“I’ve Been Running A Company Totally Drunk For Over A Year,” And 20 Other Wild Reddit Posts From This Week
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“Parents, itâs the parents.”
“Iâve hit my point. The lack of accountability has just hit mind-blowing proportions.
Our school recently went on a two-week trip to Greece. 15 high schoolers (aged 15-17) travelled throughout Greece and the Greek islands.
The trip was going great. A couple of kids were trying to sneak alcohol (expected) but overall, uneventful.
On the last day of the trip, three boys stole $800 of goods from H& fucking M of all places. They got caught and were arrested by Greek police. This is 10 hours before our flight home. Our head teacher had to go to the police station and explain our situation to the Greek police and that we could not leave these kids behind. They didnât budge. As teachers, we decided to bail the kids out with our own money.
Spring break ended and we made it back to school. The kids are suspended for five days.
Hereâs the kicker: we teachers were called into a meeting with the parents of these boys. Weâre expecting apologies, roses, and reimbursement.
Nope.
Theyâre pissed. At us!
They were pissed because their kids’ phones were confiscated. You know â by the police. As EVIDENCE! They asked, ‘Why was a teacher not in the store with themâ and said âthis is your fault!â
F*ck that. Iâm done. I just was so close to losing all professionalism and going off.
Are you kidding. You trust your kid to send them on an international flight, but we shouldnât trust them looking at clothes?
There was no apology, no reimbursement, and no accountability.
We can say the kids are the problems, but itâs the parents.
We see the apple, the parents are the tree.
r/Teachers, u/hhistoryteach