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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The way you deal with this is to tell them that if he is getting all A's within breaking a sweat then the school isn't challenging his talents and he needs advancement or outside enrichment. If he is sweating for those A'S then he deserves a reward. [/quote]

Nobody wants to hear this. These dopey parents convince themselves their lazy kid who hates school, never has homework, plays video games or scrolls on their phone from the time they get home from school to bed time, and still has all A's makes their genius that much more impressive! It's a losing battle trying to get such parents to wake up. If their kid isn't smart, why is every teacher giving them A's?! They can't wrap their head around systemic fraud to appease parents and administrators.[/quote]

Why are you wandering around trying to "get parents to wake up"? Is this a frequent issue for you?

Sometimes I encounter parents who appear to be very proud of a child who seems unimpressive to me but it's never occurred to me that it's my job to disabuse them of that notion. It's normal for parents to think highly of their own kids. I prefer to parents who put their children down.[/quote]

Two of our children are in travel sports and loudmouth parents are constantly bragging about their tweens having all A's.[/quote]

...and?

This would be a mildly annoying feature of having to interact with those parents frequently. It does not mean it is your job to explain to them that their kids grades don't matter and they need to "wake up" because the schools have low standards. It has nothing to do with you.

Some of y'all are hammers in search of a nail. MYOB.[/quote]

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