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November 21, 2004
Parent Teacher Night
What a fun night to be a teacher. Thursday night was a bit long, as teaching all day and then seeing a horde of parents was draining.
I enjoyed meeting the parents of the good kids. I like telling parents that their child is a hard-working kid, or a brilliant future lawyer, or a good friend to other students. I have some really great kids, and it feels good to see pride in the parents' faces.
I also enjoyed watching Student M's mom beat him across the head with his empty journal, after she discovered that he had been lying the whole semester, deleting my phone messages from their phone, and destroying any documents from the school. Since I had proof of all these attempts to contact her about her little shit of a son's behavior, it was gratifying to see her smacking him about with the journal he never uses in class. I know that this woman doesn't normally beat her kid, as she was hitting him on the head and face. Abusers hit the body, where bruises can be covered by clothing.
I was the fourth and final teacher to talk to her. Apparently she had held it down for the other teachers. I relayed the incident to the others, and at least two expressed wishes to have been present for the smacking. He's a bright kid, although not bright enough to somehow prevent his parents from finding out eventually.
Silly teenager. Kicks are for trids!
Posted by G at November 21, 2004 12:18 AM
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This coming Monday is Report Card Night. I have a feeling I'll be whacking my son upside the head with his empty journal too. *sigh*
Posted by: pua at November 21, 2004 02:14 AM
In reading your post, I was envisioning the scene in Airplane when the passengers lined up to beat, stab, shoot and otherwise abuse the one hysterical passenger.
Posted by: Jess at November 21, 2004 04:24 PM
Forgive me, but ... a journal? Math students have to keep journals? Like in English class?
Posted by: Christopher at November 22, 2004 12:01 AM
well, depending on the messages you might leave on my phone, i'd delete them too.
Posted by: riye at November 22, 2004 12:11 AM
Students write journals in all of their classes, or at least they're supposed to write in them. I'm required to integrate these ridiculous 3rd grade books into my lessons monthly to reinforce books that even the English teachers despise.
My messages on the phone make Ed McMahon drool.
Posted by: Glenn at November 22, 2004 11:47 PM