Had a phone call from a parent today. The call went something like this:
ME: Hello Mrs. <parent>. I received a note to call you ASAP. Is anything wrong?
PARENT: You're d*mn right there is! I want to talk to you about the incident with my daughter!
ME: I didn't realized there was an incident with your daughter.
PARENT: I'm about to talk to the principal about you, telling my daughter she's stupid!
ME: I called your daughter stupid?
PARENT: H*ll yes you did!
ME: I went up to your daughter and told her she was stupid?
PARENT: No. You said it to everybody.
ME: I told the whole class they were stupid?
PARENT: No!
ME: I told the whole class your daughter was stupid?
PARENT: No!
ME: So, I didn't call your daughter stupid?
PARENT: Yes you did!
ME: I'm confused. What exactly did I say to your daughter?
PARENT: You said her 103 grade in math didn't matter!
ME: Oh. Well, yes, I did say that.
PARENT: I'm going to Montgomery and telling them to fire you!
ME: The grade doesn't matter. What matters is what she's learned.
PARENT: Don't you dare say that! She worked hard for that grade!
ME: When she gets a job, nobody will care that she got a 103 in math. They will care that she can add and subtract. That's what I was telling your daughter.
PARENT: Well, I've had enough of you calling these kids stupid! I'm gonna make sure you never come back here again!
ME: Would you like to hear the whole conversation I had with the students?
PARENT: NO!
ME: Well, are you finished?
PARENT: YES!
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Summer can't get here fast enough!
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