Have you ever hit send on an email to your child’s teacher, then regretted it? Teacher and stand-up comedian Tyson Popplestone has built a huge social media following by sharing the hilarious and often shocking emails he receives from the parents of pupils in his class. From requests that their delicate child avoids punishment to outrageous excuses for outlandish and inappropriate behaviour, he shines a light on the tricky terrain of parent-teacher relations.
Comments under Popplestone’s posts often ask the same simple question: is this real? To find out, we asked teachers across Britain – anonymously, to preserve their careers – to share the most amusing, surprising and frustrating requests they’ve had to face.
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“My child needs more lines in the school play”
Daniel, a teacher at a private primary school in London, says he regularly receives emails from parents shamelessly complaining about the size of the part their child has in school plays.
