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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I were a student teacher and found out someone had contacted my supervisor about a pretty innocuous joke about coffee, I would think twice about my intended career, because parents are truly nuts these days.[/quote]

Truthfully, part of the lesson for her WILL be that even an innocuous seeming joke can go sideways with a certain kind of student and parent, which is unfortunately true and something all teachers do have to be mindful of. She probably thinks oh these kids are 17-18, I can joke around a little - but that is not necessarily the case. “Kid goes home and yaps to parent about some anodyne thing and now mom is emailing the principal” is a scenario many teachers will deal with at some point. [/quote]

Saying it ONCE was joking around though. Begging a student on a daily basis to bring you a coffee is weird behavior and someone should talk to her about it before her social awkwardness gets her in even more trouble [/quote]

We all agree it’s odd but those of us who have worked with student teachers get that they are just so desperate for the kids to like them that they often do stuff like this. She will cringe looking back on it in a few years. [/quote]

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