Parents - Argh!!!

[Veronica]

I'm with lph on this one. We're doing the best we can, considering how thin we are spread.

But imagine being the office staff, receiving several phone calls, first thing in the morning when it's the most hectic in there.

It frustrates me because I've put the information out there several times to avoid inundating the office staff with needless phone calls.

So maybe I'm wasting my time creating notices and a website to keep parents informed.

Veronica

[PamNY]

But imagine being the office staff, receiving several phone calls, first thing in the morning when it's the most hectic in there.

It frustrates me because I've put the information out there several times to avoid inundating the office staff with needless phone calls.

So maybe I'm wasting my time creating notices and a website to keep parents informed.

It's not a waste of time to inform people, but it might be a waste of energy to fret because you don't get 100 percent success. Can you estimate the percentage of people who had to call?

It's human nature that people don't read carefully or retain information 100 percent of the time. If you didn't create notices and a website, you success rate would presumably be zero.

Chances are you are getting some of the results you want -- just not perfection.

[Veronica]

It's human nature that people don't read carefully or retain information 100 percent of the time. If you didn't create notices and a website, you success rate would presumably be zero.

Where you put your time and energy shows what you value.

My students have been working since the beginning of February on this presentation. It was important to the kids and in my mind should have been important to their parents and should have gone onto a calendar. I bet that if the parent had asked the kid, they would have gotten the correct answer.

The students were amazing and we had a huge number of parents turn up. The custodian had to bring in extra chairs. Definitely a successful event.

At least I don't get parents griping that I DON'T communicate.

Veronica

[limewave]

Veronica--you are totally right to be frustrated. You have done everything you can 110%. I do not disagree with you.

We have excellent teachers at our kids school. They put so much time and energy into their work and into creating a positive and effective learning environment for the kids.

. . . but sometimes I miss things. I don't mean to. I just do. DD has a stack of papers two inches thick every night.

I've started asking DD about events and important papers. That's helped. She's good at remembering once I ask her.

[Veronica]

. . . but sometimes I miss things. I don't mean to. I just do. DD has a stack of papers two inches thick every night.

I've started asking DD about events and important papers. That's helped. She's good at remembering once I ask her.

No one is perfect. Now you can put her in charge of updating the calendar!

I was probably more annoyed than I should have been. The parent I know who called has shared custody and maybe didn't have the kids this weekend. He's a great dad and does lots of volunteering for me. Probably my own pre-presentation jitters getting to me.

Veronica

[limewave]

Hey, everyone gets justifiably frustrated now and then and needs to vent.

Vent away!

[PamNY]

Glad the event was successful.