Wow you seriously dont have a heart. Boo-hoo I had to make little kids feel better. If you dont like the job then quit. God dont just sit there and complain.

I think that the parent should have taken the child out of school for the rest of the day, even in the work force you get an excuse for a death in the family. How can that be a successful learning environment if someone's crying distracting the other class members?

And to add to that it is true that it is the parents fault that is one shitty parent but still why would you think thats a bad thing? you are helping little kids its not like they turned on you and started ignoring your teaching.

It sucks that the parent did that and then just left the kid there for you to comfort. But you should feel sorry for the kid, not for yourself. Also don't be so hard on # 12- They were just trying to say its nice that the kids showed empathy for their friend, which is more than can be said for his teacher.

#37 it was a simple typo and get a life

Why didn't they take the kid out of class for the rest of the day?

It's pretty ridiculous that the mother or father left, but I think it's rather sweet that the kids were able to empathize with the loss.

#50 and all you other morons: You just don't get it, do you? Or maybe you write comments here, expecting people to read them, but you don't read yourself what other people have written before, which is disrespectful. Anyway, as it has been said, no matter how nice or helpful OP was for making those kids feel better, he/she has no reason to enjoy having to do this. And it's not because OP has chosen this job that he or she has to enjoy every part of it. I would have an issue if OP did not take care of the kids, but apparently she did take care of them, because then she would not be doing her job. But nobody has the right to care if she likes her job or not, as long as she does it well we should all shut up. Keep in mind the things you said here next time you complain because you have an exam. You chose to study, nobody put a gun on your head and forced you to go to school, so why would you complain about school at all. It makes sense, right? Or in case you are not in school anymore (which I doubt, unless if they kicked you out), keep what you said in mind next time you complain because of your boss. I mean, you chose your job, so you should enjoy it. You should enjoy everything about it. And don't complain while driving because someone is driving dangerously, or because the gas prices are rising. After all, you chose to have a car so you should enjoy everything that comes with it. I could go on and on with more examples, but hopefully you are not as stupid as I think and you understand my point by now. And I would had been polite with you if you hadn't been rude to OP in your comments. If other people have to teach you respect because your parents couldn't do it, then that's the way it goes.

Jeez, why didn't the parent take the child out and tell him/her in private, to start with? And then why didn't the parent take the poor kid home?

#58, I agree completely