Unfortunately, not all conferences go smoothly.
Here’s what they had to say below:
1.
“I had a high school student who had been doing poorly in some of his classes.
The next day, she showed up at the parent-teacher conference with her mother.
She is the last one in my line for the night.
I politely turned him down, but it made the rest of the school year super awkward!
Anonymous, 29, Ohio
3.
“I teach high school.
A few years back, I had a parent conference requested by a mom.
Her student had gotten a grade she thought was too low on her recent essay.
The mom was unusually upset about it.
She covered up super fast, and her kid looked super embarrassed.
I said if they needed help, I would be happy to help them.
Even timed essays in class, it was reset the student could write better than the mom.”
“I had a parent show me the ‘before’ of her mommy makeover.
It was the first time meeting her as well.”
Anonymous, 43, California
5.
“I was directing parents which classroom to go to when I heard a loud argument behind me.
I then saw the principal book, and it was in my direction.
Police came, no one pressed charges, and the conference ended abruptly.”
Jo, 53, Cleveland
7.
“The most memorable parent-teacher conference I had was when I was student teaching 5th grade.
The parent had an African Grey Parrot.
Where is he?'
He was otherwise a very attentive parent.”
“Family was a firm believer in nudist philosophy.
They showed up at the virtual parent meeting without clothes and in full view.
No warning ahead of time.
The child was a 6th grader in the background, shaking their head no the whole time.
I stated that no, sorry, you will have to address this at the next school meeting.
They showed up there nude and were asked to leave.
Sweet child, though.”
Aj, 35, Arizona
9.
“I was meeting with a mom and dad once.
She was such a sweet woman; I dont know if I felt worse for her or me.”
Anonymous, 40, Canada
11.
I teach 8th graders, and he had no special needs.”
It was pretty much the same story from all of the teachers.
I will never forget the fathers ‘solution.’
Anonymous, 55, Texas
