I had my first one today. It was strange. It made me feel old.
It ended up being another one of those things that brings out memories from my own childhood. These moment always take me by surprise and I wonder if I'll ever get used to that feeling of "I'm now my mother. Or *A* mother, anyway." I recall my mom missing out on a lot of parent teacher conferences, though when I look back on my grades in elementary school I would think she would have had a lot to say to my teachers. I didn't do so well in elementary school.
I wonder if my memory serves me right. Did she really miss out so much? I know she was busy, much busier than I will ever be (hopefully) and just had a lot on her plate (being, for the most part, a single mother of 3). However I do recall feeling like my school didn't mean much to her because she would not be able to make it to the parent/teacher conferences.
I'm going to have to get over this thought, though, because it was all I could think about while sitting there listening to Ellie's wonderful teacher. I may be wrong, but I'm guessing that parent/teacher conferences are not meant to be substitutions for counseling sessions to help heal your own childhood wounds. =)
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I bet you're not alone in these thoughts. I didn't do so well in school most of my life, elementary school, etc.
I actually don't remember my mom going to these although she probably did a few. Why do you think you didn't do so well in elementary school? (I know my reason... life was really really hard...)
The good thing about this sort of thing is that it gives you the chance to work through those wounds. You're contemplative enough that you will not make (many) of the mistakes your parents made (no one's perfect). So use the chance to revisit your past and try to heal from it.
Jen
Spleeness - I assume I didn't do well in elementary because of my speech issues. I went to 10 years of speech therapy and learned every sound in the English language except the letter R. I dropped out of speech therapy at that point. I still avoid saying words with lots of R's like Error or Juror. It wasn't until a teacher pissed me off in junior high (she said I wasn't smart enough to be in the high math class) that I started getting straight A's. Just to prove her wrong. I ended up graduating with a 4.0 in High School, but my grades in elementary school were mostly Cs and Ds.
Jen, thanks. I needed that point of view.
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