Parent/Teacher's Discussion Board Analysis

I chose to write about option 1 for this week's discussion board. * Describe the best parent/teacher conference you have ever attended. Summarize why it was so successful. How did you feel when you left?

I have attended many parent/ teacher conferences over the years. I have two children who are 16 and 11, so needless to say I started going to parent/ teacher conferences 16 years ago. All my experiences with teachers from both of my children have been pretty good.
Last year my son was just starting 5th grade and was so excited. I knew all of the teachers my son would have because my daughter also had them and I knew they were all really nice, helpful and a pleasure to speak with. Within the first week of school my son's teacher Mrs. Switek …show more content…
Right away she gave me some many great ideas on how to help him become a better writer and how we can accomplish that by working with him at home as well. Then we went on to talk about how he his reading at a much higher grade level than he should be for his age and I was so impressed because I never knew this. My son always loved to read but I never thought about him reading at different levels. His other subjects were also discussed such as math, history, science and social studies. I am happy to say that Mrs.Switek had nothing but good things to tell me. She also told me what a great job I did on raising my son because he was always so polite, and respectful, and that he always did what he was told the first time he was asked. As a parent I was so happy and felt so proud that my son was such a good kid in school. I never thought that he was not but to have a teacher validate all these great qualities in my child made me feel on top of the world. This parent/teacher conference was so successful I think because first we covered all the subjects that my son takes in school on top of discussing his