Parent Teacher Conference Day is Here

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@DWDavis (25812)
Pikeville, North Carolina
October 24, 2018 5:41am CST
And I am not thrilled about it. Mind, it is not because I don't like meeting with parents. I have great kids and mostly good things to say. The only things with a negative bent are things like your student sometimes talks when they shouldn't, doesn't read directions carefully, or can be off task at times. What I don't like is that I will be in meetings with parents, at 15 minutes per appointment, from 7:30 this morning until 5:00 this evening with only a 45 minute break for lunch. It makes for a very long and tiring day. I'd rather spend the time teaching, grading papers, and writing lesson plans. How does your day look? Anything big happening today?
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DEBJANI BASAK
@debjani1 (7207)
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24 Oct 18
Today I 'm busy with LAKSHMI PUJA.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
24 Oct 18
I am not familiar with LAKSHMI PUJA. It sounds like a holiday or festival. May I ask what it is?
DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
25 Oct 18
@debjani1 She seems like a very good Goddess to celebrate and offer worship to.
DEBJANI BASAK
@debjani1 (7207)
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25 Oct 18
@DWDavis it is a worship of Goddess LAKSHMI who is the Goddess of health, wealth and money.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (85274)
• Bangalore, India
24 Oct 18
Today I had a looong day. It is evening now and I'm tired. But it was a good day. I can relate to the feeling of your as I have been through that for 9 years as a teacher.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
25 Oct 18
@arunima25 After a bit of rest and dinner, I had enough energy to finish making the revisions to Storm Damage.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
24 Oct 18
My day was long but overall it was very satisfying as I had many good things to tell the parents about their kids.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (85274)
• Bangalore, India
25 Oct 18
@DWDavis That is good to hear.I hope you were not too tired.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (95136)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Oct 18
Hubby just left house to myself. YAYYY!!! Hope the day goes fast for you.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
24 Oct 18
The day went by much more quickly than I thought it would.
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (95136)
• Marion, Ohio
25 Oct 18
@DWDavis Great to hear that.
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M.-L.
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
24 Oct 18
Teacher Parent meetings were the only thing in my long life as a teacher which I never got to like. Even worse are the meetings at the beginning of a term when you stand in front of a whole classroom full of parents. They all know who you are. You don't know anybody (yet).
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
24 Oct 18
Even today, I recognized parents' faces as being the mom or dad of one of my students but could not always immediately bring to mind which child. Fortunately, I had a list I could sneak a look at to remind myself.
DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
25 Oct 18
@MALUSE I admit I am embarrassed to ask but most parents smile and are good natured about answering. They understand that teachers see a lot of parents during conference day and might need to be reminded.
M.-L.
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
25 Oct 18
@DWDavis Are you embarrassed to ask? Nobody can be miffed if you forget who they are.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (55698)
• Portugal
25 Oct 18
It seems you will have a long day. There is something bi for me today, it is my father's birthday
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
25 Oct 18
I hope your father had a very Happy Birthday!
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (55698)
• Portugal
29 Oct 18
@DWDavis He had, Thank you
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Courtney Dutton
@MommyOfEli2013 (81983)
• Rupert, Idaho
25 Oct 18
That is understandable....that can take a lot out of a person (being in meetings all day). Hope it went well though!
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
25 Oct 18
It went very well. The parents are by-and-large very supportive of the teachers at my school. It is quite a welcome difference from what I faced in public school.
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Courtney Dutton
@MommyOfEli2013 (81983)
• Rupert, Idaho
25 Oct 18
@DWDavis That's great to hear! I'm glad it went well
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Jennifer
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Oct 18
I hope it goes quickly for you! Just the usual here. Home schooling my kids, cleaning, maybe going to the park and the store too. I hope you have a great day. =)
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Jennifer
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
25 Oct 18
@DWDavis That's very true!
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
24 Oct 18
One nice thing about being your own kids' teacher is not having to worry about what their parents think of your teaching.
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
24 Oct 18
not sure yet just got up and getting ready to visit my daughter. Not sure what the rest of the day.Sorry about your work load there. Have a good day there and good luck.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
24 Oct 18
I hope you had a nice visit with your daughter. My day went very well though it was long.
Cynthia Owens
@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
24 Oct 18
Believe me, most of the parents don't want to be there either! Have a good day.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
24 Oct 18
In most public schools I believe that is true. The parents at my school are more involved and concerned than your average public school parent.
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Cynthia Owens
@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
25 Oct 18
@DWDavis Well that is great!
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Oct 18
Do that many parents even show up these days?
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
24 Oct 18
At our school they do. I teach 28 kids and the parents of 26 showed up today, one rescheduled for Monday, and one no-show who is normally very reliable whom we cannot get a hold of.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17849)
• London, England
24 Oct 18
That is a long day, especially to spend talking. Mine is about drinking tea!
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
24 Oct 18
It was a long day. I'm home now and just want to go to sleep.
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April
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
24 Oct 18
Work and then some writing
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Mrki Krki
@mrki444 (15150)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
24 Oct 18
Doble shift because of Extra education at work. They educate us about tools which we already using several months.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
24 Oct 18
You probably listen to the instruction thinking, "Well, that would have been nice to know a month or two ago."
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Mrki Krki
@mrki444 (15150)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
24 Oct 18
@DWDavis Correct. I will share your words with my colleauges.
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Arrazzi
@Arrazzi (267)
• Indonesia
24 Oct 18
I teach children in the classroom. I am also tied this day. Hihihi ....
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
24 Oct 18
Today is the one day a year we give the students the day off and make the parents come to school.
Simone
@Janet357 (75656)
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24 Oct 18
I understand you. Well my day is exhausting, heavy traffic, hot weather.
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