Summer birthdays: do you expect the teacher to do anything?

[Anonymous]

No.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and no parent has ever asked me what I have planned for THEIR child's birthday, whenever it is. Many parents ask if they can bring in treats to share but that's it. I give the birthday kid a hat to wear (I teach kindergarten) and they can choose something from my prize box.

My July kids would want to wear the hat and choose something from the prize box. They'd ask themselves, but I could absolutely see a shyer kid asking their mom and wanting their mom to ask.

No kindergarten teacher worth her salt would single kids out like that and not expect blowback from the kids intentionally left out. Kids live for this stuff, they aren't going to let it go by unnoticed.

+100

I have a summer birthday kid. In kindergarten, he and the other summer birthday kid were excluded from wearing the birthday crown and picking a prize from the box. Towards the end of the year, the other kid asked if they were going to get a chance to wear the crown and was told the birthday stuff had been put away. He’s in high school and still remembers being upset by it.

If you don’t celebrate any birthdays, it’s fine. If you only celebrate the kids who have a birthday on a school day, then it’s fine to exclude the summer kids. If you recognize weekend or school year holiday break birthdays, then you should figure out away to recognize the summer kids.

This seems like such a predictable outcome. I sincerely doubt the PP is a teacher if she's acting dumb about how this will play out. I bet a lot of kindergarten time is spend mitigating accusations of "that's not fair!" when kids think another kid gets to use the supplies longer, the preferred seat, a special job, etc. Kids are not going to let it slide that their birthday gets the shaft when other kids' don't.

[Anonymous]

I have a “Birthday Menu” with different activities the child can pick— having a hat day for the class, 10 minutes of games like 4 corners or heads up 7 up, etc. Summer birthdays or kids who don’t have their birthday fall on a school day can choose a day to celebrate. I teach upper elementary so birthdays are a slightly less big thing in class than for the early grades.

[Anonymous]

The only celebrations in our schools are parent driven meaning that they can bring in a store bought treat for the whole class to celebrate their kids birthday.
There is nothing that the teachers do. The school prohibits balloons and other types of things and there's absolutely no prizes given out for a birthday.
No cakes no big celebrations just small cupcakes or in one instance the birthday kid really like pretzels and so the mom brought in a soft pretzel for every kid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and no parent has ever asked me what I have planned for THEIR child's birthday, whenever it is. Many parents ask if they can bring in treats to share but that's it. I give the birthday kid a hat to wear (I teach kindergarten) and they can choose something from my prize box.

My July kids would want to wear the hat and choose something from the prize box. They'd ask themselves, but I could absolutely see a shyer kid asking their mom and wanting their mom to ask.

No kindergarten teacher worth her salt would single kids out like that and not expect blowback from the kids intentionally left out. Kids live for this stuff, they aren't going to let it go by unnoticed.

+100

I have a summer birthday kid. In kindergarten, he and the other summer birthday kid were excluded from wearing the birthday crown and picking a prize from the box. Towards the end of the year, the other kid asked if they were going to get a chance to wear the crown and was told the birthday stuff had been put away. He’s in high school and still remembers being upset by it.

If you don’t celebrate any birthdays, it’s fine. If you only celebrate the kids who have a birthday on a school day, then it’s fine to exclude the summer kids. If you recognize weekend or school year holiday break birthdays, then you should figure out away to recognize the summer kids.

This seems like such a predictable outcome. I sincerely doubt the PP is a teacher if she's acting dumb about how this will play out. I bet a lot of kindergarten time is spend mitigating accusations of "that's not fair!" when kids think another kid gets to use the supplies longer, the preferred seat, a special job, etc. Kids are not going to let it slide that their birthday gets the shaft when other kids' don't.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:The only celebrations in our schools are parent driven meaning that they can bring in a store bought treat for the whole class to celebrate their kids birthday.
There is nothing that the teachers do. The school prohibits balloons and other types of things and there's absolutely no prizes given out for a birthday.
No cakes no big celebrations just small cupcakes or in one instance the birthday kid really like pretzels and so the mom brought in a soft pretzel for every kid.

Knowing how many s**** parents are out there, your school sucks. Society can do better by, literally at minimum, asking our taxpayer paid teachers to *recognize* a kid (who is governmentally mandated to there and may not get recognition outside of school) and their birthday.

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Anonymous wrote:wtf how is this a big deal to pick a day and celebrate summer birthdays? Kids love being celebrated for their birthday. People like you should not be teachers.

Omg I cannot believe you just said OP shouldn’t be a teacher because she’s not celebrating summer kids birthdays.
You absolutely SUCK.

OP shouldn’t be a teacher because she puts more effort into writing a post complaining about her class to an anonymous message board than spending 5 minutes helping all kids in her class feel special for birthdays. She absolutely should not be a teacher, she should actually be fired, and I certainly hope you’re not either. More good teachers, wayyyyyy less OPs.

That response makes you suck even more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only celebrations in our schools are parent driven meaning that they can bring in a store bought treat for the whole class to celebrate their kids birthday.
There is nothing that the teachers do. The school prohibits balloons and other types of things and there's absolutely no prizes given out for a birthday.
No cakes no big celebrations just small cupcakes or in one instance the birthday kid really like pretzels and so the mom brought in a soft pretzel for every kid.

