Sara Jane

Thursday night was parent-teacher conferences at Fern Ridge Middle School. For some reason I, the most nervous person in the world, wasn’t uncomfortable about the thought of having to talk to parents. So what I noticed about conferences is that, for the most part, only the parents of the kids who already have good grades come. It was nice to talk to these parents and tell them that their children are fabulous hard workers. It was also pleasant to get to meet the parents of some of the students. So that part was great it’s easy to tell parents their children are excelling. The part that was not so great was not being able to talk to and meet the the parents that I felt I really need to talk to. There are many students who are recieving ds and fs and I really want to see that the parents care about that. I mean I can still call these parents and talk to them on the phone but it’s nice to see them put out the effort sometimes.

So now I have a little story about what one of the parents said at conferences. The mother of a boy, who is a good language art student, was talking to my mentor teacher about putting her son into Adv. English when he gets to the high school. The boy said it might be too hard and maybe he wouldn’t get an “A.” The mother then said that it would be more important to think harder and learn more and get a “B” then to be unchallenged and get an “A.” I just thought that this was amazing! It’s obvious that this mother cares about learning. It was really refreshing to hear a parent say something like this.

Now let’s talk about the classroom briefly. This week, for the first time, I had to hold one of my classes a miute after the bell. They were suppose to be working quietly on a project and that didn’t happen. I always use the one minute thing as a threat and they usually stop, but not this time. So I had to do it. Maybe now they will know I am serious. We’ll see.

Best,

Sara

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