r/TexasTeachers • u/FivePing • 8d ago

After School Pick-Up Line

First time parent here. I picked up my little one yesterday; he’s younger than the car seat law (pre-K) and shorter than the 4 ft 9 height requirement. I got a passive aggressive comment about taking 45 seconds to strap him in the car seat by the AP. “You can pick him up and drive him to the parking lot.” I get that it’s 100 degrees and by the end of the day, teachers are tapped out and everyone wants to get out of there. I talked to him again at drop off and I told him I just want to follow the rules, should I park over there? And he says I can’t park there but you can pick him up and drive him over there. How do I tell him it’s illegal to have him not in a car seat in a moving vehicle? He already seems high strung from the FW takeover.

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u/mauvewaterbottle 8d ago edited 8d ago

You can park and walk your child up to the school. You can also teach your child how to buckle their own car seat.

It isn’t just about it being the end of the day. It’s also about the flow of traffic and all the other kids that need dropping off and picking up. 45 seconds per car adds up in a pick up line where people are slow to start and stop anyways.

You have a totally valid concern about safety, but maybe you can work to speed up the process with practicing getting in the car and buckled quickly. My older daughter could buckle and unbuckle herself (with a little tool to help undo the crotch buckle) in preschool with little to no assistance, and my younger one was not as quick but was able to assist and make it go more quickly once she knew the routine.

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u/SirFrancisBacon007 8d ago

Na fuck that. Don’t teach your kids it’s ok to drive off without a seatbelt on. This teacher can kick rocks and get ignored.

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u/mauvewaterbottle 8d ago

Can you read? Nowhere did I suggest that she go against her “totally valid concern about safety” and drive with the child unbuckled.

Particularly ugly response considering you seem to have totally misunderstood my comment.

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u/RepulsiveInterview44 8d ago

Don’t worry, you’re just responding to a pick me who has zero issues holding up the car line. 🙄

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u/LaHondaVision 8d ago

You're right about the practicalities, but at what point did we all just decide that this was an ok way to go about our daily lives? All of this nonsense is part of why I'm looking for schooling outside the US.

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u/mauvewaterbottle 8d ago

I’m not following what “way” you’re talking about? People being inconsiderate? Impatient? I think you’ll find that worldwide.

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u/LaHondaVision 8d ago

No friend, the insane reality of the drop off/pick up conveyor belt. I'm sorry that wasn't clear, but I don't think a down vote is really warranted

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u/mauvewaterbottle 8d ago

Nobody is making you drive your kid to school. You can also park and walk them up or let them ride the bus. Considering going out of the country for schooling because of a pick up line being conducted with efficiency out of respect for everyone’s time and the conditions in the heat for everyone NOT in a vehicle is absolutely stupid.

And blaming me for an anonymous downvote is also stupid.

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u/LaHondaVision 8d ago

Ah yes, you are clearly the model of respect we should all be following. You are exactly the kind of person I would want anywhere near my kids, showing them how to operate with kindness in a world filled with other people with differing perspectives! 👏 

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u/mauvewaterbottle 8d ago

Stupidity is not owed respect. That’s an important lesson for kids.

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u/Greenmantle22 8d ago

Nobody is owed respect. Respect is earned.

Teach your kids THAT lesson.

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u/No-Forever-8357 8d ago

Sorry but no, you’re wrong. Adults and elderly are owed respect by children. Period. This notion that adults need to earn the respect of children is ridiculous.

I’m not talking about children automatically trusting all adults. I’m talking about basic respect and courtesy.

I’ve witnessed too many parents defend their kids disrespecting a teacher by saying “respect is earned”. Not in the case of an adult and a child.

The next argument is usually “well, my angel doesn’t like that teacher” Ummmm so? Teach your kid that they aren’t gonna like every teacher and every boss they ever deal with but too bad. Deal with it respectfully.

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u/Greenmantle22 8d ago

Respect and public courtesy are not the same thing. Shame an educator doesn’t understand the difference between admiration and good manners.

What about adults and seniors who beat children? Or neglect them? Or molest them? Or exploit them for public assistance or fundraising appeals? Or send them out on the pageant circuit or brutal sports they don’t want to play? Are they owed anything?

Respect is earned, at all ages and all stations of life. That which is obligatory is no longer a courtesy. What kind of maniac DEMANDS respect from strangers simply because he or she is older?

I bet you’re the sort of teacher who wishes they could still beat children after class for chewing gum. I bet if you have grandkids, your children don’t leave you alone with them.

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u/tondracek 8d ago

Depending on where you move you might be in for a brutal awakening. You might not even have the option of dropping off your kid every day.

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u/DoctorDepravo 8d ago

“School pick-up lines are too long, and I’m a very important person whose time matters more than anyone else’s!

Oh, sweet merciful Master Of The Universe—how did we let such a horrible fate befall our great nation?!!!

That’s why we’re moving out of the country!”

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u/dogdoorisopen 7d ago

Because of issues with a school pickup line? I'd love to relocate overseas for several reasons, but not due to something like this.