Dear Parents:
When you agree to go to a meeting at a school, please put it in your calendar on your phone, your post its and on your refrigerator.
Don’t show up two hours late and then get mad because the person who showed up on time for their appointment is taken before you. If you are running late, pick up the phone you paid an outrageous amount for and call!!!!!! It takes two minutes.
Most of all, don’t sit there and tell me and the teachers how bright your child is when a team (as in more than 3) of teachers explain to you 5 or more times that your child is operating on a kindergarten level for writing, reading and math in high school. Face reality. Your child has some problems and allow us to help the child.
Also, do not expect gratitude that you showed up late or really early. Your appointment was scheduled so that the teacher could work with you during their non-instructional time. When you arrive late/early without notice, special arrangements have to be made to accommodate you. If your meeting has to be rescheduled because those accommodation can not be made, either give consent to proceed without or live with it. This is your child we are trying to help.
Most of all, let your child grow up and face reality. It is an ugly world full of ugly people. Learning to deal with that is necessary. In the process of dealing with the ugly, the child will also discover the beauty that is also there. You will not always be there to help your child.
Sincerely,
A public servant of the education system