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| Similarities between a teacher and Santa Claus |
| 12.09.03 (6:28 am) |
It sounds almost like a joke, but it’s not. There are definitely similarities between Santa and a teacher. The major one being that they both have to decide whether a child has been ‘naughty or nice’.
It’s time to write report cards and it’s one of the things that I most dislike about being a teacher. Ideally, every kid has made progress as expected and I can just report that everything is splendid. In the real world however, most kids are better in some things than in others, which automatically implies that not everything is splendid.
Kids usually know, and when I ask them what they expect to see in their report cards, they have a pretty good understanding of what they do well and what not. It’s the parents that I am most worried about. Nobody wants to hear that their kid is imperfect but you want to be honest at the same time. And thus, you include a little note saying that if they have any questions about the results on the report card that you are more than willing to make an appointment to discuss them. Then you secretly hope that they won’t…
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posted by: newbie
post date: 12.09.03 (12:41 pm)
Good luck with the parents!
posted by: newbie
post date: 12.10.03 (12:18 am)
think of the fact that there are also happy parents or maybe you can plug out (???) you're phone???
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