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I've been having this problem since 2012. Some of my parents are young. They had their children in their teens young. Every now and then I'll get a mom (it's never the dads) who's in college. Even more fun (yea right) is when they're education majors. I love every little thing being told "In my class..." they do the opposite. I usually say I'll try or some other passing comment. It's annoying. This year it's really annoying, because the mom is just being critical. When she doesn't like something for a reasons say "too structured" and then something else isn't going according to her class because "there's not enough structure". I know there's not much to do and the child is aging out soon enough. Just venting and wondering if anyone else has any college mommies.
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I would probably say to her "after years of experience I find this is works best for my class. -
I would probably say to her "after years of experience I find this is works best for my class". And repeat as necessary. What you learn in class is not always something that works in practice, you know what works for you.Comment
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I'm a college mom. education major, yeah.
I go to my director for advice, actually. she has much more group care experience than I do, and her education is higher than mine.
I don't think it depends on the major, I think it's the person.Comment
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Sorry, but it's the major.
It's hard not to want to apply what you learned to the first opportunity you see....which is usually daycare.
In all my years of being a provider.....I have to say that my experience is similar to the OP's and I agree;
it's not the person....it's definitely the major.
fwiw~ most of us were/are ECE majors too
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or maybe the major attracts those kinds of people?Sorry, but it's the major.
It's hard not to want to apply what you learned to the first opportunity you see....which is usually daycare.
In all my years of being a provider.....I have to say that my experience is similar to the OP's and I agree;
it's not the person....it's definitely the major.
it takes a lot of mental effort to not butt into another person's classroom with a piece of your righteous mind. but then again, my friend is very far from ECE (she is in property management field), and her godmother (!!!) is a teacher, and she (friend) thinks that she knows better. I will gladly turn to her godmother for an advice, 20 years of experience is worthy of respect, but it's not her, but a completely unrelated person giving me a piece of her mind about my profession.
I try to stay as humble as I can. those textbooks are good in writing, but incorporating them in real-life practice is a whole 'nother story. which is why I easily BS my way through the classes
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Mine too. I have to laugh about it, I got my degree in ECE in college, before I had children or a job, and probably would have been this person had I had a child in daycare at the time. YEARS later I went back to school to become licensed in elementary education... I sat through most of my methods classes, saying "Well, in theory yeah, but in a real life situation that won't work..." I am sure my college professors had as many complaints about their "seasoned" students as we have of the newbs. :Sorry, but it's the major.
It's hard not to want to apply what you learned to the first opportunity you see....which is usually daycare.
In all my years of being a provider.....I have to say that my experience is similar to the OP's and I agree;
it's not the person....it's definitely the major.
fwiw~ most of us were/are ECE majors too
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Only one time comes to mind, when a dkm asked me if I was aware that "there is no such thing as diamond shape, it is called a rombos"
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I have a lot of teachers/college professors children.
"I learned that in college too, dcm. As you're well aware there is a very large difference between theory and practice."
"I find that with this group _________ works best."
They rarely do it more than once.
What annoys me is the dcm with a SUMMER in a daycare during college (unrelated field) who is constantly trying to give me advice on what the center did for X, Y or Z.
She won't send her child to that same center, though. :confused: ::
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I'd want to reply with, "Sounds great--bet you can't wait to do that in your own classroom!"
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One time, a parent dropped off late. I was thinking of something else and said "Do you want to drive the plane?" to a child with a toy plane. She laughed really rudely and said "You DRIVE a plane". I just ignored her. She said "Do you fly your car?". She was really a mean person. She actually opened her own daycare and got shut down.Comment
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OP here
It usually doesn't bother me, but it's like this one is going out of her way to cause issues. One time she was raving about Dr. Seuss. The next day, I was playing a Dr. Seuss cd during nap. She came early and said "I don't like that story".Comment
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