Dear Stupid Teacher

I would think with the volume of agreements I had to sign in the beginning of the year saying that I was a “partner” in my son’s education and am fully aware of checking his assignments and schedule you wouldn’t try to sabotage me tonight. 

I understand that you want as many students as possible to attend your astronomy night.  I can imagine how frustrating it is to get children to be excited about looking through a telescope.  There is no way they can appreciate the magnification of the glass in that long telescope and how amazing it is that they can see Jupiter.  However, I take issue with a couple of things.

1. You assigned a pile of homework for tonight.

2. You have scheduled a test for tomorrow.

3. You are offering a “get out of homework” pass plus extra credit if they attend the event.

4. The next two evenings you have assigned NO homework.

I have three children; two have homework tonight and Dad is working which means that  I’m the only proctor in the room.   The most homework for this evening is from YOU.  Why would you schedule all that homework PLUS a test for tomorrow if you wanted them to come tonight?  Certainly you could have rescheduled the test and homework since there is no homework for the next two evenings? And more importantly, how can I encourage my son that he should complete his current homework and study for his test if all they need to do is come to tonight’s activity and they’ll earn a pass AND get extra credit for the shit job they do on the test tomorrow because they didn’t study? 

So I’m sorry that my son can’t make it for tonight’s event because his mother is freakin’ exhausted from working all day, has one sick kid, and another who needs to be in bed soon and doesn’t want to stand around in the cold dark evening.  Plus, I opted for him to finish his scheduled homework and study instead.