Parent/Teacher Conference & other happenings...

It never fails, that a P/T Conference can put a parent humbly back into their seats! I mean who doesn't think their child is the smartest on the planet? Well, obviously what we think as parents is not what is told to us from the teacher. Don't get me wrong Gabe is doing exceptionally well, but others are doing better. I guess what they say is true, it is the parents who are competitive not the children, and I am proof of that! Mrs. Bates says Gabe is well behaved in class, follows directions, knows most of his letter sounds (WHAT at home he knows them all!), is not reading well (again WHAT...he reads very well at home), so we talked about these descrepencies and she decided that she would re-test him on these issues tomorrow. I feel like I did last year during P/T conferences, I thought for sure the teacher was just going to rain praise all over me and my teaching, and all they say is, is that he is doing well in comparison to the rest of his class.