Seeing as how the child oobviously just started kindergarten I think its being a little tough to expect them to know how to read the colors. Of course they can match the numbers at the top to the picture but every kid is different. I am a first time kindergarten mom and in his class some can color great some not some can write their name some cant. I think this child needed more help than received by parent. The parent is the one who did the color coding or the teacher? If it was the teacher then I could see why she's questioning it. But if not it seems like the parents would have went over the work I go over everything with my child's homework

I'd circle and cross that shat out with a red pen and write PLEASE CORRECT .. then at the bottom write, please forward an apology for extra credit.

Not ok regardless of the age/grade.

If she's willing to write this on a paper for parents and others to see just imagine how she treats the child in class ??‍♀️

My son's colouring job isn't even this good and he's in kindergarten. He honestly could care less about colouring.

No way...a teacher wrote that? I was a kindergarten teacher this is not ok if I was the parents I'd lose my s*** .

I’m really surprised at the responses! On the original post parents were going crazy on the teacher in the comments.

I'd be pissed if a teacher wrote that on my child's work??

Depends if they kiddo can read. If they can read I would consider punishing the teacher. If the kiddo cannot read she just needs to improve her methods of communicating with the parents.

There seem to be 2 different writing styles on what the teacher supposedly wrote.

The directions or color is is one handwriting and blind in another

Handwriting of the message and childs name seems similar. Sorry, but I dont see a true teacher writing this. Only an idiot would do this, especially with how quick people are to jump on social media to make a big deal about fake crud. I honestly feel as if a) its fake and a way to get 15 minutes of fame, or b) a comment the teacher wrote to remind themselves to bring it up to the parents attention. At 5, the parents should have directed the child and helped them understand the directions, instead of allowing them to get it wrong. Just my opinions though.

Pp I thought she said it was her friend but then I reread the comment & that was just the caption .

& you're right it could of been made up. Thats one thing I can't stand about social media lots of ppl are making up fake situations to be popular, get likes, follows etc. You never know.

Ek is right. There's no proof that the teacher did this. These days, people so often fabricate stories for internet fame. And if it was fabricated, I feel so bad for those mistreated teachers who dedicate their lives to teaching our kids.

I would have wrote the teacher a nice little note.

Wouldn't surprise me if a parent wrote this themselves and then posted on Facebook to bash the teacher. I've seen much worse than that happen on Facebook with teachers in my community.

I would of been pissed if this was on my child's work. They might have it hard but there is no reason to be rude about it...some children have different areas that they might struggle in more than others...instead of colorblind she could have left the parents a note letting them know that the child needs extra help with colors or something of that nature...I always say it takes a special person to be a teacher...underpaid & stressful days. Totally not for everyone.

After that explanation op this is totally inappropriate. This shows lack of judgement and an uncaring attitude towards the child.

It's a jab and inappropriate.

The child did do some of it correct and then just went crazy coloring.

Kindergarten teachers definitely have it tough. They are the first line of experience that children have with school. They set children up in regards to how they perceive school for potentially 12 more years!

If you as a kindergarten teacher can't handle that....then you went into the wrong field! If you aren't willing to take on that responsibility, step aside instead of damaging a child's spirits.

As pp said, if this was a note to herself so she could bring up with the parents. Ok!

If you know the parents personally and are on a joking level. Ok!

Any other reason is bull crap.

This is a complete jab to the child. Some kids in kindergarten haven't gone to preschool and haven't been interested in academics so they may not know their colours as well, or their numbers. So unnecessary.

They wonder why more parents want to homeschool and they are losing funding. ?

Then she should've had a conference with the parents as soon as she felt there was even a concern. You don't just write this, send it back but not inform the parents regarding your concern..

Inappropriate. I would probably inquire if this was my child’s work.

Depends on the situation, was it given to the parents during a conference, or to the student? Honestly a five year old should be following directions and not scribbling all over the paper ? wouldn't have been a big deal to us.

I've written on my students papers many times. I think the comment was inappropriate. I would have put " went over directions in class and did the first one with you. What happened?" instead. I feel a comment more like mine shows parents hey, we went over it, I showed them what to do, and they still got it wrong. Something's up.

This was the caption on the picture:

“My friend's daughter came home with this finished assignment yesterday from kindergarten. The teacher has already shown noticable personality conflicts with this particular child and gives negative reports on her daily over small, typical 5 year old behavior. At the top left hand corner the teacher is asking in what seems to us a very snarky manner weather or not the girl is colorblind for getting a handful wrong.“

I agree with Ria. It depends on the context. I personally would use a post it note to mark my concerns of this nature on any student work.

I think kindergarten teachers have it rough, are scrutinized way hard, are under appreciated. I also think bullying is reaching. The paper had directions which the child did not follow. I think the teacher is attempting to address the issue with a sense of humor.

Phaedra tho.

Agree with Zelda

Inappropriate for sure!

Did the teacher write this down and only handed it back during a requested parent teacher conference? If that was done so she can discuss her thoughts with the parents personally..ok...But if she just wrote that down and handed it back without any reasoning or notice to the parents..then Yes I'd have some questions.

For sure a mean spirited thing to say. At five I think a child should be able to do this a little bit better, yes, but the teacher could have written or vocalized it in a more mature and kind manner.

Edit: did she send this home with the child truly wondering if she/he was colorblind?

No not bullying.

Maybe it was for the parents to see and the teacher was concerned that the child is legitimately color blind.

Definitely not the right way to approach it though if that is the case

Inappropriate, yes. Unprofessional, yes. Bullying, no. The word bullying is overused in my opinion.