- Mar 18, 2012
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My mom has 5 kids. She HATES emails from teachers because they always start with "hi, I'm your student's science teacher" WHAT STUDENT? WHAT SCIENCE CLASS?I'm going be honest here and say that I'm that person that doesn't read emails and probably asks someone questions I have the answers to somewhere in my plethora of nonsense that has become my inbox. I promise you, though, that i do try to find it on my own first. I have 4 kids, who were at 4 different schools this past school year. That means one email newsletter per school per week. then a classroom newsletter for the two youngest per week. then a CLASS newsletter for most of each of my oldest two kids' core classes per week. even my 6th graders PE teacher sent out a weekly email. On top of school stuff, there is a weekly dance newsletter and a weekly Lacrosse update. The only emails i read are the ones I'm NOT used to seeing all. the. time. If there is something I specifically have to be a part of, I'm not going to catch it in one of those weekly newsletters that i delete without reading. I'm sure there is a mom with one child who reads that preschool newsletter from cover to cover every week. and I'm sure she loves it. but it's not for everyone.
I think GroupMe is the most useful thing in the world for giving information. i love that I wake up on cheer practice morning with a quick "happy :::insert day::: today the girls wear X practice wear! see you at 7:30!" This is the epitome of "best way to communicate" for me. short, useful, pleasant and to the point.
One time the attendance secretary got snippy with her because she didn't know what class I was supposed to be in when she was calling me out. Seriously? She can't memorize everyone's schedule and all 40 teachers we have!