It really doesnât matter what School youâre in, large, small, city or country, there are some tasks that remain the same. Setting assignments, marking assignments, setting tests, marking tests, writing reports and - the thing Iâd come to loathe most - the Parent/Teacher interviews! So, when I saw Parent/Teacher interviews listed as an item on the next staff meeting agenda, I groaned. For me it had always seemed a total waste of time, if your student was good, there was very little you could say to the parent that the grades hadnât already said, if your student was bad you invariably found that the Parentâs didnât see the child in the same light! Their child was the greatest thing since sliced bread, so any problems must be your fault, and you needed to work harder and teach better. Indeed, I had known many teachers in my last school that had been physically attacked by disgruntled parents. To say I was not looking forward to my first Parent/Teacher evening in my new School would have been an understatement!
I think Harry might have sensed this, as he went to great lengths at the start of the staff meeting to set my mind at ease. âI know youâre all old hands at thisâ he said with a grin, âBut for Davidâs benefit I think we should outline the philosophy in this school in regard to exchanging and sharing studentâs growth with their parents. Firstly, this is not a confrontation between two competing view points, itâs a joint and mutual support mechanism for the student. We need the parent support in the home and parents need our support in the school, so we dispensed a long time ago with the old âinterviewâ format, where parents come and sit uncomfortably in the classroom or the teacherâs office and get lectured on the good or bad points of their child.
We found in a lot of cases that the very act of coming to a school and âfrontingâ the teacher was nerve wracking and sometimes frightening to parents, and this often expressed itself in negative and even violent confrontation. That defeated the whole purpose of the exercise, which is to maximize each childâs educational opportunities. We therefore moved to a more informal approach that treats the operation as more of a social get together for parents and teachers, where the necessary information is exchanged in a relaxed atmosphere. So far, this has worked well.â
I sat up straight, feeling myself becoming interested, Mmmm this was indeed a fairly radical concept, it seemed this school had yet more surprises in store for me. âThe first thing we did some years ago was to move the evening away from the school and hold it in some venue where the parentâs and studentâs would be more relaxed and comfortable. As I recall the first one was held in the local Masonic lodge and the second at the lakeside parkâ he said, and my eyes widened in surprise. âIâm sure youâll all agree that each has been monumentally successfulâ he added, and there were nods and smile all around. âThis year the Tennis club have been gracious enough to offer us the use of their main function area for the night ... grin ... perhaps because the manager now has a couple of students at the school! The parentâs committee has once again offered to look after all the catering side of things, and a combo has already been booked to provide some music, one that can handle both what the students like, and what the parents like, however, we have yet to come up with a theme for the evening, so if any one has any suggestions, Iâd be only too delighted to hear themâ he said.
By now my eyes were wide and my jaw had dropped, even for this school, this seemed a little wild, a parent/teacher night that sounded more like a party! My amazement grew as staff members started tossing in some wild â and sometimes quite bizarre - suggestions for a theme for the event, definitely showing keenness and enthusiasm for the whole thing! â a far cry from my last school, where staff tried their damnedest to fall sick in time to miss a parent/teacher evening! On the basis that it was likely to be quite hot at this time of year, it was eventually decided that the theme would be âRomanâ and everyone would be encouraged to wear Togas and other forms of ancient Roman garb. My amazement became amusement at the thought of a parent/teacher night as a fancy dress party, and my amusement became light arousal as I suddenly thought of some of the students and their parents parading around in Togas and body clinging, thin robes. Every one laughed when Harry proudly announced that he, of course, would have to go as the Emperor, but no one was going to be allowed to be Brutus, and all knives would be confiscated at the door!!
Wow! I looked around at all the happy faces and couldnât quite believe it, heck, I even found myself starting to get enthusiastic! Then Harry continued, âNow, because the evening is conducted as a social event, it will be impossible for you to be wandering around with your roll books and mark books, you will need to impart the necessary information to parents from your memory ... grin ... so there is a little extra hard work involved in your preparation, work that Iâm sure youâll find worthwhile for the benefits of the atmosphere that the social gathering promotes.
