... I hate my job! I don't like dealing with poorly trained children, who with little or NO manners, try to manipulate assignments to their best ability, or to manipulate the other students in class, AND the classroom teacher! But, dealing with the parents of those same students is so much WORSE! And, so much more unbelievable!
Apparently it IS acceptable for a student to speak disrespectfully to a teacher, and to behave poorly is class. Why, you ask??? Because they're just modeling what they've seen their parents do; not only in front of their own children, but in front of someone else's children, as well.
All of this because she didn't want to wait 10 minutes, on the chairs, outside the classroom door. Granted: It was warm this afternoon (around 100). Granted, the chair may have been warm. Granted, she was going to have to wait a few minutes. But, think about it: How many of us can avoid lines? Like say, traffic lines, grocery store lines, concert ticket lines, doctor waiting room lines, the line at the post office, dmv... Okay, you get the gist... Lines are inevitable, and we're all busy... No one really wants to stand in line, yet we DO, because there is something at the other end of that line that we DO WANT... Like the 1-minute thrill on an amusement park ride, food to eat, postage stamps, medicine, an evening out, and in some cases, insight to the progression and education of our children, as they become well-rounded, educated, polite, productive individuals, and some day the adults with the ability to thrive and succeed in a world full of LINES!
As important as that last statement may seem, I beckon to ask, "Does that give the parent the right to barge in on another parent/teacher confecerece, arguing over which parent should've been seen first and why!
Literally, all I have to say is: GROW UP!! Wait your turn, and demonstrate to your child respect, patience, and understanding that: Being an adult requires ACTING LIKE ONE!
