Funny Parent-Teacher Conference Stories!

[@mitchellbryant328]

I fully thought Becca only taught young children. Now all the jokes about being mistaken for the student makes sense.

[@pxchybxn]

I legitimately thought she was at least teaching 1st/2nd grade 😭 Her vibes give me 1st/2nd grade like- shes so bubbly and cheerful I adore her so much

[@abbyy.7496]

@@pxchybxn ikr, highschool world history does not look like it would fit her

[@charleshallsc]

@@pxchybxn she reminds me of my world history teacher in high school. That teacher was also the cheerleading coach.

[@saraim591]

Same here

[@ur_friendkaylob]

OMG yes

[@Emmettkarr]

You should talk about student fights and what to do. One of our favorite long term subs was fired due to not breaking up a fight fast enough according to the school. Keep in mind he is 75 and is recovering from cancer.

[@Isaidwhatisaiddear]

She has a suit there, tell her to sue.

[@tammylegg8308]

They can't legally require you to break up a fight.

[@Emmettkarr]

The teacher according to the school did not take appropriate measures by calling security and steeping in soon enough

[@Emmettkarr]

Witch is kinda dumb in my mind it was a big lose for our class and his other classes

[@Liquethemodel]

She needs to retire anyways , sue and live off the money . Don’t understand how in America you’re expected to work until you die it’s ridiculous

[@ktay2124]

A parent once accused me of scaring her child, because the student said I yelled all the time. I was an afterschool teacher, the environment was usually loud. I told the parent the reason I asked for the conference was because the student didn't seem to hear me unless I spoke louder and I was concernedabouther hearing. The parent proceeded to say, well she is deaf in one ear so you need to make sure you are on her good side. ..... what, excuse me, it is October when we're you going to say something and why does no one else know? The parent responded, we don't tell people so she won't be treated differently. The kid was already in 2nd grade, how much learning had she missed.😔

[@starMarie-ep1ps]

I appreciated the teachers who would check on our mental health, like have us turn out Cameras on for just a few minutes and make sure we looked healthy and were mentally okay. I had two of them my sophomore year so 2019 when the pandemic first shut the school down. (I graduated 2021) I had one teacher who set up meetings like teacher student conferences to make sure she wasn't giving too much work (even though hers was the most amount we had to do it wasn't bad) and I just appreciated that so much.

[@niftythegoblin]

I had a teacher like that in hs (I graduated well before the pandemic tho) where she knew who was usually on top of everything and who wasn’t, and if something seemed off w either type of student, she’d check on us. I remember in 10th grade (I had her every year for Model UN as an elective), I was just so damn burnt out it was depressing. I was usually a really good student so the fact that I was missing work twice a week and then coming in w/o my project, she was like “oh no, something is wrong for sure.” She pulled me out of the classroom and asked me really nicely “hey, have you been doing okay? What’s going on? This doesn’t seem like you.” And when I explained that I’ve been really burnt out and it was making me really scatterbrained and foggy, she said that I could bring in the project the next day with no points taken off and to just take it easy for the day. Everyone LOVED that teacher, with good reason, she was one of my favourites.

[@Chopituppodcastt]

I love this podcast even though I’m not a teacher, not in school anymore and have no kids 😆

[@tommybegay7014]

Same! I'm like I think I need to go back to school try subbing ... But nah

[@theyearofgreatness]

😂😂😂

[@sharioden5853]

Same I just found this podcast literally today been listening all day soooo good

[@jonnyc4241]

Literally, same.

[@katestark2519]

"We heard your mama cuss you out!" I'm seriously picturing the scene in Harry Potter with Ron and the howler!

[@dylannkilloran1109]

Omg yes

[@Its.Michael111]

Question/Topic: Crazy School Drills ex: Fire, lockdown, weather drills

[@dianacrouch1472]

Especially as a Substitute….

[@nursejen6273]

Makes me think of the movie kindergarten cop.

[@Preppergirl10]

People in Wheelchairs ♿️? How do you work with that?? In the drills? I have seen my friend yanked out of her chair and tossed on the ground for 2 or 3 drills!!

[@saundrawimberley2777]

I teach first grade, and once during a fire drill, we walked through a series of barely visible beds of thousands of minuscule ants who got all over the kids and made them stomp and squeal all the way back in, followed by the nurse sending me an entire tube of anti-itch cream to help apply to all the bites on the now unshoed, unsocked crowd. Probably 100 bites total. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@gatorgirl1720]

And field trips. The chaos of field trips 🙃🙃

[@gretchenhamman2394]

I had a student copy most of his final paper in my class and when I showed the parent the plagiarism the parent asked me when he could redo it. She couldn’t understand why he was being give a 0

[@elisewarnicke4767]

I don't think most students and parents understand that yes you can use sources but you have to put it in your own words. If you are copying word for word, it has to be in quotation marks with the source.

