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

[Anonymous]

If a parent reaches out, say no you don't personally do anything but if they'd like to they are welcome to on xx day and time.

[Anonymous]

In my kids school, this is only parent-driven and imo, stupid. The hypoallergenic store-bought treats taste bad and the goodie bags are full of plastic garbage. I have two kids with spring bdays and one with a summer bday. I do nothing for school for any of them. School is for learning and play. We celebrate as a family, at home, before and after school. Not everything needs to revolve around your (or my!) kid.

[Anonymous]

My kids’ school celebrates birthdays, and summer birthdays are celebrated in June before the end of the school year. It’s not a big deal. The kid wears a birthday hat and the class sings during snack. Parents can send in a treat or not. It’s nice for every kid to get a chance to feel a little special.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Sure troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my kids school, this is only parent-driven and imo, stupid. The hypoallergenic store-bought treats taste bad and the goodie bags are full of plastic garbage. I have two kids with spring bdays and one with a summer bday. I do nothing for school for any of them. School is for learning and play. We celebrate as a family, at home, before and after school. Not everything needs to revolve around your (or my!) kid.

That doesn’t mean teachers don’t do their own thing, which is what this is about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yup.

[Anonymous]

I really don’t think birthdays should be a school thing at all TBH, you all have enough on your plate. I recall my summer DS brought something home once or twice when he was little, probably the group summer bday thing. I mean a nice gesture for sure but completely unnecessary IMO

[Anonymous]

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.

As a teacher, you’re the parent we all dread

[Anonymous]

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.

As a teacher, you’re the parent we all dread

Why won't a teacher answer the question. Do you celebrate birthdays all year long and stiff the summer birthdays or not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whatever you do for birthdays during the year. Just pick a day and do all of the summer birthdays together.

My kids school recognizes all the summer birthdays on a fews near the end of the year by grade.

Our elementary school has 1 cupcake day for each birthday month. School of 450.

The kids go to the cafeteria, get a cupcake and a Happy Birthday pencil, get a group photo with the principal and that's the celebration. I'm not sure when in the day they do this. Maybe recess?

They do July and August toward the end of the school year.

[Anonymous]

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.

As a teacher, you’re the parent we all dread

Why won't a teacher answer the question. Do you celebrate birthdays all year long and stiff the summer birthdays or not?

I'm a teacher. I give out a birthday pencil to the student but that's it. If parents want to send in treats, they can do that and I'm fine if they want to send them in at the end of the year for summer birthdays.

[Anonymous]

All they do at our school is sing happy birthday if it falls during a school day.

They don’t celebrate weekend birthdays either.

I have a summer birthday child. Her main complaint is being the last one to turn the next age.

[Anonymous]

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.

As a teacher, you’re the parent we all dread

Why won't a teacher answer the question. Do you celebrate birthdays all year long and stiff the summer birthdays or not?

I have to know…. are you really this far gone? Teachers literally get paid beans and work long days, go home and half to grade papers, deal with the politics of school with parents constantly while getting paid beans and you want to complain about your teacher not celebrating your snowflake’s summer bday? Who the f….. raised you?

[Anonymous]

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.

As a teacher, you’re the parent we all dread

Why won't a teacher answer the question. Do you celebrate birthdays all year long and stiff the summer birthdays or not?

Yes. Yes, we do

[Anonymous]

Our teacher has a calendar with everyones birthday listed, including summer months. There ya go. No need to give a prize for a birthday. Just ridiculous.