At that point the father demanded that his son be transferred out of her classroom. Mary Jane said that was okay with her pending the principal s final decision. Mary Jane says that when she reflects back on the incident, that she feels that she handled it the best that she could. She says that she used try to reason with oppositional parents but now she has learned to let them just vent their anger and then try to reason with them in a calm and organized manner. She says that not saying anything in that type of situation is sometimes the best thing to do.
Silence is golden.
She has been teaching for about six years and currently holds the learning specialist position. Sarah had an incident this year with an over bearing father who does not seem to trust anyone. Shortly after parent-teacher conferences, one of her female students received a bad score on a social studies test. After handing back the tests to the students, she received a phone call from this girl s father. The father had called in an irate manner and wanted to have another conference with Sarah and her partner teacher.