From a teacher to parents

Hello friends,
Since most of us are now or will soon be entering into the stage of parenthood I would just like to give you some advice coming from a teacher's point of view. During the six years I have been teaching I have had some really nice comments from parents and some really harsh and mean comments from parents. Teachers need to hear more often what good they do for your children. We put in a lot of time and effort to help them learn. With all the mean dork heads I've had to deal with, most all of them have been misunderstandings, usually because their child told a fib to save their own hides and the parents never want to believe their child could do anything wrong. One thing I have learned is that all kids lie at some point or another to save themselves from getting in trouble.
So the next time your child comes home to you and tells you their teacher did something terrible and horrible and they are failing the class because the teacher is terrible, remember their is two sides to every story. Give every teacher a chance. Don't run in with guns blazing to the teacher and tell them how horrible they are. We're humans too and most every time the teacher hasn't done anything wrong or intentional. Be supportive of your kids' teachers and let them know that you appreciate them. We need to hear that stuff. Most teachers go into education because we care about kids and we want to help them learn. A lot of people think teachers have an easy job, that we just babysit. Dang, I wish I got paid as much as a babysitter did for how many kids I have. I would absolutely be RICH! We are not spoiled because we get our summers off. We need that time just to get going again. I know for a fact that most people would not last one single day in my job. That's okay. I like a challenge. So again anytime you can let those that help and teach your kids know you appreciate what they do.