promote adult literacy programs, do not encourage empathy for the parents. They create a greater gap between the teachers and parents, the school and the greater community. You are exiling the parents from that village that it takes to raise a child.

That is so funny, I had to print it to take it to the school principal.

I think you hit it right on in your last sentence. My kids had to be on their death beds before I let them stay home from school. My youngest daughter was so thoughtful she scheduled her chicken pox outbreak to coincide with spring break.

I thought some of those excuses were quite funny and some a few outlandish.

I could not agree more. These people ...all people deserve respect. Our job as educators is to reach out and give our all regardless of the circumstances. No blame games. Start with what you have been given and work with that. When you have humble pieces of fabric laid out before you,you start and move ahead to create a beautiful masterpiece. So too here. MHO

The truth is, it falls to both the parents AND the educators to get the job done for our kids. It's not an either or. Yes, there are parents who drop the ball, but I also know lots dedicated parents that did their job only to send their kids to school and not have the teacher do theirs. So parents, if your child's teacher isn't doing their job, scream away. And teacher's, if one of your student's parents haven't done theirs, have a conference with the parent, but don't let it be the child that suffers.

Oh yes! I could write a book on this topic, as I'm sure most teachers can. One of my favorite excuses of all time was concerning homework. Sometimes if a child hadn't done homework, the parent would hurriedly do it before dropping them off at school. Best part was that it was first grade, the children wrote in manuscript, and the parent did the homework in script! Another one of my favorites was if the child had no homework, I would either get a note from the parent (or the mom would drop in and say:) please excuse little ....... for having no homework done. It was my fault. We had to go to Walmart.

Yes, it is so wrong for teachers to be judged by the performance of the children. So much depends on the parents. The school system has so much to plow through before the child can learn at school. I was teaching first grade before there were even pre K and kindergarten classes. We got some kids "raw" from their homes. WE had to do things like potty train, teach them to use a fork at lunchtime, etc. I'd better step down off my soap box before I blow a gasket.

Its funny yet sad. It seems like education is no longer important, its' about reality tv, drugs, drinking, having fun. And of course living off the "government". What ever happened to learning, working hard and trying to live the best life possible.

In my opinion this is not a form of bullying -- bullying is more of a physical nature. Children as well as parents have the opportunity to receive an education. There are classes for parents that are offerred free of charge and during the day while children are in school but, parents choose not to take advantage of them. They can receive training that would help them get a job but, again they choose not to. Parents do not make education a priority in their homes and therefore children suffer as well as our nation. Just because you grow up in a proverty area does not mean that you can not achieve great things. History has proven this over and over again.

I don't think people are bullying about these letters here on Quiltingboard.com. However, I disagree with acraftee24 that bullying is more of a physical nature. There is psychological bullying which can destroy a person's self esteem. Psychological bullying can be by itself, but it often goes along with the physical bullying.

Ok, lets all take a chill pill. Yes it is this bad in many places. We had a gentlemen in our CHL class that couldn't read the test. I took him to another room & read it to him & he passed with flying colors. I told him to get his children who were in lower grades to help him by reading together. They could teach dad the words they already knew & it helped him learn. When spelling was excepted by the way the word sounds instead of the correct spelling, everything went out the door. Passed regardless of knowing the information has hurt many. My children were lucky & my grandchildren, as they had their parents read & work with them. My grandson use to get mad because we made him write his spelling words 5 times each, every night. He always made a 100 on test day. Also worked on dictation of sentences. I was not affended. I know how true this is. Wake up world!

Well said Debra.

Very funny! I actually have a different twist - a teacher to parent note. My daughter's 3rd grade teacher wrote on her report card, "Jean is having differculty with her spelling words".

I've read the book about their story. I can't remember if Dr. Carson wrote it himself or not (I think he did). This is one of my all time favorite inspirational stories!!

This is the saddest reflection of the state of our nation I can think of besides our nations hunger issue. It is nothing to laugh at.
peace to all

It isn't always the parents!!! What does "moving" have to do with the education of a child??? When my children were starting school, the tea hers didn't want parents involved because they had their way they wanted to teach the kids. My one son had substitute teachers the whole school year so a ill teacher could still be employed so she could get her retirement.

I completely agree!! With 20+ years of teaching under my belt, I appreciate your honesty.

Seriously??? Lighten up people!! If you care so much, reach out and help someone instead of riding your high horse. Laugh a little, you might cause a little less tension!