Originally posted by seths99
had a student come in after school yesterday and when I asked what I could do for her, she said she’s trying to get her life together - asked her how I could help, and we talked about her making up a failed test, yada yada yada.
as the convo was coming to a close, I said something to the effect of ‘so yes, work on getting your life together and hopefully your grades will improve’.
her mom called the principal this morning cause the story she heard was simply that the student became emotional, at which point I laughed and said ‘get your life together’
so I called mom and told her my side of the convo. mom was cool. understood that she can’t always rely on the kid giving an accurate depiction of a conversation, but jesus, if this were a parent who simply blindly believes their little darlings word is gold, then this is the sort of thing that could spell serious trouble for my career. I wish these little shits would realize that they are potentially really messing with peoples lives when they do stuff like this. thank god this is a reasonable parent.
Curious what was her age? ...and how long you have taught?
It surprises me that you are surprised that parents believe pretty much everything their child says ...especially today.
...and hell yes you should be a complete paranoid and worry about your career. If you put yourself into a he said she said situation, especially with a female (even worse when the get into their teens), then you are playing with fire.