[@homosixual1759]

My teacher assigned us an essay about a book we could choose. It needed to involve quotes and stuff. When I wrote it, I added quotes and I marked what book from the series it was from, what chapter/page, which character said it, etc.. and he failed me for plagiarism.

[@secondsea2]

@@homosixual1759 wow, that’s terrible

[@jillgott6567]

And so you know where he obtained the " okay" to commit plagiarism. I question the parent knew the definition of the word.

[@anubisdo7493]

My school policy (high school): if you cheat you get a new test and new chance. No penalty.

[@Its.Michael111]

About all the notes stuff, completely agree in HS this year I learned mostly how to use Google to my advantage Google has teached me more than my fast paced math teacher, Google helps and learning how to use Google correctly to use for tests and in real life is important and as said above it helps me in daily life! Thanks for being open minded!!!

[@analisatrevino7232]

Facts

[@eilotl420]

This sounds like a sponsorship

[@Its.Michael111]

@@eilotl420 HOW'D YOU KNOW? Google doesn't pay me enough for people to find out I advertise there software 🙄😂😂😂

[@aldenquinn9030]

It’s “taught” not “teached”

[@HopeGardner3amed]

My French teacher literally had to give us permission to use Google in Senior year for a geography assignment before I was like "oh I can use Google. that's not cheating?" I had to go to a math help class after school before I realized that about math class and youtube.

[@kittycat5035]

I once dated a teacher who was so paranoid about seeing kids after school so he had absolutely 0 social media and when we hung out it was only at our Apts and ordering in. Now physically going out. But the one time I did convince him to go to a hockey game an hr away we got on the kiss cam and his whole class was bugging him about who he was dating (high school kids btw). Broke up with me a week later for ruining his reputation

[@justine8387]

Haha ruined his reputation by his students seeing his doing human things? What was his reputation? That he was a syborg?

[@Mani-period]

Well maybe it was for the best. He sounds like a prude😂. You don’t deserve to be hidden.

[@LiaHollenbeck]

You dodged a bullet

[@TalieValentine]

It’s a serious stressor though. I know a lot of teachers, and you’d be surprised the expectations parents and staff have for them. I have a family member who won’t drink in public due to the potential back lash: imagine having to look over your shoulder like that all the time and avoid normal people things because of parents and the school board. That sucks. Like yeah maybe this guy was a little paranoid over kids opinions, but like crazy stuff happens to these teachers and they probably feel this way for a reason. A lot of parents expect teachers to be saints at and out of school bc they’re influencing their kids. And it’s their version of a saint too. So imagine that expectation the over the top parents might come at you for. I have stories for days of parents trying to get teachers fired. And the school board believing them with no proof or even asking the teacher if it was true. It’s really messed up what some teachers go through.

[@bjjjb3056]

I think you dodged a bullet. He was quirky to say the least.

[@IssaHudgins]

There was a teacher at my highschool that brought his sugar glider to school everyday. It was adorable 😂

[@Chopituppodcastt]

She’s smart enough to cheat in all those classes and get away with it and do all this plotting. she should’ve put that intelligence into studying and she could’ve passed on her own i bet

[@christopherwilliams242]

When the system values grades above learning, you inevitably going to have cheating. It's a problem with the system, but the student themselves. If I could, I would just about do away with all tests. Our modern education system needs a revamp.

[@apok1980]

I remember an old Growing Pains episode. Umm, err, I was very young. Maybe only a couple months old.🤔 Anyways Kirk Cameron got an A+ on a test, and while he was bragging, he put his feet on the desk only to have all the answers written under his shoe. It turns out, he put all this work into cheating, that he inadvertently, successfully studied for the test.

[@alexshaw8167]

I wish more teachers did home visits. It seems like a logistical nightmare, but I also think it’s such a great way of seeing what your students are experiencing at home (not speaking only to potential abuse, but positives too like different cultures and languages and backgrounds)

[@Okkkkkkk-ol5kz]

Imagine going to 150+ houses for 6-12…

[@mikalin9286]

I mean if the “guidance counselors” were actually social workers and were trained for that- then that would be super cool. But I feel like even more kids would be shifted to homeschooling if that were a requirement- I can hear the overreach complaints already😭

[@hannahshirley1123]

My 5th graders use notes in grammar on every test! As an adult I have to look up grammar rules! I even put my notes on the board for them….some of them still fail 🤦🏼‍♀️ But my kids are being taught to seek out information on their own. They need that skill.

