In the realm of parent-teacher communication, I'm accustomed to being on the teacher side of the conversation. Usually, because of how my school works, I'm the one calling the parent rather than the other way around. We are big on communication with my school.
It's been a bit of an experience being the parent in these conversations with Thomas's daycare. It's not that I assume that they are screwing up, I just have no idea what's going on and have to infer from scribbly handouts and the rather unspecific toddler conversations I have each night with my son.
So, when something goes wrong or just isn't right, I have to call the daycare. I've found myself running the gambit from frustrated to outraged to angry. And then I get annoyed because I really don't know what's going on or even if there is something to get angry about.
I've gotten some pretty heated phone calls from parents in the past. Usually, it all turns out to be nothing or something the kid misrepresented. I used to be incredulous that the parent would get so heated without finding out what's going on first.
I get it now. Teachers are people, and they do screw up from time to time, but generally it's a good idea to get the full story before getting angry. I'm trying to keep that in mind too now.
I had to meet with the daycare's director to address my concerns. Some things I was just wrong about, but some were proven to be an actual issue. Since my conversation with her, they've announced a curriculum night. It could have nothing to do with our conversation, but the timing seems a little too coincidental.
I'm still not sure if I should be angry or not, but at least I feel like they are working on my concerns.
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