How do you feel when you attend to the parent's meeting?
By youless
@youless (112570)
Guangzhou, China
November 3, 2016 7:00pm CST
Next Monday afternoon it is my first time to attend to parent's meeting since my son goes to the middle school.
Frankly, I feel a little nervous to it. If my son was excellent, be sure I would be proud and happy to attend to the meeting. But my son is just an average student. Although his scores are fine, but teachers may not find it good enough.
Hopefully the teachers will mention some good news and I will not feel embarrassed when I sit there
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10 responses
@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
4 Nov 16
You should not feel embarrassed. If he is working hard and he is doing the best that he can then you should be pleased with his progress. Not all students are excellent.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
4 Nov 16
@youless it is much different there then it is here.
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@youless (112570)
• Guangzhou, China
4 Nov 16
@Happy2BeMe Yes, it is. So the children are quite lucky in your side. Unfortunately they may not realize it.
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@much2say (55912)
• Los Angeles, California
4 Nov 16
Just go in with no expectations - be proud of your son no matter what. I tend to bug the teachers all throughout the year so it's usually no surprise to me when I talk to them at the actual parent conference. But even the most excellent students have something they could improve on . . . everyone does. The good thing about these conferences is you will know how your child is progressing and you can help at home with whatever areas that he may need work on.
so it's usually no surprise to me when I talk to them at the actual parent conference. But even the most excellent students have something they could improve on . . . everyone does. The good thing about these conferences is you will know how your child is progressing and you can help at home with whatever areas that he may need work on.3 people like this
@youless (112570)
• Guangzhou, China
4 Nov 16
In fact we are already very responsible to our son's study. Such as every night I will check my son's English homework and my husband will check his maths homework. My husband says that everyday it feels like he has to do these exercises again because you can not see whether it is right or wrong by looking at it
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@Letranknight2015 (52079)
• Philippines
4 Nov 16
Be proud of your child no matter what, you know the kid is doing his best! Stand firm and let them know your doing your best to educate him at home. Reminds those teachers to do their job! and do it right!
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@4mymak (1793)
• Malaysia
4 Nov 16
I look forward to parent-teacher meetings.. because I really get to know how my child behaves in school, how is their discipline in class, towards the teachers, how do they get along with other children in their class.. are they active during class, and other activities.. these kind of information - you cannot get in their report cards.
As for Academic achievements - of course, we always want our children to do well, but that may not be case for every child. And you can improve with extra classes, or extra effort, even without the teachers' advise.
So, I would rather sit down and really talk to the teachers and ask them if what they think we all can do together to make my children enjoy to go to school, and that will in turn make them also work harder, and always have good learning relationship with the teacher.
Parent-teacher relationship is pretty positive in my community, because we each understand and accept that teachers are NOT miracle-workers that can make all our kids score A all the time - some kids are not so good academically, and if parents can learn to accept and understand that - they will not put so much burden on the child and teachers.
Don't worry so much.. Just listen and accept the teachers' comments with an open heart and open mind.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
4 Nov 16
I had to listen to all the naughty things my boys did...ha ha
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