[@SunnyBurnsAll]

That's actually brilliant.

[@trevorchelseascott1327]

All teachers are underpaid, unappreciated, and ober stressed. Thank you for spreading your varied perspectives and for what you do for your kiddos!

[@stephaniegarcia3683]

So the sugar glider thing isn’t so weird because they usually have extreme separation anxiety, they really are pets for someone that is able to take them anywhere lol

[@stephg4705]

Your pets are not welcome everywhere. Get over it.

[@emersondailey10]

This made me so glad my parents aren’t like that. They make me do the work and the push me to do my best! this made me so grateful for them!!!

[@kwm1013]

"This is not a teacher observation...I don't HAVE to find something wrong." Aaahhh. I love it.

[@jemac3864]

My son told his 2nd grade teacher that he was a diabetic, and did not have his homework because his blood sugar was off and he spent the night in the hospital to get it under control. During his parent teacher conference, (which happened two days later) his teacher told me how irresponsible I was for failing to inform the school of his medical condition. Shocked and embarrassed I asked, “What medical condition?” “His diabetes.” She answered going on to inform me that all medical conditions should be told to her so that she can be looking for any problems or future situations. I told her I would have informed her and the school had he had diabetes, however he does not! Turns out he was watching the science channel on TV and learned all about the subject of insulin injections and blood sugar. While I was impressed with his use of information we had a long painful discussion (painful for him) on lying and using a his “medical condition” to get out of homework.

[@thomasbrunswick9087]

I had a history teacher in high school that figured out how to get the kids to pass his class while learning something. He found that most kids only remember about 20% of what they hear and read. He would have us write down everything that was on the projector and discuss it like a story as we wrote. His tests were based on the 20%. If you did not get higher than an 80% on his test you were sleeping in class

[@live_unafraid47]

Not having conferences sounds absurd to me. We always had conferences, and I went to multiple high-schools. My parents even had a conference with the counselor during PT conference week, because I saw her regularly. No I work in a middle school and they also have conferences twice a year.

[@kellyyork3898]

Middle school teacher here. Since we can teach up to 130 children or more a day, no way can we do two conferences a year with every parent. We do large parent “meetings” where the band performs or the chorus in the gym ( or we have a Quiz Bowl fun night ) in order to get the parents there ( can be hard to get parents of older children to come to the school so we have to make it fun ). The parents can then visit the classrooms after the performance, briefly talk to teachers, and view current works of students on display. If any parent has a serious concern, they can let us know that evening, then we will call the parent to talk or to set up a conference later on. This happens about three times a year. The gifted dept. met with parents at the county office in “large group parent meetings” four times a year. Often, there was some sort of interesting g guest speaker to get the parents to come in. Of course, any time there was a problem or a student was struggling, all the middle school teachers who taught the child would set up a meeting with the parents. If the child was only struggling in math, then the math teacher might be the only one to meet with the parent. No limit really to these types of conferences, although if a child is struggling that often, specialists would be brought in to meet with all teachers and parents…could be counselors, psychotherapists, testing specialists, and/or principals and special education folks.

[@burjuddubowy347]

I taught in a private pre-school where most of the parents were lovely and concerned. At my very first conference at that school a parent actually asked me if her 3 1/2 year old was Harvard material! I couldn’t help it- I burst out laughing and and told her that right then we were working on him closing his fly!. Lucky for me she had a sense of humor and laughed, too. It could have gone very, very wrong. BTW, he went to Princeton.

[@isabeaumiller7931]

Learning how to research efficiently and effectively in college was a godsend, they should have researching classes in the beginning of high school

[@thomasbrunswick9087]

I was failing ninth grade English. The teacher did not schedule a conference with my mom to discuss this. Instead she invited her to join the class during school. At the time my mom was an alcoholic. She showed up wobbling drunk with her married boyfriend which I guessed was her ride. She sat next to me reeking of beer and hovering over my shoulder. That was the most embarrassing moment in school. I think the teacher realized her mistake because she never mentioned my grades again after that.

