Parent Teacher Conferences

Wednesday and Thursday were Parent Teacher Conferences (PTC). This is mainly an endurance game for the teachers, because we put in 12 hours a day for two days in a row and are expected to say nice things to the students when we see them and say nice things to the parents, especially if the parent starts to yell or get mad at you. It is obviously your fault as the teacher that their student is failing, especially when their student has turned in a total of one assignment for the whole year. But I didn't get yelled at, and most everyone was happy to have their student in my class--which is an ego stroke for me!

This PTC, as a school we had the absolute best experience. Unfortunately it was not my minion, but my neighbor's minion. But it still makes a great story. Mrs. J, my neighbor was explaining to one parent about why their child was failing TA. TA stands for Teacher Advisory and we encourage the use of planners by doing planner checks to make sure minions are writing in them. This hopefully helps minions become more organized. She explained that this particular minion did not use his planner and was failing because of it. Mrs. J. said that she wanted to help him learn responsibility. The Mom said, "That's what I'm hearing from most of his teachers." Mom looked at minion and said, "you need to learn to be responsible. They're trying to help." Without missing a beat, the minion replied to his mom, "I get my irresponsibility from you Mom. After all, you had me when you were 15!" There was an awkward silence and Mrs. J tried to change the subject as fast as she could.

All the math teachers have been dying of laughter over this story. It makes us laugh really hard, and I thought I would share.

I'm doing great, not showing at all, and in a few more days I will be able to know what I'm having! I'm really excited for Tuesday!