Parent Teacher Conferences

[bricelythgoe]

Last night was parent-teacher conferences for the school I work at. It is the first one I have had since beginning to wear my kilt on a regular basis. Most of my students, as you could imagine, have told their parents about the Spanish teacher that wears a kilt. I had several parents make some very positive comments about it. In fact, I had one that thinks I should wear it more often than I do. I did have one parent that seemed to not agree. He looked at me and asked me why a Spanish teacher would wear a kilt. Without being too rude, I told him that although I teach Spanish, I am not from Latin America and that my ancestry is from Scotland. I did not say some of things I really wanted to say to him. I think that sometimes parents believe that, for example, a Spanish teacher lives, breathes, and sleeps Spanish. They don’t realize that it is just my job. I love Spanish, but I love to wear kilts as well. Anyways, it was a great time last night. I did not go kilted to the conferences. Once the parents are used to it, and I get a nice kilt jacket, I will go kilted.

[Kerr the Walker]

Chalk up another one for the good guys.

Sounds like you took advantage of a great opportunity to educate some of your students' parents. Well done!

[macwilkin]

Last night was parent-teacher conferences for the school I work at. It is the first one I have had since beginning to wear my kilt on a regular basis. Most of my students, as you could imagine, have told their parents about the Spanish teacher that wears a kilt. I had several parents make some very positive comments about it. In fact, I had one that thinks I should wear it more often than I do. I did have one parent that seemed to not agree. He looked at me and asked me why a Spanish teacher would wear a kilt. Without being too rude, I told him that although I teach Spanish, I am not from Latin America and that my ancestry is from Scotland. I did not say some of things I really wanted to say to him. I think that sometimes parents believe that, for example, a Spanish teacher lives, breathes, and sleeps Spanish. They don’t realize that it is just my job. I love Spanish, but I love to wear kilts as well. Anyways, it was a great time last night. I did not go kilted to the conferences. Once the parents are used to it, and I get a nice kilt jacket, I will go kilted.

You could have also told him about the Scots who immigrated to Argentina, Admiral Cochrane, the "father" of the Chilean Navy and soldier-of-fortune, and the Battalion de San Patricio Pipe Band in Mexico City, just to name a few connections between the Scots and the Hispanic world

http://www.bandadegaitas.com.mx/homeEng.html

http://www.scotlandinargentina.com.ar/

http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3881

Saludos,

Todd

[bricelythgoe]

You could have also told him about the Scots who immigrated to Argentina, Admiral Cochrane, the "father" of the Chilean Navy and soldier-of-fortune, and the Battalion de San Patricio Pipe Band in Mexico City, just to name a few connections between the Scots and the Hispanic world

http://www.bandadegaitas.com.mx/homeEng.html

http://www.scotlandinargentina.com.ar/

http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3881

Saludos,

Todd

Never knew about them! I am going to show my students tomorrow!

[Spartan]

That all sounds like a "thumbs up" to me.

[cavscout]

I thought this was humorous...This group in Scotland is teaching Spanish (among other languages) over the internet and pod casts. Great lessons by the way if you want to learn Spanish in your spare time.

http://www.radiolinguamedia.com/cbs/www/index.html

So, here I am in the Southern US, running a company named after my Cherokee heritage, making kilt belts while wearing a kilt and listening to Spanish lessons taught by a Scottish instructor over the internet. Just one of life's funny little circles

[Nighthawk]

Both my parents are teachers. I can tell you that a lot of people do in fact think that you are your job. They don't think beyond what you do. I can't tell you how many times we went to the grocery and ran into people who were surprised to see us outside of the school

So- good for you for wearing the kilt to work.

[Howard Clark]

I think that's a great life circle, Steve !

[piperdbh]

Cuando yo estaba en el colegio, mis amigos pensaban que mis padres fueron de Espan~a, porque yo aprendi' el Espan~ol mas rapidamente que ellos. Les dije, "I'm from here, the same as y'all are. I just try to learn is the only difference."

Right, bricekolob?

[GMan]

Happy to hear this.