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By Madeline

The parents in my school have driven me nuts for three years so I am getting out of that part of town. It's a shame too, because when I really think about it it's only a handful of nasty beasts who make teachers feel horrible.
I have some real winners this year. Especially one parent, who is by chance my room mother. I won't even go into specifics, but basically whatever I do is wrong. And her son isn't mr. perfect either. I have finally convinced my sensitive little self that this woman is seriously so miserable and such a pessimist. Her punishment for being mean to a hardworking and caring teacher

is that she has to live with herself and just be her. I can't stand the thought of having her other child in a couple of years. I also can't stand walking down the hallway and saying hi to a parent (even if I don't know them) and having them look back at me with a scowl or blank stare. These people are just uneducated, and, as someone else put it, must have gone to "charm school." My one wish would be for the lump in my throat to go away and for me to be able to give the right answer to this woman one time. An answer that wouldn't offend her or get me in trouble, but something that would make her realize what a mean person she's being to me. Well, that was my vent. I am SO glad I'm not alone in all of these "teaching problems" that I have!