Ridiculous Parent Requests (Part 18.2)

[@musicalifornia49]

The audacity of parents will never cease to amaze me. I work in preschool and we get all kinds of weird stuff.

[@gwynwellliver4489]

Agreed! After 20 years, I thought I had seen and heard everything, but no.

[@DarkenedFluff]

Student here: Neither I nor my parents would ever be this disrespectful to authority figures in any place. The "I'm a parent! What I say goes!" thing isn't valid in most places other than home and with the child. Parents need to have more respect to teachers. Even I know that.

[@LifethruRen]

Ive already watched 3 of these. The amount of parents who asked a teacher if they could do something related to their kid's butt or poop is shocking as hell.

[@cherylbenton7107]

Love your posts! 💜 Can't believe the crazy levels of entitled audacity of these parents! 😂

[@moyasatterwhite4019]

Don’t forget, those are all people who go on to work, fear them.

[@adahmichels7651]

When I was in school if I had bad grades, I wasn't allowed to play sports! And I would get grounded if I had bad grades or disrespected my teachers!!

[@cheyennemoore8380]

Same

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

Back in the days when the word “no” actually meant something and was used frequently.

[@amylee8969]

@adahmichels7651 Yes! We need to go back to that. I’m tired of adults feeling the need to put the kid’s fragile self-esteem over healthy discipline and real life lessons. Kids need to be taught that if they don’t do what’s expected of them, they will fail and suffer the consequences. If they want good things, they have to work for it. That’s how life works. No one in the real world is going to be obligated to give your future adult child a free pass.

[@lyrical1999]

This is exactly as it should be.

[@oopsibrokethecow]

These are hilarious, and your take on them is funny AF, but deep down it really shows that we have a serious entitled parent problem in this country, and a lot of parents raising their children with horrific habits from day one while believing it is the school's job to raise the children and break those habits that they as parents created. I have a friend, who told her son's third grade teacher that if she expected him to pay attention and stop being a nuisance that she "needed" to let him bring fidgety type toys, snacks, juice and candy to feast on during class because that is what keeps him focus. This was after countless emails and phone calls to my friend from the teacher about her son's behavior, none of which my friend responded to until the principal and counselor called and said they were going to need to arrange a meeting because it had escalated to the point that other parents were complaining that her son's behavior in the classroom was hindering their child's learning process because of how loud, distracting, aggressive, and interrupting he was. He also was a tyrant at lunch, and would take food off other's kid's trays, shove in line, throw food, dump milk on the floor and then say "OOPS! my BAD!" repeatedly. He tripped a lunch lady, poured applesauce all over another kid's lunch, kept tormenting a diabetic student who trying to check his blood sugar and take a shot (he would go up and pull the test strips out of the machine and throw them, so putting that kid's literal life at risk) and rip things down. At recess it was even worse, to the point he was damaging equipment. He had to sit out every single PE class because of how he acted. And in class when the teacher told him to go sit in the hall, he'd stand in the doorway and make faces through the window, and then grab his crotch and pretend he was peeing everywhere. It went on and on and on like that. Finally, he was removed from that school after being put in several special programs, but nothing ever changed. My friend's response was always how it was the schools fault for not "letting him do things that keep him from acting out like that out of boredom" and then tried to say it was because he was "more intelligent" than all the other kids there, and that is why he couldn't focus, because all the information was unstimulating to him. When in reality, he was failing every subject. It was a private school he went to that year, and they refuse to re-enroll him after that, and I am surprised they let him finish out that year. When he went to a public school it just continued on that way. When he was in eighth grade he got his first assault charges, because he put a kid in a headlock who refused to give him his ballcap. He kept trying to snatch it off the kid's head, and that kid got fed-up and shoved him, so my friend's son then put that kid in a headlock and spun him around until he nearly passed-out. The police instantly got involved with that and he was suspended.. That of course, wasn't his fault either, and all my friends said was, "That kid should have just given him that hat, and that wouldn't have happened!" He was ordered to go to family therapy, which my friend only did the minimal amount she had to do, and now he's going on 17 years old, nothing has changed. He has dropped out of school, and has two more charges he has to appear in court for. Another assault charge, and some property damage charge where he broke a bunch of shit at Target when they would let him take a bunch of candy and snacks out without paying, after he "promised" to come back and pay for them. My friend said, "he was going to pay for them later, he's not a thief!" was her entire argument in court. I anticipate him being in prison before he's 25 years old.

[@biggirlonatreadmill1209]

Can you imagine the same “infinite tries” applied to a job like…a surgeon? “Yeah I know I didn’t surgery wrong the first time. I know that patient died/has life long issues now. But I get to keep trying until I get it right!!”

