A letter from one mother to a teacher

Dear teacher!
Your mother is writing to a nine-year-old girl.
Unfortunately, my daughter does not want to move to another group in English. She is small and her girlfriends are more important than bad grades.
Please stop telling her that her parents are not trying hard enough to learn her English.

Understand, parents for their children - authorities. And the fact that you are constantly trying to explain to her that I and her dad are not capable enough, or are talented, or diligent, and simply speaking - slobs - destroys my child.
No, I will not come to school anymore to talk about how you are asking in your diary in a red sweeping handwriting.

Because the last time you caught me and right at the child they scolded me for my bad behavior.

When the child was reprimanded by her mother. So, I justified myself as a sheep.
I do not want to be a sheep in the eyes of my child. I want to be strong and reliable.

I'll tell you a secret - I'm actually a mother-panther. Just afraid that at school this behavior is not entirely appropriate.
Therefore, we'd better not meet again. I threw the sheep skin.
I do not know how to explain to the modern school that parents should not do lessons with children at all.

AT ALL.
And if the child does not work, then this is a teacher's problem, inconsistencies of the program with the age, textbook, high expectations, and so on.
Okay, fine. We will not prove anything to anyone and will try to practice at home.

I want to explain to you that my dad, my ex-husband, who visits her twice a week, is engaged with my daughter.

Yes, he doesn't always do the right thing.
Although, frankly, I can not believe that a scientist can not correctly read the tasks in the electronic journal.

But we also will not waste time on proving his rightness.
Well, he always does not what you asked. Let's say.
You know what?

My daughter is waiting for him and wants to deal only with him.
And I, honestly, would not be surprised if they actually do German. Or even play cards.

I do not care.
Like this. In general, all the same, and I will not blame him for the lack of zeal.
And I will not make trouble. And no, he is not engaged in “something like that.”
English, she somehow learn. But his childhood and fellowship with his father will never return.

Yes, we are all satisfied with the troika.
I personally learned English in a month of living in New York when I was already 24.
Spoken freely.
Yes, I believe that the current troika will not affect its future in any way. No, I do not believe in the "brand of the troek". No, I do not consider perseverance an important virtue.

And the textbook by Vereshchagina seems to me to be anti-pedagogical, and if I had studied it in New York, I would have quickly started speaking Spanish.
To the question of why other children can learn English from this textbook.

Some of the children are talented and have a penchant for languages, and even practicing on their own very successfully master the language.
Or, for example, they do it with a tutor.
No, I do not consider it necessary to hire a tutor.
Because by the time the tutor arrives, there is still an additional need to be engaged in, and I don’t understand why I’m not engaged in what the child uses in life. And why he now has neither the ability nor the interest.
Yes, I think that not all abilities should be developed early, otherwise “you will miss,” “launch” and “you cannot catch up.”
Then, the tutor costs 1500 rubles per class, that is 3000 per week, 90,000 per year.

For 7 years of school - it is almost 10 thousand euros. Sad lessons behind grammar textbooks and dubious audio recordings.

With this money in 5 years I can settle my daughter in London for two months and hire a cheerful young teacher. They will walk in the spring London, covered with yellow daffodils.

Do you understand the difference?
Just like me, she will learn English in a couple of months.
Or just like her father, learn him by hooking on some American TV series.
That is why in the eyes of our daughter it is so important for us to remain a reliable support.

To build on our experience.
Which is much more productive than the school program.
Please tell her that we, her parents, are cool.
Thank.