Knowing how many s**** parents are out there, your school sucks. Society can do better by, literally at minimum, asking our taxpayer paid teachers to *recognize* a kid (who is governmentally mandated to there and may not get recognition outside of school) and their birthday.

Schools not for celebrating birthdays. End of story.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:wtf how is this a big deal to pick a day and celebrate summer birthdays? Kids love being celebrated for their birthday. People like you should not be teachers.

Omg I cannot believe you just said OP shouldn’t be a teacher because she’s not celebrating summer kids birthdays.
You absolutely SUCK.

OP shouldn’t be a teacher because she puts more effort into writing a post complaining about her class to an anonymous message board than spending 5 minutes helping all kids in her class feel special for birthdays. She absolutely should not be a teacher, she should actually be fired, and I certainly hope you’re not either. More good teachers, wayyyyyy less OPs.

That response makes you suck even more.

Then by your logic I should become a teacher!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wtf how is this a big deal to pick a day and celebrate summer birthdays? Kids love being celebrated for their birthday. People like you should not be teachers.

Omg I cannot believe you just said OP shouldn’t be a teacher because she’s not celebrating summer kids birthdays.
You absolutely SUCK.

OP shouldn’t be a teacher because she puts more effort into writing a post complaining about her class to an anonymous message board than spending 5 minutes helping all kids in her class feel special for birthdays. She absolutely should not be a teacher, she should actually be fired, and I certainly hope you’re not either. More good teachers, wayyyyyy less OPs.

That response makes you suck even more.

DP. No, it makes YOU suck even more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wtf how is this a big deal to pick a day and celebrate summer birthdays? Kids love being celebrated for their birthday. People like you should not be teachers.

Omg I cannot believe you just said OP shouldn’t be a teacher because she’s not celebrating summer kids birthdays.
You absolutely SUCK.

OP shouldn’t be a teacher because she puts more effort into writing a post complaining about her class to an anonymous message board than spending 5 minutes helping all kids in her class feel special for birthdays. She absolutely should not be a teacher, she should actually be fired, and I certainly hope you’re not either. More good teachers, wayyyyyy less OPs.

That response makes you suck even more.

DP. No, it makes YOU suck even more.

I mean, your response.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wtf how is this a big deal to pick a day and celebrate summer birthdays? Kids love being celebrated for their birthday. People like you should not be teachers.

Omg I cannot believe you just said OP shouldn’t be a teacher because she’s not celebrating summer kids birthdays.
You absolutely SUCK.

OP shouldn’t be a teacher because she puts more effort into writing a post complaining about her class to an anonymous message board than spending 5 minutes helping all kids in her class feel special for birthdays. She absolutely should not be a teacher, she should actually be fired, and I certainly hope you’re not either. More good teachers, wayyyyyy less OPs.

That response makes you suck even more.

Maybe OP could defend herself and clarify if she ignores some kids while heaping praise on others when it comes to acknowledging birthdays. Because if she's like "too bad for you, summer losers" then, yeah, she sucks. Or if she just ignores birthdays as a rule, then that's a different story and ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wtf how is this a big deal to pick a day and celebrate summer birthdays? Kids love being celebrated for their birthday. People like you should not be teachers.

Omg I cannot believe you just said OP shouldn’t be a teacher because she’s not celebrating summer kids birthdays.
You absolutely SUCK.

OP shouldn’t be a teacher because she puts more effort into writing a post complaining about her class to an anonymous message board than spending 5 minutes helping all kids in her class feel special for birthdays. She absolutely should not be a teacher, she should actually be fired, and I certainly hope you’re not either. More good teachers, wayyyyyy less OPs.

That response makes you suck even more.

Maybe OP could defend herself and clarify if she ignores some kids while heaping praise on others when it comes to acknowledging birthdays. Because if she's like "too bad for you, summer losers" then, yeah, she sucks. Or if she just ignores birthdays as a rule, then that's a different story and ok.

+1 exactly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wtf how is this a big deal to pick a day and celebrate summer birthdays? Kids love being celebrated for their birthday. People like you should not be teachers.

Omg I cannot believe you just said OP shouldn’t be a teacher because she’s not celebrating summer kids birthdays.
You absolutely SUCK.

OP shouldn’t be a teacher because she puts more effort into writing a post complaining about her class to an anonymous message board than spending 5 minutes helping all kids in her class feel special for birthdays. She absolutely should not be a teacher, she should actually be fired, and I certainly hope you’re not either. More good teachers, wayyyyyy less OPs.

That response makes you suck even more.

Maybe OP could defend herself and clarify if she ignores some kids while heaping praise on others when it comes to acknowledging birthdays. Because if she's like "too bad for you, summer losers" then, yeah, she sucks. Or if she just ignores birthdays as a rule, then that's a different story and ok.

+1 exactly

The fact that OP went on about her background, her child, and repeating "summer" makes it seem like, yes, she does something for birthdays, just not summer. That's a lot of extraneous details for no apparent reason. Because otherwise she would have just told the parent that birthdays are not a thing in her classroom and there would be no story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you do something for the other birthdays then you need to acknowledge the summer birthdays. Do you ignore birthdays that fall on breaks and weekends too and only celebrate the birthday if it falls on a school day? Just be consistent with whatever you do all year long. If you have a policy of doing nothing, then just do that.

This is why we have so many entitled little shits running around these days. Because of mamas like this.