![]() Ozpin is sitting behind a desk in a classroom, Taiyang and Qrow are on the other side. Professor Ozpin opens the door and gestures inside the room. Ruby: ( panicked) It's society's fault! I'm young and impressionable! Video games made me do it! Yang: I object! They have no witnesses! We were framed! Tai: ( annoyed) What did you girls do this time? Taiyang Xiao Long and Qrow Branwen approach them. Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long are sitting in chairs in a Beacon Academy hallway, near a closed door. Thank the teacher, and email them later when you think of more questions.In a space of pure whiteness, the giant blocky title and a certain rose emblem drop from the sky to the ground, where the four miniaturized members of Team RWBY pop out from behind it to smile, wave and adopt poses for the audience while an unseen speaker announces the show as: " RWBY CHIBI "! Kids are complicated and a parent-teacher conference just scratches the surface and opens the door for an ongoing convo. That way you can go back with that all-important follow-up, if needed. They said if you don’t have any big concern you know you want to bring up, this is always the best question to fall back on: “What can I do to help my child at home?” End on a good note. ![]() I also checked in with a set of my teacher friends. I feel like those issues bleed into home life and this is your chance to explain what’s going on outside of school. But you can ask about homework-policy wiggle room and leniency with mild tardiness. “Big” is relative but everyone has something, from “can he please switch seats to be by a friend/away from a frenemy” to “we’re starting family therapy and I want you, his teacher, to know.” Don’t tell the teacher to go easy with grades, that’s an obnoxious ask. With 60 seconds left they’ll ask, “Any questions?” That’s why I say to have any big question prepared in advance. They’ll show you homework examples and a few test scores. Good teachers tend to rattle off your child’s strengths, weaknesses, how they’re doing academically, and how they’re doing socially. Be prepared with your most important question. But by then I had already branded myself as the A-hole parent. Later because, wouldn’t you know it, my freakin’ child started to love the class within a month and ended the year singing the teacher’s praises. Immediately, because the teacher was a young childless thing teaching middle-school science and her poor face just fell. The worst thing I ever blurted out was, “My child hates your class.” I regretted it immediately, and again later. I had a crushing preschool conference where I was called out for my super-lame lunches, which I think is funny now, but was a drag to hear at the time. Sometimes, there’s also a homework assignment for you, the parent. But chances are there’s also some nugget of what your kid needs to work on, and you’ll need to absorb whatever that is. Fingers crossed, it’s just that your kid is the absolute best. Usually the teacher has thought ahead of time about what they want to say. Say hello, and acknowledge, “I know we only have a few minutes!” Then get right to it. Now I tell myself ahead of time to keep my big mouth shut. It’s so hard for me to turn off my social self. I have made the mistake, multiple times, of trying to engage a teacher by asking about their recent wedding or their own kid. ![]() ![]() Pro tip: Snag the first appointment if you can! Keep the pleasantries short – you’ve only got a few minutes! But inevitably, someone’s conference runs long and the teacher gets behind which is why, unless you’re the very first appointment, you’ll probably be waiting. They can’t wait for you and bump everybody back. It’s a huge no-no to miss your time slot because the teacher has to talk to every kid’s parents. That’s because with every year there’s more responsibility on them (especially with homework) and less on me. I will say that the older my now-teens have gotten, the more important it’s been for them to attend parent-teacher conferences. Other times, this is adult-to-adult time. Sometimes you’re supposed to have your kid with you so they hear the update too. Consider bringing your kid, if policy allows. Most importantly, remember that you can take some time to process whatever you hear in this parent-teacher conference and circle back later with an email. Accept that the teacher might have insight into your kid that you don’t, because you are busy parenting and they have their eye on how they’re learning. Assume the teacher likes kids and does understand them. Be prepared in advance for what is essentially a lighting round on your kid’s progress, then leave feeling like you got the most you could out of it.Ī few ground rules: Be kind to the teacher. So it’s always a shock when you have a parent-teacher conference and only get about 10 minutes total to hear how your kid is doing, and respond.
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