Also, some parents feel more comfortable talking with teachers of their own gender â he laughed â you will be amazed at how many rough and tough men out there are totally intimidated at having to talk to a female teacher! and, of course. motherâs sometimes are equally intimidated by male teachers! So for this night we always create teacher teams of one male and one female, and each must make themselves totally familiar with the talents, strengths, weaknesses and progress of the students in each otherâs classes ...I was surprised when no one even groaned! ... again, the small amount of extra work is more than compensated for by the pleasures of this type of social interaction with the parents. I will leave the pairings as they were for the last parent/teacher evening, as they seemed to work out so well, and simply slot David into Richardâs place and pair him with Bernice, if thatâs ok with herâ he said.
I looked across and saw Bernice nod and smile, and felt myself smiling too, âOkâ said Harry, âThatâs it for now, you have two weeks to get together in your pairings and sort out what needs to be imparted to each parent for the classes you control ...laugh ...and , of course, to work on your Togas!!â everyone joined Harry in laughing, and it was an amazingly happy group that headed for the wine cooler in the fridge, and started socializing amongst themselves.
Bernice took the opportunity to come over and suggest that we might set aside a couple of evenings this week, and get together at her house to sort things out. She realized this was quite a new process for me and I might need some assistance in setting information out in a way that would make it easy to remember and pass on in an informal gathering situation. I said Iâd be delighted, but wouldnât her husband mind .. she smiled sweetly and said that he was used to it and would just retire to his den and either finish his own work or watch some sport on TV. Our first meeting was scheduled for the next evening.
Time flew quite quickly, and the air of excitement among students and staff was quite marked once news of the Roman night filtered out, so it was with an air of anticipation myself that I fronted up at Berniceâs house the next night, roll books and mark books clutched tightly in hand. Her husband Peter answered the door and greeted me warmly, ushering me into the lounge and asking if Iâd like a drink while I waited, as Bernice was taking a shower. I accepted, and had a small scotch, and we chatted about the town and the new school, and he told me a little about his job, so whilst we werenât exactly best buddies by the time Bernice arrived, weâd certainly got to know each other quite well, and I was almost sorry to see him go as he pecked Bernice on the cheeks, wished me luck â with a wide grin â and disappeared into the den, closing the door firmly behind him.
Bernice smiled at me, âOh, I see Peter got you a drink, can I freshen it up for you while I get one for myself?â she said.
I nodded and handed her my glass, and watched her as she walked over to the bar area, Mmmm, this was a much different Bernice than the one I knew from school. There she dressed down almost to the point of being dowdy, and scurried around everywhere at a million miles an hour. Being short of stature, this gave her the appearance of a little mouse rushing around, but there was nothing at all mousy about her now! Firstly she was wearing a bright blue satin bathrobe tied tight around the waist, and therefore firmly molding her buttock, which were surprisingly shapely.
The robe came to halfway between her backside and her knees, so showed off most of her legs, which again, were surprisingly shapely, and as she turned back towards me I noted that the tight belting of the robe also molded the blue satin tightly to her breasts, clearly indicating that she wasnât wearing a bra, as her nipples were standing tall and firm. I felt my throat go very dry, and I think she knew how I was reacting, as a soft smile came to her lips as she walked towards me, not carrying the drinks in her hands stretched out in front of her as one would expect, but out to the side, giving me a totally uninterrupted view of her thrusting breasts.
She came to a halt in front of me and brought her hand in and up to hand me my drink, âI hope you like itâ she said, and there was a distinct twinkle in her eye.
I had to drop my eyes to see where she was holding the glass and take it from her, and found myself staring down into the cleavage of her high, firm, and quite large breasts ...well ...large for her size anyway. The robe had been tugged to one side as she held her hands out sideways, and now that sheâd brought then back in, the material had sagged a little and opened, giving me a clear view almost to her nipples. I felt the heat rushing through me and hoped it wasnât showing in my face. âYes...uh ..yesâ I murmured, taking the glass away from her, âIt looks divine ...I gave a slight grin ..and I bet it tastes divine too!â
Well I could have been talking about the drink, but we both knew I wasnât, and she let out a tinkling laugh and slid past me to seat herself on the couch, beckoning me to sit alongside her, which I did. She then drew a small table in front of us and put her glass on it, then twisted away from me to reach for her own roll and mark books in a bag sitting beside the couch. As she did so, of course, her robe rode up just a little, sufficient for me to get a tantalizing glimpse of the swell of her ass cheeks, and I found myself wondering if she had pants on under that robe. I also found myself beginning to sport a very uncomfortable bulge in my pants!