Today, I got yelled at by parents of one of my students because their child didn't perform well at their Winter Concert. These are the same parents who told me months ago that I needed to be more lenient by allowing their kids to skip rehearsals. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I went to my kid's band concert. She's 12 and in the advanced team. They were the first ones to play and they were so incredibly bad that I laughed. Really, really loud. I was escorted out of the recital. 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, I was threatened to be held back because of the lack of teacher-parent communication. My parents refuse to sign my report card because of my one mark below ninety percent. My teacher was dead serious about failing me. FML
Today, I performed in my school's choir concert. The girl next to me started to pass out, and I grabbed her so she wouldn't hit her head. After we were done performing and the curtains closed, my choir teacher dragged me off stage and said I was getting an F for "creating a distraction". FML
Today, I had my high school piano recital. The entire time I was playing, one of my classmates sitting up front kept booing me and yelling "YOU SUCK" at the top of his lungs. He drowned out the entire song. FML
Today, it was the début of the high school musical I was in. When two others and I sang the word "Hell", my mother yelled at us for using that language, while the musical was still going, and dragged me off stage. FML
Today, I was told I was disrespectful for letting a parent know that her son was disrespecting adults. FML
Today, a parent of one of the students I teach called me to complain that I was teaching her child "lies" and "fairytales". I was teaching them about the Holocaust. FML
Today, I just got done being yelled at by my son's headteacher and a bunch of parents, all because my 6 year-old son has been arranging kiss dates between his classmates in exchange for sweets and so on. My little pimp in training. Not a proud dad moment. FML
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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brag97 9
It's obviously your fault. (Sarcasm)
hellpop 22
They clearly misunderstood the use of rehearsals. No one to blame but themselves OP.
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Comments (13)
brag97 9
It's obviously your fault. (Sarcasm)
hellpop 22
They clearly misunderstood the use of rehearsals. No one to blame but themselves OP.
URBeingLied2 23
I really hope shitty parents like that don't ruin the awesomeness of being a music teacher for you OP. My music teacher in grade school is someone I still think about as an adult because she taught us unique songs and made them obnoxiously fun!
Lalala579121 28
Such great role models those parents are being. I hope when their child is older and skipping classes, they remember this moment.
Selene1090 26
That about sums up parents now. It is the teachers fault, not their kids or even their fault. I share your pain, Op. I work in an elementary school and some of those parents, my Lord
XxfrenchyyXx 12
It's gotten to the point that parents are worse than their kids.
Selene1090 26
No kidding! It's horrible!
JoeMonroe 0
should have stood your ground. parents never know what they're talking about.
Dat_Class_Tho 26
This is one of those situations where it helps to be both blunt and professional/polite. With a calm and concise tone, point out that all of the children that showed up for rehearsals performed just fine.
monkeytater96 23
Well Hong Kong, and I'm guessing this happened....this makes me laugh. I'm surprised the parents would even let their child skip. Don't they have a like disgrace on the entire family if little kid does poorly??
corky1992 33
Those parents suck at being parents
goream2013 6
Working in a school I've learned, that as much as you want the best for your students, there is only so much you can do. There are a lot of parents out there that will frustrate you with their "logic" but you just have to smile and let it go. Maybe they'll figure out they are just taking away from their child and be better.