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Originally Posted by chid
Try having a parent teacher conference with a child who is "failing" or has consistently bad behavior. Most of these parents who SAY they want this, end up being the complete opposite when they realize it is THEIR kid with the issues. Then it becomes a blame game of who is at fault.. and trust me it is never the kid or the family... You can talk to parents who say that, but when it is their own kid that has the issue it is suddenly the school's and teacher's fault for the issue.
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Its funny, because I still remember the parent teacher conferences at the end of the third grade for me, with my folks on one side of the table and the teacher on the other side of the table.
And me in the middle.
And the teacher telling my parents that I wasn't a good student, that I was pretty lazy about getting work done, that I had atrocious hand writing, and was the typical kid doing enough just to get by.
She then said that I had done enough to pass but would need a lot of help next year.
I remember my dad looked at my mom and looked at the teacher and basically said "Flunk him"
My parents figured that if I didn't have the work ethic and didn't know the material well enough that I would struggle later on anyways.
Now the unintended consequence was that I had a growth spurt and became the super villain of the third grade, which was awesome.