Today, the mother of one of my students bitched me out about her son's poor grades. He lazes around all day, paying no attention and being a constant nuisance. But, she says it's not his fault, and demands that I give him better grades so he won't get "self-esteem" issues. FML
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Today, just because my mum's friend's son got better grades than me, she's now treating me like shit. You know what lady? His mom is way better than you too! She didn't attempt to kill her child half a dozen times, and you don't see me complaining about it all day long. FML
Today, one of my fourth-graders came up to me and asked, "Can you please not put my test grades in the weekly folders? My mom likes to get mad when I get below a 90." FML
Today, I had to place a call home because a student was late every single day. The mom rudely replied, “Yeah well she doesn’t really like getting up in the mornings. Can’t you just wait and start class like 30 minutes later?” Now I have to have a conference with this spoiled brat and her mother. FML
Today, my son's "favorite" teacher went on a tirade criticizing my "awful" parenting. About two months ago, my son got her fired after he reported her to the principal for forcing him to miss out on lunch to finish a project. Apparently, that wasn't the first time she did something like that. FML
Today, my coworker was going on and on about how her son was nice and got good grades but that she needed to find him a therapist because he's too shy in class, and how she didn't want her friends to think badly of her. She's a counselor. I sat in silence for almost an hour, because all I could think was, "WTF? Poor kid." FML
Today, I was listening to my son's teacher gossip about students whilst in the grocery store. I was thrilled when she described my son as "A model student". However, she then went on to say, "Which is surprising considering that his parents are trailer trash." FML
Today, I was scolding my 8 year-old son because he was getting bad grades in school. I told him that he should get straight "A"s like his friend Ceejay. He told me that comparing him to Ceejay was unfair. When I asked why, he said, "Because his dad is actually smart." FML
Today, my son was smart enough to hack the school's computers to change his midterm, but isn't smart enough to actually keep his grades up. FML
Today, I got a lecture from my mother about how bad my stress has been, how I have to treat myself better and do something with my life. She still doesn't realize that most of the cause of my stress has been from her berating me about how stressed out I am. FML
Today, while discussing my grades with my mother, she told me that when she was my age she was dumb but hardworking, and my dad was lazy but very smart. She then added, "You managed to get the worst out of each of us." FML
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KBurns207 17
You ought to tell her better parenting will help him with his self esteem not lying so he can pass school
rachaelb07 6
Parents are the worst part of teaching.
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Comments (130)
xs4u 13
screw her
mollyjynxjax 28
Ydi for being a teacher! Jk what a stupid bitch!
love_mom2 6
"Not his fault? " does this kid have swag? I'll order some fries from him!
laughlots4195 7
i hate parents like that, constantly deflecting their problems on other people. i think this warrants a talk with your boss.
pi_enthusiast 5
I could never deal with that "properly". That mother needs to understand that undermining the integrity of her son's education by attempting to coerce you into giving him a better grade will damage him more than anyone else. That's the overarching problem, a huge chunk of our current generation feels no need to apply themselves and only want to subsist. Which to me is depressing. I was going to be a biology/math teacher OP, I understand your pain.
jimmywithsalt 19
Poor OP. My heart actually aches for you having to deal with this and for the existence of such stupidity in general.
heliophobia 13
OP, I have a lot of respect for you, teaching (especially in the US, I can't tell your location) is a way underappreciated occupation and is in need of much more respect and funding. Kids and their parents don't realize that education is the foundation of society and that good teachers are worth their weight in gold. American treatment of the education system is repulsive and disgusting, no wonder the global image of us is stupid and entitled assholes.
TIRiIPIPiN 6
Shows they both need to educate themselves more.
crystalxa 35
The things parents will do for their childrens grades! Back in my day, we we on our own and got scolded for not getting good grades! Kids are turning in to pansys!
Veladus 4
Ahh, this one hits close to home. I was the "lazy" kid back when I was in school. I didn't do my homework, didn't do well in class, straight F's. The teachers treated me like crap because they thought I was lazy and viewed myself as "better" than the rest of the kids because I must feel like I didn't need to do the work. Guess what? I was suffering from *severe* depression and chronic fatigue. I nearly killed myself several times later in life. 20 years later, I'm still struggling with it while taking a handful of meds every morning. So people blaming the kid need to shut up because a few sentences from the teacher on this site rarely tell the entire story. Oh, and YDI for just assuming the kid is lazy. I still hate teachers for how mine blamed me instead of thinking "hey, maybe this kid has a problem." Seems you're cut from the same cloth, OP.
BeepBeepSwerve 9
boo hoo powderpuff, nobody cares