Microblog Memes

A friend of mine is a teacher, and he told me the following story a while back:

A student had an oral exam and was so nervous that he couldn’t get a word out. So my friend coordinated with the “exam committee” to give the student a second chance, which, fortunately, was possible that very same day thanks to some persuasion among his colleagues. After my friend worked with the student to help him regain his confidence, the second attempt at the exam went better - the student was still very nervous, but overall, it was enough to barely pass the exam. The student was absolutely thrilled, and the examiners were reasonably satisfied.

My friend thought to himself: All right, that turned out well after all - but unfortunately, no: The student’s parents sued the school because they were dissatisfied with their son’s exam grade. The lawsuit was based on the claim that the exam regulations weren’t strictly followed, since the student had to take the exam twice (with different exam topics, so the other students wouldn’t be at a disadvantage, of course). The parents won the lawsuit, and the court ruled that the oral exam must be repeated.

So now the completely dismayed student had to take the exam again - a nightmare for the poor guy. The examiners were the same ones who, despite the absurdity of his parents’ demands, remained well-disposed toward him. However, the student was understandably even more nervous the third time - so much so that he once again couldn’t get a single word out. This time, my friend’s hands were tied, since everything had to be completely correct from an administrative standpoint. So, unfortunately, the examiners had no choice but to fail the nervous student, meaning that, thanks to his parents, he ultimately did not receive his diploma.

So here too: insane parents who even ruined their own son’s graduation because of their unrealistic expectations.

It’s a real shame, but unfortunately that’s how it went all thanks to the student’s crazy parents...

“unacceptable language”

i’d wager that this parent’s gripe is not about the word “bozo” but that their child’s behavior was criticized.

accountability is not abuse.

In what world is it OK to text a teacher? Like how does this person even know their teacher’s phone number? This conversation is exactly what parent teacher conferences are for.

I would be sooooo tempted to respond "well this explains where they get it from".

Private schools are tough because you have to educate both the children and their parents

Expensive pirate school

We pay a lot for this school

Then don't. Send your kids to public school. Just don't don't pretend that by paying for private school your child is somehow entitled to act the fool and not be held to account.

But who am I kidding. In the USA a lot of private schools work just like that: mom and dad's money is the worth of the student and they will be privileged accordingly.

Forgot:

I see where he gets it from.

The amount of parents that think that teachers owe respect to their kids above all else is infuriating. It's a real problem in Brazil, both in public and private schools

How dare you try to humanise my horrid spawn!

Man. If my kids teacher ever contacted me like this, you can be damned sure my kid would be disciplined appropriately. Most likely a reduction of privileges until the teacher acknowledged that their behavior had improved. This kind of shit would never fly in my house.

Luckily my kids were all very well behaved and conscientious about their schooling.

Its like when i was in high school when people would say "aww feck" and teachers would swear jar us, or tell us off. So everybody just said fuck instead, if your gonna bitch about us "swearing" and using alternate words to comply with your "appropriate language" we might as well make it worth the 25 cents

Yeah, the teacher is going to get a fun talk with management and probably be forced to write an apology.

Teaching is a risky job these days, and thus not done as well as it could be in a world without parental bozos.

I couldn't be a teacher, because bozo would have been one of the kinder words I'd use in such a situation.

Had to look up the derivation 'for fun'. - 1920, "muscular low-IQ male," originally appearing in boxing slang (compare bimbo).

Just gonna advocate for the devil on this one and say teachers shouldn’t be calling kids names.

rip bozo

I can't imagine where he learned to be an entitled little shit…