[@sammiehopkins9408]

17:27 this whole segment about open notes tests reminds me of my physics class. Every test was open notes (so how well you did was also dependent on your note-taking ability) becuase he said "if you're building a bridge, I don't want you to *guess* the formula you're supposed to use." Like, that class was rough, but I was always grateful for that sentiment

[@TiffanyFahy]

My western civics teacher would give us open note essay tests at the end of each unit. He’d supply us with 3-4 possible essay questions at the beginning of the unit, hold after school study sessions (in which he gave us everything he wanted us to include in our essays), and we could use whatever we could fit on a 3x5 notecard, front and back. So if you could write small enough (or use a super small font) front and back, you could have your entire essay written out and just copy it down on the day of the test. Of course, you didn’t know *which* question you’d get until the day of, but as long as you had prepared for all of them, you were pretty much guaranteed an A. It was the only class I couldn’t BS my way through an essay, as I learned on the first test 🥴

[@lindaharsh6729]

Best PT conference I had, divorced parents came in together with their new spouses to discuss their kid. Great and smart kid. Worst PT conference was when a single mother came and I had to discuss kid's violent behavior problems. I was told the child witnessed a lot of domestic violence from father attacking the mother, that's why she was single. Then I had to meet with the father, alone in my classroom. I was scared. She had a restraining order and they couldn't come at the same time.

[@scottybbadd]

When I was elementary school, I loved Parent Teacher conferences. They would brag on me

[@kerrissedai6857]

Thank you! In my high school we could write a note card of notes to bring in during tests. You had to know the material and then condense the information to fit on the note card. That is studying!!

[@MeriweatherDesigns]

I called a auntie (guardian) during my planning to talk about how he was late everyday and not working, YALL, she straight goes “Hold,on” and proceed to three way call him while he was in PE and had a come to Jesus right there on the phone. That boy shaped up real quick after that hahaha it was a great moment

[@kschnauzerk1856]

As a future educator, I love listening to these podcasts!

[@brittneyrarrick7631]

I just wanted to bring up a thought that I had when you all were discussing open book/note tests that was only briefly touched on. I definitely agree that knowing how to look something up is very valuable since we have all the answers that we could possibly need right at our fingertips; however, I do think it would be a mistake to do away with all closed book/note tests because then we are not teaching the brain to retain information. A small example would be, not knowing which there/their/they're to use in a sentence. If you are sending emails with the incorrect there/their/they're, you can immediately seem uneducated if you make that same mistake too many times. There are going to be situations where you need to rely on your knowledge for quick thinking rather than looking everything up. I would love to hear others thoughts on this. I am not a teacher, but I appreciate all the work that teachers do! I found this podcast recently and I am so glad that I did. It is great getting everyone's take and experience of being a teacher in the united states currently. Thank you for the content that you create, and I can't wait to see more!

[@kat50585]

I love that more teachers are open to alternative styles of test taking. These days it’s not about knowing everything, it’s knowing where and how to find something. I think that style of learning would really help neurodivergent kids or kids who have test anxiety. I have ADHD, and I wish I had been allowed to use my resources when I was in school

[@vidwitch1508]

I love these podcasts- I didn’t realize you guys have the full videos on KZbin✨I love hearing all your different perspectives/stories

[@kathrynsmith3882]

I go to school in the oldest school ever. It was a bomb shelter in the Cold War, has no cell service, is 60 years old, and the walls are falling down (BTW the walls are also magnetic). But I love it there and the staff is so nice. ❤ I also love your videos. They make me laugh soooo hard. 😂

[@laurengoodell9274]

When I was in high school my school would do parent teacher conferences by having them starting at 5pm and when my parents would check in at the table in the front of the school each parent would get their kids actual school schedule then they would wait in the gym till a certain time then the bell would ring and the parents would go to their kids classes and talk with the teacher. I thought that was a really organized / fun way of doing it. Also fun fact my parents where the only ones that showed up in my 11th grade government class 😂😂 the teacher wasn’t shocked at all 😂😂

[@bjjjb3056]

As a parent, teachers are still intimidating to me, it's refreshing to hear yall are just as nervous as us parents when conferences come around. Lucily my kids are very intelligent and somewhat behaved so conferences are usually optional for our family!!

[@Mewse1203]

When my son was in 5th grade, I went in for a parent teacher conference and right away the teacher was super apologetic about the fact that HE hadn't done a project despite plenty of class time and was getting an F on it. She was very surprised when we were like "why are you apologizing? He didn't do the work." You could see the surprise, but more so the relief, when she realized we weren't going to jump down her throat because our son was failing. It made me sad.

[@kariannmagana61]

I just realized, my high school never did a parent-teacher conference.... In middle school though, my seventh grade teacher told my entire close to write sweet notes on the folders for our parents because most of the kids were horrible.

