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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please. If a professor talked to a parent about a student that would be the type of confidentiality breach that would result in serious disciplinary action or possible termination. The standard response (if they bother) is some variation of the following:

“I cannot discuss any student’s grades with outside parties. In fact I’m not even at liberty to confirm or deny that your child is enrolled my class. I suggest you talk to your child directly.”

And no, it makes zero difference if you’re paying your kids tuition.

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In my case, it resulted in neither.

It's also easier to do over email and over the phone. I was at a private college where the student's parent was railing at me in person (during parents weekend) because of dd's grades in my class and I could no longer keep her behavior to myself. It was not my fault an adult couldn't attend classes, and there was no evidence I told her dad anything other than his word.

She was playing the system, knew I was not supposed to tell her parents she was skipping classes and assignments, so was lying to dad about the class. I was going to leave at the earliest opportunity anyhow. After that, the DD started coming to class.

The minus side of teaching at a small college is that you may have irate parents corner you in person (and the low salaries), but the plus side is that you can quietly tell the parent the truth and usually not suffer repercussions. The parents are paying $$$ for their immature student's education.[/quote]

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