parent teacher conference

@sissy15 (12265)
United States
December 1, 2020 2:02am CST
Had my son's school conference online. I have to say it was a new experience. It makes me question how we'll do these things from now on even after we start going back to normal. I feel like things have forever been changed. It was weird going across the hall to our spare room to have the conference. That said the conference went well. His teacher had nothing but good things to say about him. It's interesting to hear the same teacher who had issues with him in second grade tell me how much she loved him. I told her about some of the stuff he does at home and she laughed and goes "I love that kid he's so hilarious". She told me he's so sweet and hardworking and informed me he is one of the hardest working kids in her class. She said he has a high grade in science and that he worked hard for it. She told me all of this stuff he did and I was amazed because whenever I ask him what he did in class he tells me he doesn't know or doesn't remember so I learned a lot about him. He is at home doing classes but I don't know what he does because I don't listen in because he gets so distracted when I check on him. She had all of these amazing things to say about him and I really did learn so much about him. It's funny how different our kids are for some people than they are for us. My son really is a great kid. The past few years all of his teachers have described him by saying "he's just a really good kid". I think for me it's just how much he does in class that surprised me because he almost makes it sound like he doesn't do anything. My son really is such an amazing kid with a big heart. She told me how kind he is and how funny and amazing he is. Her face lit up as she talked about him and it made me smile. My son has really turned a lot around. I told her about how he used to hate writing to now loving it and she said she remembered how he was in second grade and how she loved watching his progress over the past few years and how she loves that she got to see this huge transition in him between second and fourth grade. I told her how amazed I was reading things he wrote then vs now. My son is actually a talented writer. That was something that really blew me over. I never thought I'd see the day where his writing went from something that barely made sense to him actually having all of these details and how much imagination he puts into them. He actually enjoys it now. He has this active imagination and to read as his stories come alive on paper is so amazing. I am so proud of the progress my kid has made. She told us we should be incredibly proud of him and we told her we are. All of my sons teachers have loved him. Even now when I run into some of them they smile and tell me how much they miss him. His former preschool teacher always looks amazed whenever she sees him. She always told me he would go places and she tells me how much she misses his smile. One thing all of his teachers have told me is that he is such a happy smiley kid and he's always been a joy to work with. I have to say when he was a toddler I really didn't think this is how his school years would go. He was such a stubborn defiant toddler who would throw tantrum after tantrum. I never thought I'd see the day he turned into the amazing kid he has turned into. I loved my headstrong toddler because despite it all he has always been sweet and polite but he was also so stuck in his way he refused to give an inch. Now he's just this amazing kid that I can't imagine being any other way. My son has won the heart of everyone he comes into contact with. I don't know where he's going but I know that he'll do great things with that big heart of his.
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@youfiq (2572)
• United States
1 Dec 20
this is good news, now many from the school want to include parents in education and participate in advancing it, I think this is a good thing
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@sissy15 (12265)
• United States
1 Dec 20
Schools here have always at least somewhat tried to involve parents in their children's education. It works better if teachers and parents work together.
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@JudyEv (323672)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Dec 20
That's wonderful that your son is doing so well.
@jstory07 (133753)
• Roseburg, Oregon
1 Dec 20
That is great that your son is doing good in school. I know you are really proud of him.