More parents than...

Tonight was "Back-to-school" night for our parents. No report cards, just a nice meet & greet between parents, teachers, and staff. I had more parents tonight than I did in all of the 4 years of report card pick-up nights at my previous school. More importantly, they wanted to talk and ask questions. They wanted to see a copy of my syllabus. They commented on the homework I assigned last week. A couple of things have become abundantly clear.

1. Parents are involved in their kids' education here

2. Parents will hold me accountable if I don't produce to their expectations

That is both refreshing and frightening. The parents were geuninely interested in who I am, my experience, and my teaching methods. I got many e-mail addresses tonight and many parents took mine. I don't think I can express how cool it is to have engaged parents and to know that I will be treated as a professional and held accountable as a professional.

Life is good.