I am so annoyed. SO ANNOYED.
The kids wrote their own books on their favorite animals this week, for which they had to make a list of questions and do some research. One of the questions was how big the animal could be. The know-it-all kid in the class decided to write his book on fish. I don't know how big a fish can get, so I look it up online. After searching around for a while (surprisingly, searching for the key phrase 'world's largest fish' doesn't get you anywhere), I find some site that says a certain kind of fish can get up to 2 meters long. Okay, here you go. He insisted that it was up to 17 meters, and I was like, you can't just make up numbers; besides, why did you ask me to look this up if you already knew what it was? You're writing this book in pencil; you can change it later if you have to.
Here's the kicker: I just got an email from him (via his dad's address) that's like, did you know that this certain type of fish can grow up to 18 meters and why did the school computer say that it was only to two meters when my laptop says 18? And he included the link to the article.
Seriously. Now a seven-year-old is treating me like I'm stupid. How the hell am I supposed to know how big fish are? I'm trying harder to get the class to get their work done, stop winding each other up, and think about what they're actually supposed to be doing. And clearly his parents take his side; why else would they let him write this email? And probably proofread it for him?
I AM NOT F****** STUPID. This is why I'm going to Cambridge next year. I am sick of this sh!t.
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Yep, I'd be frustrated, too... I'm working in a library now, and sometimes it's really hard to see parents coming in without their kids to get books for their kids' reports and not yell at them that they aren't doing their kids any favors by not letting them do the research themselves. It just gets the former teacher in me really ticked off.
Anyway, in your shoes, I would have walked in the the director's office and flat-out, effective-immediately quit by now, so you get a lot of credit from me at least for putting up with everything. :)
solution: tell this kid, "you're adopted- your parents don't love you." Works like a charm.
Or tell him the truth about santa. either way...
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