I was nervous going into my first PTC as a parent and not as the teacher. I was nervous, I mean I know my girls are the smartest, prettiest, most well behaved girls in the world, so what did I have to be nervous about. As my wife Abby and I sat down with my daughter Molly's pre-school teacher Mrs. Boltz we began to discuss things like "wandering" and attention spans and developmental ability. All of the things the teacher said were good, only a few improvements. I know now how hard it must havebeen for my parents to sit year after year in my PTC meetings hearing how I needed improvement inthis or that area, like "Matt is a jokester, Matt is disruptive, Matt got caught cheating again, Matt was smuggling crack cocaine in again to class" you know the basic stuff.
I think what I realized today was very simple, the apples do not fall far from the tree. Molly is a product of two oldest children, enough said. My hands were a little sweaty, as we began to go through the report card, All was well, just a few improvements, no big deal, before we knew it we were out of the room and on our way. It was not so bad. I also realized that my kids are not perfect, at least most people have not realized it yet..
