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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
Parents...are the reason I chose to not become a high school music teacher.
Its too easy for kids to twist a situation to their whim.
Not that I am suggesting that is what happened in this case.
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This is true. You know, as a soccer coach I've never had a problem with a kid, I've always had a problem with at least one parent. Surprise, surprise, no matter what their issue they wont spend an hour a week as an assistant to help me out.
I remember one season I had a team of 17 kids and not one parent volunteered to be my assistant coach, not one.
"You spend too much unsupervised time alone with the kids."
"Well then F***ing help me then! Why am I running 2 practices and a game all by myself every week? I'd kill to have to some help, and apparently you want someone else here. You do it."
The only reason I'm still doing it is because of overwhelming support from the majority of the parents. Even still though, the hassle from that one guy almost makes it not worth it.
Kids can twist situations to their whim, generally I think that would be a bigger problem for a teacher than a coach as most kids tend to dislike teachers by default.