phone calls

ring ring... ring ring


me: "Hi, is Brandon there?"
Brandon: "Yeah"
me: "Hi Brandon, this is Ms. Samuels."
Brandon: "Hey..."
me: "You know, your Biology teacher? You might have forgotten since you have not done any work in my class for about a month now."
Brandon: "Yeah... (sort of laughing at my sarcasm)"
me: "So... what is going on?"
Brandon: "I don't get it."
me: "Hmm, why have you not contacted me then?"
Brandon: "Uhh, I don't know, I just don't follow it."
me: "My records show that you have not even clicked into the first lesson. You gotta look at the lessons in order to understand them."
Brandon: "Yeah....."





ring ring... ring ring

me: "Hi Mrs. X, sorry for calling you at work, but I was wondering if you had a moment to talk about your daughter"
Mrs. X: "Oh sure, no problem!"
me: "Holly has not turned anything in to me for the second marking period, and we are halfway through the marking period."
Mrs. X: "Oh, okay."
(pause)
me: "In fact, Holly has turned in one lesson.... for the entire year."
Mrs. X: "Well, actually, we are having a hard time, I blame myself for not making enough time to get on her case, but her grandparents just died last week."
me thinking: so what is her excuse since Sept???
me: "I am really sorry to hear about that, if there is anything I can do, let me know."
Mrs. X: "I will try to talk to her."




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me: "Hi Mrs. Y, I am calling you today because I am very concerned about your son's progress in Biology, do you have a moment?"
Mrs. Y: "Of course!"
me: "Justin did really really well in the first marking period, he only did not turn in the project, but he got As on everything else, so it seemed like he was doing really well. However, he has not turned in a single lesson for the second marking period. Is something going on?"
(pause)
Mrs. Y: "Do you know what it is?"
me: "No idea."
Mrs. Y: "Ever since he started playing that World of Warcraft game..."