Just one teeny mistake..

One of the less lovely things about being a teacher is when it's that special time of year: Parent Teacher Conferences. They can go either way and while generally it's a fairly pleasant experience, they also are known to stress out even the most experienced of teachers.

Being in a new school and an unknown newbie.. I felt that I really needed to be on my game today. I was organized, I had made up a chart of the parents who were coming to visit, I had made somewhat detailed notes.. I was ready.

So the day began quite well and seemed to be going rather smoothly.

At 1:20 I was scheduled to see Tonya's parents. At 1:21 they showed up and sat down and we had a lovely little chat about Tonya and how she's doing in the class, what she needs to work on and how we can get her C grade higher. Then they left and Midori's parents came in. We discussed and so it continued.

Around 2pm Tonya was standing in the doorway and I asked her what she wanted. "I'm just showing my parents the room you're in," she replied. Didn't they know? Hadn't we already had a discussion about Tonya and her C? Then two other people came in the room. Tonya's real parents. I didn't really want to challenge their biological link to Tonya and so I just decided to go with it. It became clear, mainly because the dad looked just like her, that these were the real parents.

So I am not sure what really happened. Seeing as all my other appointments showed up I am still left wondering who in the world those first people were! I'm also feeling sorry for their daughter who is most likely getting in trouble for only achieving a C.

Oops!