Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Parent-Teacher Interviews
Things have been busy for the past couple of nights which leaves little time for posting. I enjoy meeting and visiting with those parents who clearly care about what their kids are up to. I wish more parents would come and talk to me, though instead of just getting mad at me when it's their kids who are lazy and/or stupid. Signs of the times, I guess...
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I'm a parent who always appreciates teachers who understands that there are all kinds of us out there. We're as diverse as are the many teachers we will meet alongside our children as they experience their educations.
Jason, parents also know amongst themselves that their are idiot parents out there.
True enough. I don't mean to classify all parents into the same category. I've had the distinct pleasure of meeting some truly wonderful people who want what's best for their kids as most parents do.
Every now and then I come across a parent (often moms for whatever reason) that cannot accept under any circumstances that their child is doing something wrong. These rare occurrences can't be reasoned with. All they want to hear is how it has nothing to do with the student but the quality of teaching they receive. Needless to say, it's a bit frustrating.
Not my son ..... he's perfect!! :-)
As a parent, I had two rules for the girls:
1. You will like and respect your teacher and do your best for him or her.
2. If you find yourself with a teacher you neither like nor respect, rule 1 still applies.
If they ran into a rule 2 teacher, I was sympathetic but still expected them to do the best they could.
Generally speaking, our relations with teachers were positive. My biggest frustration was with a math teacher who, when we discussed our daughter's difficulties with the subject, could only point me to a series of Saturday classes run by some other teachers, for which I would have to pay extra. This teacher took no responsibility for our daughter's problems. As I remember, the majority of the class was taking the course for the second time, which explained a lot.
Good rules, Frances. Kind of shocked about the paid tutoring sessions, though. In my mind, that doesn't fall into the realm of taking the job seriously. Teaching as a profession involves much more than that.
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