Parent-teacher interviews

[Molly]

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

In my experience the worst parents are, without a doubt, parents who are also teachers.

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.

That's just so you'll f'k off and leave us in peace...

[sunhuntin]

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).

i generally called my male teachers sir, or else used their full name. all female teachers [bar one who was a fuckin bitch and i refused to waste any name or term on her] were called miss. still are if i see them in town. even the married ones i still refer to as "miss bloggs" as it just flows easier. and now that im working a youth training facility, i get called miss. lol. i dont mind. easier than introducing myself a thousand times over.

[Molly]

It seems less formal here than the UK. I get 'Mr' a lot (because they can't pronounce my surname) and 'Molly' from some. Cheeky buggers...

[gijoe1313]

@Big Dave : I actually say things like that in class! Or things like "we need people like that to remind us what we don't want to end up like!"

And of course, when it comes to handwriting ... "I see we have a doctor/lawyer in training here ... because I can't read the handwriting!"

But then the worse thing I can say to a kid is ... "think of everything you don't want to be ... you are heading in that direction" and if its a kid that line won't work on, I just say "I hope I don't end up reading about you in the newspaper for something negative!"

Mind you, there are some I have come across where I think a quick bullet to the back of the head would solve a hell of a lot of problems for the rest of the innocents out there!

[oldrider]

Many teachers hate me with a passion, i cause them greif unfortunately, like taping a "i love penis" sign on my Physical ed teachers toyota hilux, and having a teacher chase me on a sunday because i flipped them the bird. Arent i just a angel, pranksta. Dont worry gijoe if you were my teacher i would go easy on you, but honestly do you have any parent interviews of dudes like me. All the best

Just gotta love freedom of choice, as ye sow, then shall ye reap!

[Molly]

But then the worse thing I can say to a kid is ... "think of everything you don't want to be ... you are heading in that direction" and if its a kid that line won't work on, I just say "I hope I don't end up reading about you in the newspaper for something negative!"

I try to get them to appreciate that they can either live a proactive life where they make decisions about where they want to go and what they want to do, or they can live a reactive life where they're constantly responding to circumstances and have few choices. I tell them that education is the difference.

Not sure if it ever sinks in. Kids know everything. As the French say (only in French): 'If youth knew, and age could'.

[gijoe1313]

I love it when I meet former students outside of school ... and the conversations always go "Hi sir, wish I was back in your class - everything you said about life out in the real world ... was true!"

"Thanks for trying to teach me, but I wasted a lot of time ... now I come across things and suddenly realise thats what you were trying to get me to think!"

I always say "Remember when you make a million dollars to give me some!" or the ones that end up in trades and I always say how they'll be a millionaire long before me!

In fact, a kid I used to teach (read : keep in class and stop from hitting others) from long ago who was a real hard case has now become a self employed brickie and sorting himself out ... now that is sweet!

Mind you, makes me wonder how the heck I ended up being a teacher when I think about how I was at school!

[Molly]

Mind you, makes me wonder how the heck I ended up being a teacher when I think about how I was at school!

I hear ya.... Don't you sometimes think it's like payback? And don't some kids just remind you of you when you were their age? They're trying to give me shit and all I can think is: 'Shit.... It's me'.

[FROSTY:Me]

Joe--ya wanna job tutoring my tribe?

[Big Dave]

In fact, a kid I used to teach (read : keep in class and stop from hitting others) from long ago who was a real hard case has now become a self employed brickie and sorting himself out ... now that is sweet!

A personal milestone for me will always be the email I received from a Torres Strait Islander about what my time running the local YMCA had meant to him and the community. Any personal Boys Town is a moment to cherish.

[Molly]

A personal milestone for me will always be the email I received from a Torres Strait Islander about what my time running the local YMCA had meant to him and the community. Any personal Boys Town is a moment to cherish.

I've a few lovely cards and letters from students over the years. Been lucky enough to teach some fantastic kids.

[ajturbo]

a couple of years ago i taught a group of druggies how to paint...

this year i met a couple of them,

one, now has a kid and is a forman!!!
the other
is a forman!!!!!

these two guys were either drugged or pissed most of the time at class.. we had a "couple " of run-ins...
but this all turned when, on one lunch break, i turned up for their touch rugby, and kicked their arse!!! (fitness wise)

they then realized i was there for THEM!!!!...

from that day on, they whole class worked as one!!!....

even the teacher (me ) learned a lot in that year!!!

[scracha]

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

Nothing like a good perv at all the fit mummies...many of whom flirt ridiculously...I reckoned it a perk of the job.

[gijoe1313]

I got to finish off leftover lasagne from the Parent Teacher evening! mmmm lunch was good ... ah well, back to the daily grind and get on with that stack of marking!