Meeting w/ parents of student tomorrow, kid is very bright but poorly behaved. They will spend time blaming adhd and their broken marriage, and nobody will turn to this 16yo and...
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tell him to straighten the fuck up and start behaving. The mom has actually used his "screen time" as a reason why he can't behave at school. If my kid behaved the way this kid behaves my foot would be through every screen in the house, on it's way up his ass!
posted November 17th, 2011 at 9:45pm in
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- Hs teacher here; I feel ya. 11-17-2011 9:45pm
- what will you say/advise? 11-17-2011 9:45pm
- op: I usually listen and let the parents feel heard, understand their problems, etc. Then I tell them that the truth is, unless he picks up the slack and pays attention, he will...(more) 11-17-2011 9:47pm
fail my class. I tell them my help hours, etc. but there's nothing I can do if the kid's not going to participate. And I will send him out when he misbehaves because he disrupts other kids' learning.
- i guess that is fair and you are giving it to them straight. It must be very hard to be a teacher 11-17-2011 9:48pm
- so long as you are not violent 11-17-2011 9:46pm
- How do you know what they will say before you even meet with them? 11-17-2011 9:47pm
- op: Kid's been in my class before. It's horrible. 11-17-2011 9:47pm
- np- teacher here - you can predict these kinds of conversations. 11-17-2011 9:48pm
- maybe he's just tough personality, and one day will be ceo. 11-17-2011 9:48pm
- it probably is the parent's fault 11-17-2011 9:51pm
- I feel bad for the kid. He's got no hope with parents like that. 11-17-2011 9:51pm
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