Parent-Teacher day

It's an annual event rivalled in dread only by the Awards Evening (a night of numb-bum-syndrome and overtired kids as every single child in the entire primary school gets a certificate for something, even if it's just "cheerful smile").

It's Parent-Teacher day.

And I've just returned from my allotted 10 minute appointment.

I was expecting the worst, really I was. I went armed with a long list of (2) things that could do with addressing. I went expecting to be berated about homework and lack of concentration in class and various other worst-case things. I went willing to blame the teacher for my son's performance, as she keeps him in and then he doesn't get break and then he doesn't do well after break and then he gets punishment homework that takes until 10 or 11 at night and then he's tired the next day and then he doesn't finish so he gets kept in and break.... well, you get the picture.

My long list of (2) things didn't matter in the end. They're non-issues. The bottom line is that the kid is doing OK, although he's slow in the subjects he doesn't like. The things he DOES like are done at the speed of lighting. The teacher used to be just like him and is even willing to give him LESS work so he can cope! And she says two weeks off in the second term to visit his gran will not be a problem - we'll work something out.

Whew! I think I'll sleep better tonight now.

And the awards night is still a long, long way off....