We are both teachers.
Invariably one of us will have more experience. I promise not to lord that over you or be intimidated by yours.
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In the rush of our lives, we will misspell, lose our temper, or just plain get something wrong.
One of us will forget something, okay many somethings.
But I promise to see the good you do for my child.
I promise to believe in you and him enough to let him be your student.
I promise to learn from you as my child does. I promise to identify your ways of teaching and admire them, not wish they were mine, not want to show you a better way.
That is hard for me as a teacher, but I value you and what you can give my child enough to do that.
He will fail at something, you will fail, I will fail. But I promise.
2017-09-01 at 8:45 pm
It is sometimes hard being both a teacher and a parent. I love this promise! I still get more nervous before parent-teacher conferences with parents who are also teachers, though.
2017-09-01 at 9:02 pm
Before I was a parent I was also apprehensive to meet with parents who were also teachers. I feel a little better knowing going in how I choose to interact with my child’s teacher. I have been very fortunate in my children’s academic careers, but I better keep up my end of the bargain-that’s why I published this, for my own healthy pressure.
I hope to live up to this promise!