[@lilianmorgenstern2123]

I agree with the Open book stuff to a certain extent! I think that we should allow them more but that we then need to restructure the questions to be very application based. Equally, there are things that you just need to know by heart. When I’m in a session with a student (I’m studying to be a school psychologist) I can’t look up a certain model. I need to know what can cause certain behaviors, techniques how to deescalate behaviour, or in my Second subject (English as a foreign language) I need to know how to analyse grammar, etc. and I personally need to properly study and learn it by heart to remember it even though I got an A in the class and really enjoyed it, I remember very little about it now.

[@mikalin9286]

I think there should just be a whole different unit test for memorization in subjects where it’s necessary. A good midway thing I’ve seen is using the model outlines and you have to fill them in- for me seeing the outline or the number of data points you need to write out can trigger my memory and then I can picture it later when I recall it for application. Obviously that doesn’t work for everyone- but I went to a college with no timed testing, all tests were open book or open notes or presentation and I have retained so much from that structure. Plus, now I know what ways I learn for recall best.

[@sunfloweryella7749]

Can we try to let Rebecca finish her stories while shes telling them and not five minutes later lol

[@buttface3875]

I was thinking the same thing 😅 I feel like you’re doing what Rebecca does and just saying what everybody is thinking 😂

[@barbaraurban9824]

I've been waiting for this question. Parents came in for conference The student ,grade 8 was of better than average intellectual but did not work to the level. He had some behavior issues. The parents agreed about his behavior and said, "our knick name for him is Ted". When we asked why,they said "He reminds us of Ted Bundy "!!! That just took all the oxygen out of th e room. .

[@brittaniwardle129]

In high school we did student led conferences. We had portfolios with work from all our classes and showed it to our parents. Teachers also had sheets that they made comments on to put in our portfolios.

[@songofruth]

One of my sister's high school teachers also taught her son. During the parent-teacher conference, the teacher said the boy wasn't performing to his potential. Sis asked what exactly that meant. After the explanation, Sis said, "oh, you mean he's lazy. I can't do much about not reaching his potential, but I can do something about lazy."

[@emilykelly5253]

I was the kid with the 99% and my parents were like “good we don’t have to go” 😂 my favourite teacher told me that good grades were easy for me and she wished I tried harder...how do I try harder when I have a 99% 🤔

[@scottybbadd]

My younger brother used to a t out in school all the time. The school got to the point to where, they hired our mother to work in the cafeteria. He'd act up, and the teacher would ask him if he wanted to take him to mom. He quit immediately.

[@djjohnson6195]

I’m a college professor. I let my students use resources on many of their exams and practicals because in the profession we are able to use those resources on the job. Nobody knows everything all the time. I just have to find a balance because the board certification exam doesn’t allow you to use anything.

[@em.n.emily7]

Aaaah I love these videos! Please make them longer! 30 minutes is for sure not enough😭

[@jennabrawley]

I love this group so much, they have so much humor and personality and so happy I discovered this podcast 💜❤

[@PamelaH_HappyVibes]

My kids are grown and my Grandson is a couple of years away from Elementary BUT, I can’t get enough of this podcast. Funny stuff!

[@2d3c]

We honestly only time I ever lost it on a teacher and blamed the teacher was when my son was in TK and the Switch teachers without warning and the new teacher refused to follow his IEP And we'd send him to the office within 5 minutes of class because she " didn't want that disaster "in her classroom. Had multiple meetings with her within the 1st few weeks The final straw was I went to pick up my son and no one knew where he was she had sent him to the office and didn't pay attention to whether or not he actually got there or not he was 4 Another parent had to hold me back from Punching the f*** out of her when was finally found he had a massive lump on his head my son will never set foot at that school again I lost it lucky we where able to switch school and have an amazing relationship with both the teacher and staff but the other school tried Having me charged with educational neglect the next year because he wasn't doing online class he wasn't even a student there anymore

[@stephg4705]

Hmmm. Who is the problem here?

[@chelseaamstead9999]

As a parent it gives us anxiety too LOL even when its just a regular "everyone is having a conference over these 3 days" Yall make my day, always having me laughing, thank you for the honest fun videos!

