Mom Vents Frustration Over Low Grades Given by Teachers to Her Sick Child
A mom has expressed her frustration online about her child’s low grades, attributing them to a lack of consideration for his illness.
Recently, Lynne Mangaring, a Facebook user, shared her disappointment over the low grades given to her sick child. The post immediately spread like wildfire on social media and elicited comments from netizens.
Mangaring, a concerned mom, explained her son’s struggle with nephrotic syndrome, a kidney disease that kept him out of school for over a month. Following medical advice, Lynne ensured her son stayed home to rest while undergoing treatment.
Lynne informed his teacher and suggested doing module-based lessons at home, but the school decided to let her son restfully and handle his missed lessons through remedial work later.
When her son returned to school a week before the first periodic exams, Lynne noticed he wasn’t receiving additional support or guidance to catch up on missed lessons. As expected, the exams were challenging for him.
Out of all the subjects, he passed only Filipino and ESP (Values Education). When report cards were distributed, Lynne was heartbroken to see her son’s grades, especially in math, a subject he loved. She felt the drop in his grades was unfair given the circumstances.
Despite efforts to discuss the situation with his teachers, Lynne was told that nothing could be done as the grades were already finalized. Her concerns centered on her son’s transcript and how it would reflect his academic ability unfairly.
The mom felt frustrated by the lack of empathy and understanding from some teachers, who, she believed, didn’t fully consider her child’s health struggles.
Here is the full post:
“mga mii valid naman siguro yung frustration na nararamdaman ko ngayon..ganito po kasi yun nagkasakit po ang anak ko isang kidney desease ang findings po ay nephrotic syndrome ..so natigil po sa pagpasok ang anak ko ng higit isang buwan..sabi ko po sa teacher niya i momodule ko sa bahay kasi sabi ng doctor pahinga lang ng mga 2 weeks habang nag gagamutan kami sa bahay kaya diko pinag school.. pero sabi daw ng principal wag na i reremedial nlng daw po nila pagbalik sa school so..ito npo 1 week before 1st periodical test nakapasok npo anak ko.. and then nag ask ako sa anak ko kung ano ginagawa niya wla daw tinatanong ko siya dika ni rereview ni teacher about sa mga na miss mo na aralin ? hindi daw po.. nag exam na nga po at lahat ng exam ng anak ko 2 lang po ang naipasa esp lng po..saka filipino.. nagbigayan npo ng card after meeting at ito po amg bumungad sakin sobramg nalungkot po ako lalo npo sa math kasi favorite po ni kuya math yung unanh pic yan po yung card niya ngayon grade 4 and then yung 2nd nong grade 3 po siya dipo mahina ang anak ko always ko po siya ginagabayan lalo pag uwi sa hapon..ang akin lang nmn po di man lang po kinonsider na may sakit ang anak ko nag insist naman po ako na pag modulin akala ko naiintindihan nila..yung sitwasyon kaya sila na nagsabi na magpahinga nlng at i remedial nlng.. kahit papo sabihin nila na iba na ang aralin pag grade 4 kasi intermediate na hindi nmn po siguro para bumaba ng ganyan kinausap ko po teacher niya sa bawat subject na mababa pero wla daw po sila magagawa kasi naisulat na sobrang lungkot ko para sa anak ko kasi yan npo talaga ang masusulat na grade sa transcript of record niya..kaka sad lang na may mga teachers din talagang di mrunong umunawa ng sitwasyon lalot di nila favorite yung bata”
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The social media users expressed their reactions to the post:
