I had a parent yesterday who called and interrupted my lesson to talk to me for 20 minutes about her child. Her child was sitting 3 rows back. The entire class was listening. Now what teacher in their right mind would tell a parent anything important or embarassing in front of a class.
Do parents have any brains left? She was asking personal questions and expected me to answer. I tried to remind her that the children were in front of me. But, she persisted. How embarassing!
Did she want me to tell her the truth? Your child is a below average student. She doesn't appear to understand much of what is going on in class. She doesn't read above a beginning 3rd grade level. Her math skills are so low that my 3 year old great niece can do better. Holy Cow! I would never give out information like that in front of other people. For one thing, she would be the one to sue when it got around that the kids had heard!
Then there comes the problem of interrupting my class. I was in the middle of a lesson when she called. I told her we were in the middle of a lesson and she ignored me. She just went on and on. And on! I have an intern for Social Studies and she said she couldn't believe someone would expect you to talk during class time.
I must admit I was surprised. Usually calls about the end of school and I have to go do bus duty.
The worst part was that she wanted to know now (8 days before school is out) what she can do to help her child pass. I told her she could go to summer school. She said she looked into it and it just wouldn't do. So I suggested Sylvan Learning Centers or get a tutor because it was too late to do anything about it this year. She is not being retained but she is very low.
(She is also absent all the time, tardy and sick)