Parent-teacher interviews

[MIXONE]

I always go to the parent/teacher thing and when their teacher keeps raving about how nice it is to have them in the class I think they have me confused with some other parent.

[gijoe1313]

Well, this has been the lowest turn out for amount of parents coming in to see me! I must not be beating the kids enough!

Urgh ... 30 minutes to go till I can blat off on my steed of freedom!

[gijoe1313]

I think the new parents meeting me are surprised that I am a man! Too used to female teachers I guess!

Mind you in class I get that all the time as well .. "Missss ... taaa!"

[NDORFN]

I think the new parents meeting me are surprised that I am a man! Too used to female teachers I guess!

Mind you in class I get that all the time as well .. "Missss ... taaa!"

Good on ya though. We need more male teachers.

[PrincessBandit]

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Mind you in class I get that all the time as well .. "Missss ... taaa!"

Hehehe, it always amuses me how us married women are always "Miss", but often the unmarried ones are called "Mrs.....(insert name here)".

My son still calls male teachers "sir" - very old fashioned for a 17 year old. I still think it's nicer than "misssss......tah" (usually said with a whine in the voice - erk).

[CookMySock]

Oh yeah, its always the parents you don't need to see!

Hehe, we just go along to say hi, lol.

"hows the kid doing? :grin:"
"very very well. no problems. Awesome."
"great"
"yeah"
"sweet"
"no other problems?"
"nup.. ahh, oh yeah he dropped his pencil once.."
"bummer"
"yeah 8-( "
"oh well"
"nice to meet you hehe"
"yeah you too"
"see you :grin:"
"bye"

Fish and chips time! LOL.

Steve

[gijoe1313]

The free feed the school put on as part of Careers evening as well, probably helped the parents out as well!

Fortunately the school put on some nice din-dins for the staff as well ... lasagne om nom nom

[Pussy]

They didn't have these interviews at my reform school.....

[Big Dave]

You plan on having kids yourself on the back of your outside looking in hexperience?

[Hoon]

I never did my homework. Ever.
Top classes all the way until 2nd year of college. Shit went screaming downhill from there.

That being said, I'm sure it helps to fortify skills that were so shortly beforehand learned.

Yep I agree. Natural talent only gets you so far. I was super bright at school and could afford to slack around. I never did homework either as I could make up for it in class. Problems started to appear 6th/7th form when IQ on its own is nothing without knowledge and suddenly I was slipping down the ranks. To do as well at higher levels requires a lot more reading and practice which I wasn't doing, nor did I have skills to do due to years of neglect. By the time I was at University I was really struggling and just couldn't understand why dumber people were doing a lot better than me and why I was begging them for help.

Hard work and it's academic equivalent "homework" is what seperates the winners from the pack.

[Stirts]

Parent - Teacher evenings.....

My parents thought my school didn't hold them. Could be something to do with the fact that I used to chuck out that particular newsletter, and some of my report cards too.

I seriously fucked off my teachers, and shocked and stunned my parents in 5th form. Didn't hand in much homework, assignments were done last minute and half-arsed. Bunked class ALOT (sometimes went to work and rolled ice-creams for all the surfie boys - nom nom noms and other times went to the beach - Gizzy beaches in the summer FFS - need I say more), and still managed to get B1s and B2s in all my subjects.

I dum dum now though. :slap:

Academia vs. Real World Learning - pros and cons to both I say. And I believe personality traits also can lead to both your decision to, and whether you thrive and succeed in the academic world. And I learned very early on in life, that I was not one of those people.

[imdying]

i dont see why teachers need to set homework anyway

It probably won't hurt them to have developed an out of class time work ethic if they plan to study for a degree etc later on in life. Just a thought.

[gijoe1313]

Well in the end, most people do what they want in life later on - success comes in many different ways and people can succeed despite the odds. Its the ones with everything going for them who always gives me the facepalm moments.

Sometimes I wish I could swap that child's intellect and marry it with that hard working kid who tries their hardest just to get modest success. Its a funny old world ..

And in response to Big Dave, its funny you mention that - there was a study done which basically said male teachers who been teaching for a while and not have kids, will be more likely not to ever have kids!

I guess being exposed to the progeny of the genepool sweepstakes means men can see the direct correlation that such random breeding entails!

As for me? I don't have kids ... that I know of! s'course a state of affairs my parental units wish to recitfy posthaste!

[Big Dave]

GI Futures:

[P38]

Hahahaha

How's this for a Parent Teacher Interview.

Teacher has a local Mongrel Mob member as one of her kids parents.

He turns up to an interview for the first time ever.

Shes a bit nervous because she knows he's a gang member.

They talk about his childs very good progress in class.

Then he gets up and drops an ounce of buds on the table and says Cher, thanks for teaching my kid, help yourself to as much as you want.

Teacher freaks out thinking shes instantly going to Jail for drug dealing.