These are hardly my favorite thing to do. But the report card gave me enough reason to make this evening a priority.
For the first hour I spent 45 minutes waiting – then a ten minute interview. Then another wait. Three ten minute sessions spent with the teachers out of two hours of my time. I needed to do it but it always seems like there should be some better way to organize this.
I did take along a good book – the one by Annie Dillard that I quote from below. Sit and block out the surroundings for a few minutes, read, move along down the row of chairs till it is my turn with the teacher.
And while sitting there getting a call from an older stressed out student who panicked today during a test. The hallway noise wasn’t conducive to talk with a sobbing daughter. By the time I got home and called her back, the chaos had settled a bit and we were able to talk coherently.
Why does school have to be so stressful?
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