Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Worried Parents I have received a few emails from parents concerning their children. The children that they are concerned about are the ones that are well behaved and have outstanding grades. I have high expectations for my students but I feel that the parents are being a bit over-bearing by being concerned about a 90% on a test. It is a wonderful thing that they are involved and expect perfect scores but I am struggling with how I am going to say, "your child is doing fine" without offending them. I feel that they will disagree with me and continue to worry. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Parents will always worry, in this case if a teacher is worried about a low A, I would let them know what the class average is, and how well there student is performing. Although they may have one standard share with them the objectives of the classroom and explain the student is meeting them, so there is nothing to worry about.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Good solution. Seeing where there child is relative to the class will likely help. Rated On: March 4, 2016 7:14 pm Rated By: ereTuB                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I think the teacher would have to do more to keep these parents at bay. Rated On: March 7, 2016 4:06 am Rated By: BesuVy                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I would not do this Rated On: March 2, 2017 4:33 am Rated By: ybabaJ                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I don't think just simply saying what the class average is will keep the parents from being concerned about their child's grades. The parents might have additional concerns the teacher should respect and take into account. Rated On: October 10, 2018 11:17 pm Rated By: Rachel                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Bringing up the class average would not go over well if the parents are worried about "Almost B's". Rated On: October 31, 2021 6:25 am Rated By: aseTyD                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I fear this solution brushes off the parents concerns very quickly and may not make the parent feel any better, instead it may make them more worried that you don't care as much as they do (at least in their eyes). Rated On: November 6, 2023 3:37 am Rated By: upaMyb