[@angelat.8997]

“You need to let my child watch x, y, or z on your phone.” Okay, first of all, NO STUDENT IS EVER ALLOWED TO TOUCH MY PHONE. EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@eywine.7762]

"You can stock up on some common sense." If only it could be bought on Amazon!

[@kristinwuori3769]

Black Friday deal right there!

[@jjaymcdaniel]

Starting in 6th or 7th grade I started meeting with all of my son's teachers at the beginning of the year begging them to fail him. He would do his assignments but never turn them in or later on just not do them. I had found out that his mother would go behind him and beg his teachers to give him extra credit or turn in assignments late. I had hoped that a fail would wake him up before high school when grades become far more important to future opportunities. They listened to his mother rather than me and he left high school with a C/D average instead of the A/B average his could have had if he had learned about consequences.

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

My sister taught grade 4 (in Canada) her entire career. There were one or two parents who made similar remarks every year, and the answer was always a very firm NO! It’s not the way our education system works. We have the best education globally right now. Good teachers and parents encouraging the children gives them a better chance of success. The American system should check it out. Maybe America could possibly be great again, once they elect a decent president. The “president to be” hasn’t got many functional brain cells firing, so enjoy the ride folks. It’s going to be an interesting four years. Hope we ALL survive! 🇨🇦🦫🇨🇦 And we can build a wall to keep Americans out, like Donny and his Mexican one! 🇨🇦🦫🇨🇦

[@johnlopez3996]

Looks like some kids need to say,"Hallelujah! Hallelujah! I am born again in the same grade next year."

[@narafritch3073]

Thank you so much for all you do as a teacher. I’m very sorry that you must also parent parents. May you have the fortitude to continue in this job. You seem like a caring teacher who wants her students to learn and grow. A serious n up hill battle for sure!

[@benjaminsharef879]

1:56 That "Harry Potter" reference immediately got me to click that like button 😂

[@raymondmasullo6686]

I get some of this teaching COLLEGE! I just had one student who BARELY eked out a C. I guess he didn't like that because he emailed me saying "Help me out!" I pretty much told him the C WAS helping him out.

[@angelat.8997]

Educator of almost 25 years, here. I have a good friend who became a university science teacher… and quickly learned that her students couldn’t read or write. (Writing was especially bad!) She had to tutor them all semester, in order for them to write basic sentences.

[@kimberlywoodbury1739]

@@angelat.8997This happened to me as well - at an ivy league school!

[@kpjaskie1]

My mom thanked the teacher for giving me a D in math in the fourth grade. Made me so mad at the time, but she was right. Now have a PhD in engineering so it was pure laziness and it taught me a good lesson.

[@rose13red]

Good for you for not giving out “football As” because my school did that without thinking about it. If he can move the ball it didn’t matter if he couldn’t read 🙄

[@js1js135]

Not a Harry Potter spell!!!!!😂😂😂😂

[@RachelMullerCreations]

i remember back in high school I was in a choir class and we had to massage each others backs for a couple of minutes and switched. We had to do that as part of our warm ups. I don't think anyone really liked that part. The kid that wants the teacher's glasses, if she wants a pair of glasses so bad, they sell fake glasses that have no prescription in them. Or she can get a cheap pair of readers and take out the lenses. I have worn glasses since early elementary school, I can't see past my nose with out them. They are freaking expensive. i have had kids and students take them off of my face quickly because they want to look through them our they want to see how they look in them, and then I am almost pleading with them to give them back. They are not cheap. I have really good insurance, and for a pair of sunglasses and regular glasses it was over $700! So, yeah I am telling anyone no if they ask me to see my glasses. The only ones that don't know better are babies and toddlers. Every parent should be teaching their kids boundaries even if they have some one in the family that has glasses or not. The suppository, do they even know how it is applied? You do that, next thing you know that you are being portrayed as a creep and running your life. Just eew! It is a part of being a parent, you are there for the good things and the gross things, not teachers.

[@ciannacoleman5125]

On the infinite tries one: yes that is unreasonable for standard schools, however as a homeschooler our "workbook" pages (it was only ever "homework" if we didnt finish the week's worth and had to do some on Saturday) were always keep redoing it till you get 100% while the "test" pages were one & done. We only ever got the test when we had mastered the workbook though. This method made sure we understand all the work so sometimes we were "ahead" of our peers in "real school" (what everyone called it at the time) and othertimes we were "behind" but we always understood the information before moving on.