[@kykutie686]

My mother definitely went to all conferences and I was a good student. She talked to the art teachers, band teachers and choir leader. ANYONE that came in contact with me, spoke to me, smiled in my direction...if it was the custodian, lunch lady it didn't matter. She was going to address them. And she was definitely the parent that seemed to want to find the issues. She went as far as asking the choir leader of I could actually sing. I'm an adult now btw lol

[@Lamarythressa]

I love his honesty about the classroom. When I was a Science teacher, my classroom was messy with papers/posters, notebooks, experiments etc., but I didn't clean it for Parent teacher conferences. I would just say Science is messy and thats where learning happens. 😅😂

[@Chronicallywitty]

About the cheating thing. After my first 2 years of my engineering degree, after all the pre requirements and everything, it was all open book. The reason it was described to me was that you need to learn how to look things up and how to apply the concepts more than ever needing to memorize things. Which is completely true. My engineering school taught a way to think and research rather than anything specific because every job in my field was so different and we’d all be taught for the job once we got it.

[@crypticghost21]

21:58 "I'm going to call your mom" "She's not gonna do nothing" (Calls the mom) Mom proceeds to give son an earful

[@Meeia1419]

I only recently found this channel, so late to the comments. But, I wish I had teachers like this. I was a problem child growing up in a stressful broken home. So I acted out a lot. I only had one teacher to ever really care and that was my senior year. And he was my math teacher. He actually made other students wait until I could understand what was going on. And he didn’t make me feel stupid. (Especially since this was a freshman/sophomore class for algebra 1). He was the only reason I pushed to graduate. I was so far behind, but he encouraged me and I graduated after a semester of summer school.

[@Girly_lover322]

I love how Rogers is sitting

[@kaysee2428]

I love that my professor now has us do team tests. We complete a test in small groups and I think it's great because it helps me figure out how to talk to people in certain situations. I'm really bad with people and this helps. She also has us do team activities. My class is full of business students and she really pushes us to think and work creatively.

[@GwenMulholland]

Home visits are a good way to check on the home environment and make sure kids are okay. Also our elementary school does PT conferences on request. Our HS has a conference night and parents go around.

[@dani.idkk.]

The worst thing my mom was told in a conference was I was really really smart but lazy btw I have trouble focusing I’m pretty sure I have adhd when I say I was scolded until I was poring tears the teacher was the sweetest but I was crying that whole night

[@amber6675]

I taught 7th grade social studies this past year and I let the kiddos use their homework, classwork, and notes for every quiz. It blew their minds. They were not allowed to use Google or anything else, but if they did their work and took good notes then they would down well on their quiz. Totally agree with you.

[@Lotuskitty27]

Not all teachers are like this unfortunately. I remember my 4th grade teacher liked to use humiliation/embarrassment to teach a lesson if you did something wrong. I was caught cheating in the 4th grade and so I received a 0. (Rightfully so, I cheated) but the other students would get up and take the test/quiz to her (which was in front of my desk) to grade and she would shout “everyone line up in front so she can’t copy the answers!” this probably lasted like a week…

[@madissoncarder9318]

This has become one of my favorite channels so fast

[@stonedfox5730]

The "got your mama on speed dial" killed me. My favourite teacher in high school immediately knew how to deal with me as an unruly lost transfer student and unfortunately, one of the ways was literally texting my mother when I missed assignments so I was immediately held accountable at home and at school. She talked to my counselor and got my free period assigned to her as an aide and I was able to work on my stuff and at least get something in the gradebook. She was pretty harsh about late assignments and I didn't get special treatment in regards to marks on the paper but she wanted to make sure I actually got the work done and the info into my damn brain. I never really worried about my parent teacher conferences with her because she and my mom were always communicating, and I was involved, it never felt like the "adults" against me.

[@ashleyh-town7499]

😂❤I’ve been watching y’all the last few months and love y’all! I’m a mom to a kindergartner, my first kid so it’s cool to get a little insight in what y’all do and go through! I love it and apply helping out my kiddos teachers and doing my part to help! Love y’all, I think it’s great to get out y’all’s stories and hopefully it reaches many to help out teachers cuz y’all the real MVPs!! Thank you for everything y’all do!!

[@CatTheEpicRamenNinja]

This is such an interesting topic when talking about open book tests. I remember in college, I had a professor that would list every single topic that would be on the test and we could use the study guide we made off of the bullet points he had given. Or another professor let us use notes as long as it fit on 1 index card.

[@brownfamily255]

I love these podcasts i do a cleaning job and i didnt know what to listen to to pass the time until this

[@dawnstonerock4253]

You guys are funny. So many memories coming back. Some things don't change.

