Is this too sarcastic?
 

My daughters 8th grade science teacher has assigned parents the task of grading our own childrens formal lab writeup. WTF? The parameters for grading are specific and daunting. It will take a while and require my own notation for each section justifying the points I award my daughter. Here is my letter to her teacher;

Dear Ms. Smith,

Imagine my excitement when I learned that I was to be given the opportunity (assignment) to grade my daughters Buoyancy Lab Report! At first I was unsure if you thought I suffered an abundance of free time during my 60 hour work week or you simply thought my understanding of the tenets of buoyancy were incomplete. I have decided that this exercise is likely a sophisticated new public school contrivance designed to encourage “quality time” for my daughter and me.

With this in mind, I have attacked my assignment with deliberation and enthusiasm. I am thrilled to report that after careful analysis, my daughter Anna will not only recieve a perfect score of 55 points on her assignment, but the quality and style of her work has compelled me to award her 50 extra credit points!

Should you wish to appeal Anna’s score or the extra credit points she has been awarded, I will consider written requests. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,


Moses

If you actually send it you'll be my hero:)

Whoo HOOO! That letter would rock.

rjp

Not at all, I love it. You can be a drone like every other parent or you can challenge it which you are doing. I would show your daughter the letter and explain to her the reason why you are doing this.

Also, the teacher does have a good idea about involving parents with kid's homework however I dislike the approach. I think parents should know what is happening with their kids homework. My mom who teaches continuation high school has so many students with parents who don't give a care. She kicks students out of her class for misbehavior and where do they go, nowhere. They are back the next day. The only place after continuation school is the streets or jail and most of her students are already in gangs, are pregnant, or have been in juvenile at least once. She has saved many but she is their last hope IMO.

were it a private, catholic school, i'd say sign the letter 'moses'...no way in hell she'd argue with that.. :D

How about, "You do your job, babe, and I'll do mine...or you'd better hope when I have you on the operating table that I don't contract out the surgery to YOUR father!"

+10!

I like your style. However, having an 8th grade daughter myself, my kid would die of embarrasment if I were to pull a stunt like that. If your kid is OK with it, send the letter!

I am also sick of schools that think parents having nothing better to do with their free time than dance to their tunes. I PAY them to teach my kids the things I cannot, the rest of their education (moral values etc.) is up to me. I don't ask them to do my parenting job, so don't ask me to do your teaching job!

whoa!? bouyancy in 8th grade? damn i must have been on the short bus and was too dumb to even notice.

i think you will make your daughther a target. damn good letter though. i hope this starts a letter writing feud between you and the teach. hope he/she is a sarcastic bastard too! it will be great.

send it doc!

yeah..i'd only think long and hard about whether it may have negative repercussions for your daughter..otherwise, i like the letter, too! :)
ryan

I like!

I think you need to add a bit to it. Assign the teacher some of your work to complete. Tell her/him it's due Friday. ;)

Wow, first they rarely work a full month with out several extra days off now they don't even need to do their own work. I guess being under paid (grade school teachers in my area are making around 50-75k for 9 months) they are due so many breaks.

Grade your kids homework? I'm with you in that the teacher should be doing their own job. Send the letter.

dare ya,
good letter, shows your involved and care enough to send her your very best.
Rika

do it

DONT DO IT!!!! with out a rewrite, i think you are losing face by actually assigning a numerical point value.


Its not your EphEN Job to grade your child, What are the Parameters for grading the assignment, to what extent can you liberally interpret these parameters.

...there is quite a bit of bias among parents, even if you grade accordingly and fairly, Jonnys mom, Mrs Dumbo, will Give her son an A++ and more dutch chocholate treats.

maybe it's a 'social engineering experiment'...??? ;)

Good point! I await the results (likely unflattering)

If you want a social experiment, grab a beer and sit on your couch and watch LOST on Wed nights