PLN 12

Tyler Aikens
December 6, 2012
English 9
1st Hour

PLN #12

The article, “What teachers really want to tell you” by Ron Clark, gives us the viewpoints of students, teachers, and parents in order to describe how aggravated teachers get parents being angered with them.
The article, “What teachers really want to tell you” by Ron Clark, identifies why our teachers get angered with our parents because it is developing into a big problem. As soon as parents get the “devastating” news that their child has been acting up in class, received a bad grade, or is not cooperating, they immediately blame all of these problems on the teacher. The teacher is someone who should challenge the student and tell the parent if their are problems that could interfere with their academics, and even if they are doing their jobs correctly, parents nationwide are still deeply angered at the teacher. Basically what the article is saying is for parents to back off. They need to realize that the teacher is doing all that he/she can do to assist your child and if they have a problem, then they need to address it appropriately. Too often are teachers being blamed for “their” mistakes and parents just need to realize (even if they don’t want to) that there child is there problem. A final note from teachers to you: support us and your child, let the system operate, and it will work itself.