[@carlysanders170]

Teachers are amazing! My kid does well in class, academically and behavior wise but I still always worry about him lol I have a great relationship with his teacher. Some things I make sure I do are: 1. Let her do her job 2. Communicate with her when I have a question 3. Put in the effort with my son at home I have lived by this since he was a baby and I see the pay off from that. He loves to learn and always has so my husband and I have fed into that constantly. As parents, it’s our job to not only dress, feed and care for your child but to work with teachers and continue education at home. You all are awesome!

[@badd_n_dangerous1899]

What I like about college is that you have open note/ open book on quizzes . And especially when you get to see the questions you got wrong. I am more able to pass the exam that is close book/ close notes because I now know which questions I struggled the most.

[@heatherwrench231]

I’m a high school teacher and Beccas story about cheating really hit home for me. I taught a student once who I and several other teachers knew cheated but we couldn’t catch him. I caught him cheating on a project (3 boys turned in the exact same Google slide presentation, his was the only one where he was smart enough to delete the edit history by making a copy of it and changing the background) and he got away with it with the principal. Then I caught him cheating a second time because I sent him in another teachers room to make up a test he had missed. He had been out for three days and knew we had taken notes, then had a review day, then took our test. So he emailed me while he was out and asked if he could make up the test the first day he was back. I said absolutely if he would remind me when they were doing independent work I’d send him in the hall or to another room to test and do it so we didn’t have to worry about it. I thought he was being very responsible and was proud of him for taking ownership of his own learning. He goes into the other teachers class and starts using his phone on the test. The teacher asks if he’s allowed to do that and he says “oh yeah. She lets us use our study guide and I have it pulled up on canvas!” The teacher didn’t believe him but let him do it. Then after he was finished that teacher walked him back to my class so he could ask me in front of the child if he was allowed to use his phone. I wrote him up for cheating again and called his mom myself this time instead of letting admin handle it (the first time I was told to email and let admin handle it since they were all athletes) his mom screams at me and tells me I’m a liar who is out to get her child and that it’s my fault he cheated because he missed the entire unit (he did not he missed one page of notes that were posted online and emailed to him) and that I had forced him to take the test. She then insisted he be allowed to take the test again. I let him do it because I knew he wouldn’t study and he made a lower grade than he would have originally and I put the 15 in the grade book and told the admin who did nothing about it. That kind of stuff happens so often and I can’t stand it when the parents blame us for lying. She also claimed he didn’t email me and I had to forward it to her and she claimed “he was delirious and you can’t take a sick child seriously” he had allergies…

[@CiTalMe]

I taught algebra and I allowed a 3x5 card as notes, examples, etc to alleviate test anxiety and reminders.

[@danielle739]

So glad y’all got together this is a treasure !

[@antonioviana7645]

idk why I couldn't stop judging that Teacher with her shoes on the couch LOL OMG I'm such control freak

[@Michelle_56]

I need “Friendless and Daydreaming” on a t-shirt now 😂

[@LM-ph7oy]

Best time I had marking a paper, it was a mock exam and I googled their answers and took screenshots, made a whole bibliography with a photocopy of their exam paper with the sections highlighted. Actually got really into it because I was shocked at the effort he’d made cheating. Irony was he didn’t even get a good mark having cheated, he got a D/E

[@GymbalLock]

17:10 Teaching 2nd and 3rd grade, I've always had open-book tests. I've also had open-note tests to encourage students to take notes. These were preceded by lessons on how to actually take notes, because that's a skill rarely taught in elementary school.

[@thatboygar]

William is hilarious when he said nooo i want u to show your mom how good you are at cleaning up i was dead

[@ashleychamp1544]

I really like watching these videos! The only critique that I would have for future videos with multiple people communicating is that you guys let each other finish instead of constantly interrupting each other. 🙂💕😍

[@TalanBaker787]

“And she pivoted around, and said, Dad???” *at this moment he knew* *he f’ed up*

[@fastforward84]

I know that not all teachers are out for families but there are though select few I have love for teachers but sometimes some of them get on my nerves still love y’all and all teachers

[@TheBebe12345678]

Oh yes! Also those teachers that loovvvvveee the problem students. Like they want to be buddy buddy with them and let them get away with so much and will flip if a good student does anything bad.

