Met with a student and his mom to discuss why he is going to fail my class if he doesn't start turning in homework. The mom acted as if this kind of thing had not been said to her before about her son...which I know is not true based on looking at his file. He's a great kid...he just doesn't turn anything in and that doesn't fly in my class.
Kid left so it's just me and mom. She proceeds to say that she wanted to "give me some perspective" on her son's schedule. She then tells me how much he loves sports...and how the amount of homework he has every night is conflicting with his sports. She said "i just want you to keep that in mind when you are planning...just some perspective."
In my fantasy I said "Are you freaking kidding me? I'll show you some perspective, the perspective of my hand hitting your stupid face."
In real life I said, "thanks, i'll keep that in mind"
I made the right choice not to give her a piece of my mind about how my job is to actually educate her son...not worry about how perfect his jump shot is.
What a joke.
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