Just received this email from my child's teacher?

I'm an educator myself and I find your child's teacher's e-mail to be completely unprofessional. Forward it on to his principal.

FYI...for those who think I'm "snobbish" or "Miss Manners" for my response, I use technology ALL the time as an educator. I work at a TECH Center for petes sake. Students in my building receive their handbooks on flashdrives, tests are give using an electronic "Personal Response System" and I communicate mostly via e-mail. HOWEVER, there is a time and place for casual e-mail and a time to be professional.

LOL! Dearest "parentals?" Your "creation" has a quiz?

What a scream.

I wonder if one of the kids has been playing on the teacher's computer. It might be a prank. It's funny though. Doesn't this sound suspiciously like something an 8th grader might write? It must be a child's prank.

Well the teacher called you parentals, called your child creations and called you BFF. Perhaps they have a sense of humor? Or maybe they didn't expect any of the parents to run on to yahoo answers to get a second opinion.

Be grateful the child teacher informs you of things like quizzes instead of an e-mail in which you find out your child failed 5 quizzes in a row.

and it is NOT a business email, you're not his boss, you don't work with him. If anything your relationship with your sons teacher is more of a friendship, or should be.

That is highly unprofessional. The whole 'parentals' thing bothers me too. He actually signed it "BFF" and wrote that he is going to offer candy to a stranger? This guy must want to lose his job! I don't know what I would do in your situation. I think I might talk to a few other parents of children in this nutjob's class and ask their opinions. I don't think I'd take the email to the principal right away, but the thought would cross my mind. If you can find another parent or two who also thinks this is inappropriate, maybe you could make an appt. to talk to the teacher together.

It is very odd if he did in fact mean best friend forever when he wrote that email. Is it possible BFF stands for something else?

You are ALL just a bunch of old-school(literally!) fuddy-duddies!

I'd rather prefer such an e-mail over a phone call that is cold, rude and "professsional"...all teachers had better start using these types of letters to the parents, or else risk their jobs over such "Miss Manners"-ish attitudes!

Snobs don't belong in the classroom, guys...GET REAL!

Seriously that is weird. what is sandblasting a beach....? And why carbonate milk? I got an idea, write him back and ask him if he realizes carbonation eats away at children's bones. Why would he want to carbonate a drink that is beneficial to children.

Monty's right!

"I'm so 2008!...but you're so 2000-LATE!", quoth Fergie(Black-Eyed Peas)...and you certainly ARE!

You parents need to lighten up on your harsh criticism on the guy...

My kids' teacher is doing the exact same thing at their high school, and he's getting praise from even the superintendent for his modern communications to parents!

Weird. Perhaps one of his brilliant 8th graders has hacked his e-mail account?

I would be most worried by the stranger-candy bit.