Parent Conferences

I have spent most of the day today trying to forget last night.  Last night was our second term's parent teacher conferences.  On these days, I put in twelve hours at work, not counting all of the extra time I spend getting ready the weeks before they happen.  I not only came home exhausted, I came home feeling like I got a slap to the face all because of one parent.  It didn't matter that I had at least three other parents tell me how much their children love me and that they enjoy my class or that I was able to tell so many success stories to a majority of the others, it was this one parent who cut me deep.  I can't talk specifics with you, but I can say that the parents who go straight to the principal with "problems" really, really bug me.  The parents who can't act like parents also really bug me.  When you put the two together, bad news.  The good news is that I have an amazing principal who knows I'm a fabulous teacher and knows how parents can be at times.

Today, a friend posted the following video on her Facebook page and I then did the same.  It was something I needed to hear today.