Those Damn Slacker Teachers

When a guy that I work with recently got a call from his son’s teacher in the middle of the day, because the boy was being disruptive in class, was the guy embarrassed? Did he feel somewhat guilty over his son’s unruly behavior? Of course not!

What did he do? He blamed the teacher.

In fact, he said, “That teacher must have too much time on her hands.” This hypothesis came from the fact that she could take the time to call him in the middle of the day. It didn’t seem to occur to him at all that his son could just be so disruptive that she had to find the time in her busy schedule, and take time away from the other kids in her class who weren’t causing a problem, to call a parent.

His reasoning for his son’s behavior?

“He’s a boy!”

Well, glory be. Why didn’t she think of that?