Parent-teacher conferences were today… I had 17 conferences in 3 and a half hours (and 1 no show).  Which may sound like a lot and it was.. I am exhausted.  But that’s not the reason why I believe I deserve a gold star…

You see, NOT ONLY did I survive the conferences… but I was a pretty big hit.  I mean not to brag or anything… okay, fine, I’ll brag.  The majority of the parents think I’m a pretty good teacher.  They’ve noticed a HUGE change in their children’s reading abilities, among other things, and so they were giving me credit for that.  Some of the parents, who were pretty combative the last time we met, were much more understanding and helpful.  It was pretty cool.

And if we’re being honest… I’m kinda impressed *myself* how far these kids have come.  I mean, they’re a very bright group, so that’s obviously the majority of it… but my students now are more advanced than my students last year were at the end of the year.  They’re reading, writing multiple sentences.. it’s kinda awesome. And it reinforces my love of kindergarten.

Don’t worry, I don’t have a big ego now or anything.. one of the first conferences that I had was with a parent that basically said I wasn’t challenging her child, and acted unhappy with everything I do… but she’s never going to be happy with me.  Plus she’s told lies about me to the dean (who luckily didn’t believe her) so I’m kinda done trying to impress her.  I’m just going to keep doing my job, because quite frankly, that’s all I can do.

Although I wish one of the parents that told me I was a great teacher would go tell HER that.  *sticks out tongue*

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