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Today, work kind of sucked. A bunch of parents were upset that they didn't get progress slips, which I dropped off last week so they could be handed out, but which a) got lost in transmute b) were taken home by Kendra because there were a few skills in the Pikes and Eels classes that she decided were way too strict. When I tried to explain to the parents that they would be getting a call from Kendra at some point this week with information on whether their child would be moving up or not, both parents threw a bit of a hissy fit because they feel I should be able to tell them off the top of my head of their child passed or not. I have 30-40 kids to keep track of, all in different classes, all with different skills they need to be able to do on their before moving up to the next level - it's not something *any* swim lesson teacher would likely be able to spit out off the top of their head, which is *why* we have skills sheets that we keep track of every child's progress on! I had those sheets dropped off with my progress slips last week when, what do you know, I was feverish and possibly slightly delusional, so please forgive me if I can't recall *right now* if I passed your kid up to the next level.
It was just... extremely frustrating. I did everything right, I did the responsible thing and finished my progress slips despite the fact that I was sick as a freaking dog, and then I made sure one of my roommates dropped them off at the YMCA for me so my kids wouldn't be stuck waiting another week. It is not my fault that they are unavailable this week, but I'm pretty sure aforementioned parents are going to blame me for it anyways. I know I can't make everyone happy, but geez... did you really need to give not only me but several other teachers attitude about it?
God, I hope I don't get their kids again next cycle. The kids themselves were great, but the parents were downright rude and condescending.
It was just... extremely frustrating. I did everything right, I did the responsible thing and finished my progress slips despite the fact that I was sick as a freaking dog, and then I made sure one of my roommates dropped them off at the YMCA for me so my kids wouldn't be stuck waiting another week. It is not my fault that they are unavailable this week, but I'm pretty sure aforementioned parents are going to blame me for it anyways. I know I can't make everyone happy, but geez... did you really need to give not only me but several other teachers attitude about it?
God, I hope I don't get their kids again next cycle. The kids themselves were great, but the parents were downright rude and condescending.