Maybe I am being ridiculous but wanted to see if this is appropriate. My sons teacher sent an email about the whole class attending the miss pride pageant that one of the students is the reining queen or whatever. The idea is friends and family will present her with flowers during send off when she crowns a new winner. Now this is not mandatory but am I crazy or does this show favoritism or is this simply a nice way to support a classmate?
there was a lot of encouragement for my son when he was performing in the nutcracker.
many of my daughter's classmates and their families came to see her dance the title role in Alice in Wonderland.
once in a lifetime experiences sometimes seem to get more notice, but considering how much emphasis is on sports when a child achieves outside of that arena it is nice to encourage it.
Quoting Andrewsmom70:
Does the teacher email about other kids' accomplishments or is this a first?
No this is the first time she has made it a "group" activity regarding a classmate. She will view sports games and poetry recitals etc. on her own. That being said I know there are certain kids where she has not attended anything of theirs ie. gymnastics, soccer, ect. I have not experienced this personally but I do know people have mentioned she plays favorites. She also has pics up on the website and she must have twice as many pics of this girl and a couple others.
I agree with everyone else, it seems like a nice gesture. Are you/your child envious? If you don't want to support the other child, ok, but I know my daughter's teachers have always advertised when she had a show going on. In fact her 3rd grade teacher took the entire class to see her perform in a production of Annie and the kids loved it.
Quoting mom2twinboyz:
Quoting Andrewsmom70:
Does the teacher email about other kids' accomplishments or is this a first?
No this is the first time she has made it a "group" activity regarding a classmate. She will view sports games and poetry recitals etc. on her own. That being said I know there are certain kids where she has not attended anything of theirs ie. gymnastics, soccer, ect. I have not experienced this personally but I do know people have mentioned she plays favorites. She also has pics up on the website and she must have twice as many pics of this girl and a couple others.
i veiw it as a nice way to support a classmate, that is if they do this for every studant who has something, but you said it is not mandatory so you do not have to take your son if you dont want to
Quoting mjande4:I agree with everyone else, it seems like a nice gesture. Are you/your child envious? If you don't want to support the other child, ok, but I know my daughter's teachers have always advertised when she had a show going on. In fact her 3rd grade teacher took the entire class to see her perform in a production of Annie and the kids loved it.
No we are not envious first he is a boy so he could give a hoot. I guess this girl is sweet but she is not very modest. She is always commenting on how awesome she is. So if she is the only one who has the class attend something of hers I can imagine she will think she is that much better.
Quoting mom2twinboyz:Quoting mjande4:I agree with everyone else, it seems like a nice gesture. Are you/your child envious? If you don't want to support the other child, ok, but I know my daughter's teachers have always advertised when she had a show going on. In fact her 3rd grade teacher took the entire class to see her perform in a production of Annie and the kids loved it.
No we are not envious first he is a boy so he could give a hoot. I guess this girl is sweet but she is not very modest. She is always commenting on how awesome she is. So if she is the only one who has the class attend something of hers I can imagine she will think she is that much better.
Elf on Shelf
- mom2twinboyz
on Mar. 4, 2013 at 6:57 PM