Imagine going in to meet your boss — for the first time — on the occasion of your performance review. They know a lot about you, but you have no idea how much of it is based in reality, because all of your observations and reviews have been conducted by a biased third party with ulterior motives.
This is basically the set up of a parent-teacher conference, where two anxious adults meet to discuss how well they’re performing the task of teaching a reckless and nonsensical little person how to exist in the world.
There is a lot of judgement, a lot of nerves, and — occasionally — some laughs.
Here, the wittiest parents on X (formerly Twitter) sum up the reality of parent-teacher conferences.
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