What do you think?

[Bay_Kat]

Should this mom be mad?

I just called ___________ Middle School about the awards ceremony they are having next week. My daughter (7th grade) has had perfect attendance this year, and I was told there is no recognition for that unless it is 2 yrs in a row. She has been getting herself up, ready and out the door on time all year, and nothing to acknowledge that fact. I personally think that is wrong. Who knows what next year will bring , hopefully the same good health and want to go to school.

i just told my daughter there will be no recognition from the school for her hard work in trying to be a good student all year, trying her best, mabye not making straight a's , but passing all her classes, unless she does it next year too. Her first reaction was disappointment , the a "screw that" . Just what the heck is the point of an awards cerrimony if the only people rewarded for their hard work are the "smart" kids? What is it teaching our childeren ? Anyone who has an answer to that feel free to comment.

I copied and pasted of course, the typos are hers. I'm scratching my head that she is upset that her daughter doesn't get an award for doing something she's supposed to do. Good for her for going every day, but when she grows up and gets a job, she'll realize you have to go every day to get your paycheck. I think it's silly for mom to get mad.

 

[Vince]

Awards for getting up and going to school everyday? Why? That's what you're supposed to do.

 

[getbent]

I believe here in Elementary school you get recognized for perfect attendance each quarter (or however often they have the awards ceremony) and I believe at the last one those who never missed a day all year get an award too. Middle school may be the same way or maybe just end of year. Not really worth getting upset over.

 

[Bann]

Should this mom be mad?


Just what the heck is the point of an awards cerrimony if the only people rewarded for their hard work are the "smart" kids? What is it teaching our childeren ? Anyone who has an answer to that feel free to comment.[/B]

Um - yeah. The point of an awards ceremony is for the "smart kids" to be rewarded for their hard work. What does this teach the children? It's teaching them that hard work pays off.

I think the mom is an idiot.

 

[Bay_Kat]

Um - yeah. The point of an awards ceremony is for the "smart kids" to be rewarded for their hard work. What does this teach the children? It's teaching them that hard work pays off.

I think the mom is an idiot.

So glad I'm not the only one.

 

[RareBreed]

My kids used to like getting those Perfect Attendence awards but now that pretty much everyone gets an award for something, it's not such a big deal to them. Even Honor Roll has been changed to include kids getting grades other than A's and B's. It's now the average of all your grades per quarter so if kids are getting C's or D's but mostly A's and B's, they make Honor Roll.

 

[MMDad]

Perfect attendance is a stupid award anyway. It exists because the schools get funds based on how many butts are in seats every day, so they want to encourage attendance. The award does not mean you learned anything, it just means you showed up.

The existence of the award means that the kids who are gullible enough to think it matters will come to school when they are sick and spread the germs.

I'd much rather see them reward learning and not worry about attendance records. Maybe they could give every kid a score based on how they do. And they could have it reported every quarter. On a card. I know, we could call it a "report card." Wow!

 

[JeJeTe]

Mom is stupid for making this a big deal. You are supposed to go to school. There are no perfect attendance awards at work. So then the mom is now making her kid feel special for something she is supposed to do anyways.

 

[vraiblonde]

Perfect attendance is a stupid award. No offense, Moms, but if that's all your kid can do academically - make it to class - that is some sorry ass stuff right there.

 

[maxima87]

My daughter gets excited over her perfect attendance...but only because they give you a free Chic-Fil-A kids meal each time.

 

[catlingirl]

If the mom thinks its that big of a deal she should do something special for her kid instead of the school.

 

[Bay_Kat]

If the mom thinks its that big of a deal she should do something special for her kid instead of the school.

Your post gave me an idea, so I replied. She asked for comments and this is mine. I'm the only one.

My thought, take it for what it's worth. I don't think the school should award a child for doing something they should be doing anyway, if she's not sick and no emergencies have come up to keep her out of school, that's great. On the other hand, maybe the parents can reward the child, same as them doing their chores, you give an allowance for the child doing the chores, maybe a special treat for getting perfect attendance, take them out for ice cream. I hope this didn't sound mean.

