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I used to teach at a private Catholic school where some of the parents acted like they owned the teachers. If they did not get their way the emails got disrespectful fast. Most of the time I ignored it, but **one mom and her daughter pushed me to my limit to where I resigned.**

The daughter was in 5th grade. At the start of the year, **the mom and her always pretended to be sweet and polite** when talking. But then one of the first weeks her daughter **shot a rubber band at me like a gun**. I brushed it off because I try to give kids a chance early in the year. As the months went on it became obvious this was not just impulsiveness. She refused to finish work, clowned around during class, and mockingly argued every time she got corrected.

We had a project she kept messing around on and not finishing. I told her several times that if she did not finish on time I would have to give her a zero. **Instead of telling her mom the truth,** she went home and said I never gave her enough time.

One day after school her mom barged straight into my classroom yelling. No knocking, no asking to talk, just screaming about how I was a terrible teacher and neglecting her daughter. I had a meeting to get to and **she would not even let me leave the room**. I ended up listing all the behavior issues her daughter had all year just to defend myself.

The next day during silent reading I stepped out to print papers. When I came back the same student was off task again and instantly pretended to work when she saw me. At that point I realized nothing was ever going to change.

Later I found out the **mom and dad runs a Gun Store…** and not just that, I also stumble upon her Youtube(ran by her kids) and her Skool. Well, I’ll let y’all determine the sheer irony of the situation…

**To all the new teachers out there, when you meet parents who are OVERLY nice and try to be buddy buddy with you, just know that it might not always be the real them.**

Disrespectful Student Also Had Pretentious Parents. I Resigned