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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Parents of current and future students: I hope you're following this closely. And don't let your kid become *that kid*. I saw this shitstorm coming years ago when I was finishing undergrad. It was only a matter of time before someone like screamer girl stole the show and put the joke that is modern higher ed in the limelight.
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I work with teens and out of a group of 20 girls,  there are always three or four parents that come up to me with the most inane requests. Larla, Larlita and Larlarena always find and hang out with each other, the PITA girls have the same PITA parents.

PITA parent:  "My daughter does not want to sit next to Betty"
Me: "There is no assigned seating.  She can sit somewhere else.  Has Betty done anything to her?"
PITA parent: "Betty has done nothing. Larla wants to sit up front"
Me: "I really don't know what I can do"
PITA parent: "Can you move Betty to the back?"
Me: "Do you think that would be fair to Betty?  She really has done nothing to Larla"
PITA parent:  "My daughter does not want to sit next to Betty"
 :roll:  :roll:  :roll:

Me: "Today we will..."
PITA kid:  "I want a snack"
Me: "We don't have snacks here, please don't interrupt, Okay, today we will..."
PITA kid: calls me by my first name, "I went shopping this weekend"
Me: "Please don't call me by my first name or interrupt, today we will.."
PITA kid: "what are we doing today?"
Me:  talking to the class "Girls what is like to sit here waiting to hear what we are doing today"

The other girls comment on how they are tired of waiting and interruptions take time out of the fun activities.  It is evident the other kids are annoyed.

PITA parent: "Larla is having problems fitting into the group, she feels like the other girls don't like her.
Me:  "Larla interrupts a lot and tries to dominate when they break into small groups, it causes problems"
PITA parent: "Larla is very independent and strong willed, we believe it is a strength, she's a natural leader!"
Me:  "My daugher is ADD, she has many of the same issues but we have worked hard to help her develop self control so she can be more aware in social settings."
PITA parent: "We tell Larla she should be herself and everyone should just love her for who she is!"
Me:  "That's a great philosophy but social dynamics require compromise and restraint"
PITA parent:  "we don't raise Larla that way"
Me: "I don't know what I can do for you"

In response to a request for parent volunteers (this really happened).  BTW I am personally for stricter gun control.

PITA parent:  " I want to address the group on gun control"
Me:  "we don't discuss political or sexual issues, different families could have different viewpoints and we don't promote any one viewpoint"
PITA parent: "I know you have worked for stricter gun control and every parent believes in it"
Me: "I know some of the parents personally and know that is not true, even if it was it is not allowed"
PITA parent: getting angry "then they are wrong and it is our responsibility to educate their kids!!!  Who are they?"
Me: "That is private and the topic is inappropriate"
PITA parent: stomps off mad and Larla is openly hostile and disrespectful to me afterwards.

PITA parent:  "Larla feels like she is being bullied"
Me: "I have not heard any bullying, what does Larla say is happening"
PITA parent:  "She says the other girls are mean and bully her "
Me:  "She primarily spends all her time with Larlita and Larlarena how is she being bullied"
PITA parent: "the others don't invite her to their houses or birthday parties, can you talk to them about not excluding her"
Me:  "not really, if it is happening in here I can talk to them but otherwise no."

PITA parent:  "Larla doesn't feel safe"
Me:  "why does she not feel safe"
PITA parent: "she doesn't like it when you break her up from Larlita and Larlarena and place them in different groups"
Me:  "I break up all friends, is something happening in group work, because we do monitor them closely"
PITA parent:  "Nothing is happening, Larla doesn't feel safe without her friends"
Me:  "it's a big part of this program to learn to work with others"
PITA parent:  "Can you keep Larla with her friends"

It goes on and on, the PITA kids do not have food allergies, but they only like a very limited selection of foods, certain activities or discussions.  They try to dominate everything and constantly complain to the other girls.
 
These PITA parents have the rudest, most narcissistic teens.  The kids have very little self control and even less social awareness.  These kids get angry if their idea is not chosen or if things do not go their way.  They treat their parents like they are pieces of shit unless they want something.   I know their hovering parents will send them to a Liberal Arts College and micromanage their college career and they will turn out exactly like the PP described above

I actually am glad to have kids like this in my groups, the other teens see then as a pain, and have to learn how to deal with them.  I would not be surprised to see one of the PITA kids yelling obscenities at a professor in a couple of years and as equally unsurprised to see their PITA parent defend their horrible behavior.[/quote]

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