Her reply back to me.

i hear you, but i disagree, mainly because if she had missed alot of school but was a-b honor roll , that would be recognized. both take dedication iiand hard work

by the way , i printed out my own thing , and will take her out to dinner. i was upset yesterday , am over it now. and wether we are 13 or 30 , deep down it feels good to be acknowledged by our peers for a job well done. It make you feel like striving for more instead of just doing the minimum required.

thank you all for letting me vent. have a great summer.

 

[RoseRed]

Your post gave me an idea, so I replied. She asked for comments and this is mine. I'm the only one.

My thought, take it for what it's worth. I don't think the school should award a child for doing something they should be doing anyway, if she's not sick and no emergencies have come up to keep her out of school, that's great. On the other hand, maybe the parents can reward the child, same as them doing their chores, you give an allowance for the child doing the chores, maybe a special treat for getting perfect attendance, take them out for ice cream. I hope this didn't sound mean.

Her reply back to me.

i hear you, but i disagree, mainly because if she had missed alot of school but was a-b honor roll , that would be recognized. both take dedication iiand hard work

by the way , i printed out my own thing , and will take her out to dinner. i was upset yesterday , am over it now. and wether we are 13 or 30 , deep down it feels good to be acknowledged by our peers for a job well done. It make you feel like striving for more instead of just doing the minimum required.

thank you all for letting me vent. have a great summer.

Does Mom work at Walmart?

Locally here, good A-B & Honor Roll students get their names in the paper. :shrug:

 

[Bann]

Your post gave me an idea, so I replied. She asked for comments and this is mine. I'm the only one.

My thought, take it for what it's worth. I don't think the school should award a child for doing something they should be doing anyway, if she's not sick and no emergencies have come up to keep her out of school, that's great. On the other hand, maybe the parents can reward the child, same as them doing their chores, you give an allowance for the child doing the chores, maybe a special treat for getting perfect attendance, take them out for ice cream. I hope this didn't sound mean.

Her reply back to me.

i hear you, but i disagree, mainly because if she had missed alot of school but was a-b honor roll , that would be recognized. both take dedication iiand hard work

by the way , i printed out my own thing , and will take her out to dinner. i was upset yesterday , am over it now. and wether we are 13 or 30 , deep down it feels good to be acknowledged by our peers for a job well done. It make you feel like striving for more instead of just doing the minimum required.

thank you all for letting me vent. have a great summer.

Mother (still) sounds like an idiot. Speeling errors notwithstanding, who are these peers she is talking about? Unless I am mistaken, (and that is entirely possible!) the school admin gives out those awards - not the student body. Good grief - take the child out for Rita's or pizza and get over yourself.

OH, and when I first moved back to the area, I got a letter from school that Thing2 was getting an award at the end of the year thingy. (Elementary) We actually moved right before start of the last quarter of school, and I had no vacation time. I went to the ceremony, and the thought occurred to me during this ceremony, when I saw the perfect attendance awards being handed out - IF I TOOK UNPAID TIME OFF for this, I was gonna be mad! (It was an end of quarter award for high grades, not for attendance.)

 

[Bann]

Does Mom work at Walmart?

Locally here, good A-B & Honor Roll students get their names in the paper. :shrug:

They do here, too.

 

[RoseRed]

Mother (still) sounds like an idiot. Speeling errors notwithstanding, who are these peers she is talking about? Unless I am mistaken, (and that is entirely possible!) the school admin gives out those awards - not the student body. Good grief - take the child out for Rita's or pizza and get over yourself.

OH, and when I first moved back to the area, I got a letter from school that Thing2 was getting an award at the end of the year thingy. (Elementary) We actually moved right before start of the last quarter of school, and I had no vacation time. I went to the ceremony, and the thought occurred to me during this ceremony, when I saw the perfect attendance awards being handed out - IF I TOOK UNPAID TIME OFF for this, I was gonna be mad! (It was an end of quarter award for high grades, not for attendance.)

Sorry!

 

[Bann]

Sorry!

It was on purpose!!

 

[RoseRed]

It was on purpose!!

Okay.

 

[vraiblonde]

i hear you, but i disagree, mainly because if she had missed alot of school but was a-b honor roll ,

You mean that kid went to school every single day and couldn't even pull B honor roll??? Hell, I skipped classes all the time to smoke pot with my friends and STILL made A honor roll. No wonder her mother wants to make such a big deal out of it, if that's all she's got.

Yeesh.

 

[vraiblonde]

Does Mom work at Walmart?