Here, several teachers – both primary and high school – shared some of the most ridiculous things they’ve ever been told by a parent.
I got an email from a parent at 11pm at night saying their child had lost their lunch box and was wondering if I had seen it.
A parent came up to me in front of the principal and said “I am so so jealous of you.” I asked her why and she said, “I was looking at your photos from your trip on Facebook.”
“I know my son is no angel but he would never punch another child.” This was after I had seen him do it, along with four other witnesses.”
My Year One class started holding ‘massage groups’ on the playground – it was innocent; they were just massaging each other’s shoulders. One day, I saw a boy using a vibrator on the other students back. I was shocked and obviously confiscated it off him before calling his mum. All she said was, “Well, I guess there’s no denying it. His father isn’t keeping me happy.”
Anytime a child is not doing well with learning, I’m always told it’s “because he takes after his father.”
The number of times I’ve heard, “Wow, I didn’t know they learnt that much from school.”
One mum told me that “anytime he mucks up, just call me. I’ll turn up in my leopard print pjs if I have to.”
“Why did you give my son a C? Clearly you’re failing as a teacher.”
After a student peed on the bathroom floor, we had to chat to his parents. They demanded to know why we didn’t teach them how to properly use the bathroom.
“If I’m paying school fees, you had better give my child something better than a D.”
“This history is too old. When are you going to teach recent history?”
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