Friday, January 16, 2009

Why it's hard to be a teacher

Parent phone call to tell said parent that student is not doing her homework and has failed to show up for detention twice - Nobody answers the phone, so you prepare to leave a message...

"I don't have to answer the f***'in phone if I don't want to... so don't bother leaving a message."

{speechless moment}

And then the message is left about the students' homework issue.

Huh. Wonder what will become of that message.

5 comments:

kathryn said...

Wow...I wonder more what will become of said student. :(

mishler clan said...

Man, that is so frustrating. Geesh.

amanda said...

oh friend. so very sorry.

no fun. no fun at all :(

Christy said...

What? That is INSANE.

just jamie said...

Wow. i thought it was bad when I had to listen to "Alvin and the Chipmunks" sing "Brick House" on one of my students' answering machines. But that? Is way worse.