" Life as a Middle School Teacher: Open House

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Thursday, September 15, 2005

Open House

Ah, the dreaded open house. It's that one night of the year where half of the parents will show up and assume that you want to have a conference with them. I do not keep my grades at the school anymore because of the huge number of grade check requests I get on Open House night. So I always end up with angry parents. They claim the only reason they want to go to open house is to ask the teachers how their student is doing.

Lovely.

Well today is not going to be the day you hear about your child's performance. Call me and set up a conference, or call during my prep time and I will be more than happy to talk with you then. Open house is not the proper time to start asking your child's teacher about your child.


On the other hand, the parents that do show up for open house are almost always the parents of the good kids. Imagine that. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to realize that the more involved you are in your child's education, the more successful your child will be.

Now that I've said that, I guess it's about time I meet my daughter's teacher isn't it?

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