[@genevievearchbaker8604]

0:48 I got my own stickers, they way better than any teacher ever owned and they all mine for me and my homework

[@beigekitten89]

"you NEED".. ?!?!?! 😮 That already is a no right there. What ever it was it is now a no. Automatically. Could've asked better.... You need... Psh! 🙄😒

[@Jan-p8g]

I love this teacher! Reminds me of ALL the nuns that taut me for 12 years!

[@aqacefan]

Umm... if your child puts on their teacher's eyeglasses, guess what? Your child is going to need eyeglasses! Those lenses are there to correct a vision defect because the person wearing them no longer has eyeballs that are the right shape 🙄

[@niteflytes]

Well. That’s now how bad vision works. But I agree it’s not healthy behavior

[@jamesmer6216]

Everything but that bluey idea is outta the ball park but only because i was allowed audiobooks to take my naps, I had alerted level autism and trauma. It wasn't good to ask me to close my eyes for 5 minutes without crying, screaming.

[@melissabiri2947]

The term is "student-athlete". First word is student. Thank you.

[@rohmarts]

"Can you give my son a suppository at school?" What the actual eff?

[@ashleyjones312]

The first one is wild asf!!!

[@gaffawebber]

Parents are the problem, hard stop.

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

Most of the students I have tutored over the years are student athletes. That is the common denominator. I think schools should eliminate their sports programs altogether. There are YMCAs and other athletic community centers through which kids can learn- and play sports. Sports are not a life skill. They are just an interest. Schools need not foster them.

[@pigalottafattenton5003]

Sports are life skills. The number of people who make a living from sports is proof of that. The athletes, nutritionists, coaches, groundskeepers, all the staff at the stadium, entertainment industry specialists (lawyers, managers, security, accountants), the list goes on and on down to the local bars that make money on game day. The students you tutor are athletes. Who would you tutor if there were no student athletes? Those community sports aren’t free aren’t accessible to everyone. If you have community centers or YMCA where I live it means you are poor. Sports also teach teamwork, how to get along with someone you don’t like but are on the same team with, how to lose and win graciously. It also teaches time management. The kids who work and play sports while in high school have excellent time management skills (if they don’t go to a give them the grade school). I went to high school with a guy who was in special ed. He graduated, went to college and had tutors there. He went to the NFL and has a Super Bowl ring.

[@NAIdonnawanna]

I can’t believe this is real!! I believe you but come on people. Just crazy!

[@cherylpalian3254]

My daughter worked at school teaching 5th grade. The principal allowed the grandmother of a child was allowed to do her school work and give the grade to the kid.

[@cheyennemoore8380]

The way I'm not surprised

[@kimkimba1131]

That child will sadly fail as an adult if grandmother has her way. 😢

[@pixel9548]

Word Search was the only homework I ever did for my child. Only because he's legally blind and they kept forgetting to enlarge his copy. He did all his own work, graduated second from college in a class of 2,000, got another degree and is very well employed. He's well-versed on many topics and funny-sharp. (Okay. I just felt like bragging about my kid.) At teacher-parent meetings, the teacher would usually say that he was polite, respectful and likable. Most of the kids were. I worry that my grandkids will grow up in a dystopia.

[@queenswillrule]

Lovely musical interlude.

[@kimberlywoodbury1739]

I completely agree with the teacher, but as a teacher myself, the grade scale is messed up. There is too much weight given to a zero or very low grade. There is a 60% difference between D- and A, and a 40% difference between a D- and a zero. This means that a zero has a proportionally much bigger impact, and one zero can be very difficult to recover from. It would be better to have the grading scale run from 50-100, so each grade would be given the same weight. This os why many pf us enter a failing grade as a 50 and not a zero - it gives the kid a chance to recover. And those who keep failing fail.

[@manuelabenoit1912]

I am not a teacher. I do not get these people at all. The stupid things they ask for.

[@louisethompson3342]

Well, I feel old. I've never heard of Bluy before now. (36)

[@Avi221]

❤

[@ardithbard857]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@stephanbateman5410]

my default is no

[@johndavid8815]

At least she’s not teaching pronouns 😂

[@Supersoccerchic]

Student here, well, a former one and some teachers just can't teach. Sorry but I don't care how many students you have to deal with. It doesn't matter if I asked for help or not. If you can't teach me in a way that I can understand the material, which they can't because I have difficulties understanding things that don't make sense to me even though it may make sense in the teacher's mind, you cannot teach and you suck. Sorry if I keep failing but do you know why? It's because you suck at teaching. It's sure not because I didn't try my best and do what I needed to do to succeed. It's why ironically, I majored in English but at least my college professors could actually teach the material.