By Anonymous - 06/09/2013 20:36

Today, the mother of one of my students bitched me out about her son's poor grades. He lazes around all day, paying no attention and being a constant nuisance. But, she says it's not his fault, and demands that I give him better grades so he won't get "self-esteem" issues. FML
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KBurns207 17

You ought to tell her better parenting will help him with his self esteem not lying so he can pass school

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rachaelb07 6

Parents are the worst part of teaching.

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darwinism 30

If she is as stupid as she sounds, like her kid, just tell her there is a new grading system. An F actually stands for Fantastic. She will buy it for sure.

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queerdragon 20

Yesterday, when I was in the grocery store, some woman was berating her daughter for getting better grades than the son, because "it makes your brother feel stupid."

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TheyCallMeDamien 17

Tell her the folks that are foolish enough to hire him can do them. Tell her if he needs a social pick-me-up transfer him out of your class.

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empath 20

She needs a wake up call. She can't seriously go to you and expect you to give her son special treatment; you've already done your job. You go to class and yeah the lesson, you don't control who's actually listening, and learning; you control what is taught. If she wants her kid to get better grades she should get off he ass and parent, it's her job to make sure he's got his homework done if he's so incapable of doing it himself, that's her job! Being willing to tell someone else to give you kid a free ride through school, instead of parenting him and saying smarten up and buckle down is pathetic. It's going to come back and bite her when he's 30 and still living at home cuz he learned to be too lazy to do anything for himself because she was too lazy to parent.

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empath 20

Teach the lesson* Sorry about that, my screen is broken at the moment.

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CorpsmanUp88 21

People like that need to have a special class.... called parenting.

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LegolasPrincess 10

It's not your fault he gives 0 ***** about his own grades. If he refuses to give any effort, why should you? His mother needs to be a better parent and not threaten you so that he can get easy grades. Other kids have to work for theirs, why should he be the exception? What's she gonna do when he's older and starts working? Threaten his bosses too when they fire him or cut his hours?

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NerdyPanther09 6

Sadly, this is the world we live in now.

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TheCaramelKing 11

Be tough on him. Trust me. Make him hate you. Tell him he'll fail. He'll try and do better to prove you wrong.

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stormchaser24 24

It use to be the students fault, but now "my teacher hates me, is out to get me" is the standard. Some how it is the teachers fault. Now there are bad teachers. Like the ones who just give out packets all day, and does teach.

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ratorr2 23

My brother used to pull that "my teacher hates me" crap. My mom catered to him and changed his classes when he did that and then schools. Finally, in high school he was moved to the "alternative" school (for drop outs and such) and still couldn't graduate. I, on the other hand, knew I had to work hard to get good grades and graduate. Now he can't keep a job and barely keeps food on the table, where as I have a steady job, house, family, and even went to college. He truly is a product of this kind of parenting.

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fantasyworld 37

I feel like kids are getting babies more and more.

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bloodangel1973 8

Tell him " I'm sure you'll be asking his future employer for a raise when he goofs off likewise, on a side note, are you still wiping his ass for him?"

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