Parent/Teacher Conference no longer exists. Sure, we make an appointment ONLINE (god forbid the teacher send home a note with the time & date .... too labor intensive) and we meet and discuss and write down goals and they tell me how my little boys have potential if they could just focus. I act interested they act concerned we all sign the form saying we are going to work on our goals and la la la fakey fakey fakey and out the door we go. BUT, it is not a parent/teacher conference. IT is an SEP, student education plan. Stupid Education Process is more like it. I miss the good old days before every boy was medicated for the success of the teacher. I loathe no child left behind and the way that kids are not taught shit anymore. They are merely taught to memorize information in order to pass the exam at the appropriate time. The fact that cursive writing is going away is proof teachers are only teaching for their own successes.
I should now back pedal and state that I do not, I repeat...I DO NOT believe that all teachers are a waste of classroom space. I believe the majority of teachers are genuine in their desire to teach. We need more of these teachers and I wish that I had to answers at my finger tips to kick them to the front of the line and bury the bad ones in the rear room of the tax commission where all the mail is processed.
I loved school. I loved 99% of my teachers and Holy Geez I wish I could give that to my kids.
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