Originally Posted by daytripper75
I read something about dealing with managers at work that said that it is important for employees to find what the bosses communication style was (in person, phone, email, paper note) and to mirror it.
It is just plain rude for the teacher and principal not to write back to you!

I talk to my children's teachers with a lot of different methods.

^This.

I try to determine which method any particular teacher or administrator PREFERS right away each year-- in part so that I know, and also in part so that DD does.

We use the method most likely to yield positive and rapid results. That differs by individual.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.