I had a parent conference for my daughter.
In my daughter’s school, a new teacher is assigned every year. I enjoy getting to know about the new teacher during our parent conference, especially for the first one in September.
I have heard lots of good things about her new teacher from my daughter along with other former students and their parents.
The new teacher shared her impression about my daughter. My daughter is always nice and kind. Not to mention, she is very polite and well-behave. She is good at reading and comprehension, but not very good at math. The teachers’ feedback about my daughter always stays the same. All the previous teachers have given me the same feedback and impression about my daughter.
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After the same old procedure was done, the teacher asked me if I had any concerns or questions.
I asked her about the combination class. Before the new school year started, the school principal told me they would not have a combination class for my daughter’s grade this year. However, three weeks after the new school session started in August, the principal decided to make a combination class.
To say at the least, the school principal is not good at communicating. Only he told me was three students would be added to my daughter’s class. He didn’t tell me more specific explanation about the reason of their decision.
Contrary with the principal, the new teacher was good at sharing the information with me.
The more detailed reason was this.
Once the school year started, the school noticed there were 35 students in the fifth grade. The maximum number of students in one classroom is set to 30 students. The teacher who has assigned to the fifth grade was newly hired. The teacher is young and does not have many teaching experiences yet. The teacher felt overwhelmed in teaching that many students in one class.
In order to help out the fifth grader’s teacher, the school decided to make a small arrangement. The fourth graders have two classrooms, and these two classrooms were not outnumbered in students. So the school decided to move five fifth graders to one of the fourth grader’s classrooms. Then, three fourth graders were moved to the other forth grader’s classroom.
After the small arrangement, now the fifth grader has 30 students. They created one combination class of the fourth grader and the fifth grader; 5 fifth graders and 20 fourth graders. The other fourth grader classroom has 24 fourth graders.
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After I heard this, I was happy to have the new teacher. Now I know the reason of their decision of the combination class, I am willing to support for the school’s decision. At the same time, I feel sad about the principal’s lacking of communication. I wish the principal had told me this when I inquired about the combination class and the reason. Because he didn’t tell me the reason, I was not happy for their decision.
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This event reminded me of the importance of communication.
When I started working at the company, my supervisor often told me the importance of communication. I appreciate him to have taught me this.
If you communicate well and let the other party know what is going on, the other party will work with you and support you. Thus they will become your ally.
However, if you lack in communicating, the other party does not know what is going on. Lacking of information will create a chaos, and the other party will create a big wall between you and them. Thus they will become your enemy.
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