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Write to your child's teacher clearly and calmly
Something needs flagging and the email keeps sounding either cross or vague. Get a short message with the ask at the top.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me write to my child's teacher. Child's name and class: [details] The issue: [facts and dates] What I want: [meeting, check-in, info] Tone: [warm but clear] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A short email with the ask in the first lines. 2. Bullets of facts. 3. A subject line. 4. A follow-up if there's no reply in a week. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, diagnoses or legal outcomes. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. details: a short note you already have. facts and dates: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Gemini
Help me write to my child's teacher. Child's name and class: [details] The issue: [facts and dates] What I want: [meeting, check-in, info] Tone: [warm but clear] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A short email with the ask in the first lines. 2. Bullets of facts. 3. A subject line. 4. A follow-up if there's no reply in a week. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, diagnoses or legal outcomes. UK English. Stay in this Gemini chat. Leave extensions off, including Gmail and Drive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. details: a short note you already have. facts and dates: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You say the issue and what you want.
The assistant asks for facts and dates.
You get a short email with a clear ask.
What happens
Use Gemini to write to your child's teacher clearly and calmly
Something needs flagging and the email keeps sounding either cross or vague. Get a short message with the ask at the top.
Tools
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