[@paolavillanueva7797]

The story about Rebecca’s kid who didn’t want to go to online class might have had issues at home. During that time students privacy got sort of invaded because we could see their homes maybe his home wasn’t the prettiest I guess and some students get embarrassed or are just more reserved

[@emma-leighbudge4855]

I swear these podcasts are the best❤

[@gabriellesummers1426]

When my youngest started school this year . He went from the coolest little guy at home to a crazy little energy ball at school. He doesn't go to the school a teacher comes here every afternoon and teaches him. She is amazing and he has grown so much. Next year he will be going to the school. I did ask what was going on in the class . I listened to the teachers. It turned out he thought if he was not with me I would go away. I have been right there every step of the way since day one. We still don't know why he thought I was going to be gone

[@anthoni426]

At my mom's first ever parent-teacher conference for me, my teacher told her, "Uhmmm...tsk, yeah, so....the thing is....Hm, how do I say this...Your kid, she...Well, she marches to her own drummer." and my mom laughed because she thought I was in trouble, or something.

[@812hbp]

Amen to the open note tests! Life is not a standardized exam! You are not alone in the real world! The questions need to be hard/ thoughtful questions. Practical real world questions and open note

[@anthrocene2907]

i totally understand what you're saying about the notes stuff, however i feel like studying and remembering things helps memory and helps forming a general understanding of basic notions that need to follow you into your adult life. also using google can easly be taken advantage of. learning how to study is very important. in italy, only those who have certificated learning disabilities are allowed to keep their notes (just basic notions though) cause the objective of tests is to verify that you are keeping up with the work and consolidating the study material, that is crucial for memory formation and the keeping of notion you can base your critical thinking on. also we never do true or false tests, not even in elementary, but mostly open answers tests or written essays with a time limit in class, and although some teachers exploit this sistem and render it pourpousefully hard, generally it is great cause it is making sure that you are reformulating the notions in your head and in your own words.

[@SaraHinata]

I think both should be encouraged, because in real life in certain situations you will need to _know_ from the top of your head, and other instances where you will need to research the a answer. Like my OBGYN was googling antibiotics for me to take because I was breastfeeding .

[@viktorkaye4611]

Man this channel is one of my favorites. It makes me laugh and rn I am binging the videos

[@TheReducedsodium]

On the opposite note, I would love to see yall do a podcast on bad teachers yall have had/worked with/heard about from students. I know most teachers really care about their students, but there are plenty of bad teachers out there who no longer care or project their biases onto students. I had a lot of trauma as a kid, so I sucked my thumb a little longer than most kids. I would especially do it to self sooth as my home life was very, very chaotic that year. In the middle of the school year my parents split and my mom took my brother and I to a different state. I didn't see my dad for a long time and it really affected me. My new teacher at my new school would shame me every chance she got for sucking my thumb or anything else she deemed "immature." It was horrifying and I still remember the deep feeling of shame that left me about myself.

[@sharles5052]

the youtube shorts worked. i saw 3 and i am hooked

[@sarahloftus3367]

The story about the parent during online learning. I cannot believe that!!! I’m so sorry you had to deal with that. I would have absolutely lost it.

[@thebluetyphoonofficial943]

In my highschool the teachers would have open book tests to see if we are paying attention and how good our notes are and if we can easily find what we need. They were essentially an assessment of our skills to problem solve and take notes. One of my teachers even had a notes check, where we would show all of our notes and be graded on them based on how organized they are, neat, and how much of the information was written, for me they would ask me why I didn't have a lot written and it was that most of the things I had written were things I wouldn't be able to remember easily. I'm an audio learner so I can pick up information easier when I hear it so the things I write thing are the things that aren't easy for me to remember so I read them to myself to study.

[@krystalnicholl]

I don’t want them to think I have a messy class but I do I just cleaned it for this lol 😂 😂😂😂😂😂

[@10mmcfarlane]

Teacher told my mom that my desk was like a black hole because I kept losing my homework in it.

[@allisong78]

Preach!! Yes why would I want your child to fail. I get just as frustrated when they are failing as you do.

[@Lightbulb909]

I’m about to start teaching in about a month. I’m here listening about the anxiety of PTCs and I’m having anxiety about their anxiety. Lord help me, I’m gonna need it.

[@kyavuckovich7745]

At my school we had meet the teacher and then three parent teacher conferences one in fall one in winter before Christmas and one in the spring.

[@Foxhunter49]

My sister went to the high school with her middle daughter. Parents went teacher to teacher. As they were walking to the next teacher niece pointed to a teacher in a class with no parents with her. Niece pointed out that this was the English teacher my eldest niece really liked. My sister knocked and entered and introduced herself. She then went on to thank the woman for turning eldest niece into an English lover and an avid reader. Middle niece told her sister what had happened and eldest was angry as she didn’t teach mid niece. Next day this teacher told the eldest that her mother had bucked her spirits right up as majority of parents she had met were blaming her for their children’s poor grades. The eldest is now an English teacher.