PCN

Tonight is Parent Conference Night at school. I'm kinda dreading the whole thing. I don't want to stay here until 7pm. Plus, there's a new OC on tonight, and I don't want to miss it. :)

It shouldn't be that bad though. I have a really good idea of how each of my students are doing and how they will be progressing. I know how they are from last semester. This time around, I'm not going to be so nice. Last semester I kept telling the parents, "it's still early. They can still pull up the grade." Well, this time, I'm going to be totally straight. I'll say that their son/daughter didn't turn around last semester, so yeah, there's definitely a reason to worry.

The major problem I'm going to face is the language issue. I don't speak Spanish (well, not enough to actually talk to parents. Playing around with friends is one thing. Communicating with adults is another). I wanted Diego to be a translator for me tonight, but he doesn't know if he can come or not. They may have him help another teacher, and he hasn't yet seen the person he's to ask. I recruited one of my students yesterday. I offered him credit, but he only wanted Jack in the Box. This guy is crazy for Jack. We'll see. He might now make it, though, and I'm scared that I'll be left with nobody to help me. Leaving the translating up to the student is frustrating and dangerous. They never say everything they are supposed to. Oh well, we'll see what happens, I guess.