Girl hyperventilated at work today

[CarlKillerMiller]

I work as a teacher at a small private school. I was teaching a 4th grade biology course, when I heard a bunch of yelling from down the hallway. I figured that it was just some elementary school kids, but when the yelling persisted, I had to peek my head out. I see a few paramedics carrying out a girl.

I asked around after the class had wrapped up (The Boss told us to keep teaching) and found out that the girl had gotten a C on her mathematics test, and had begun to hyperventilate out of what I found out was sheer nervousness at her parents' reaction.

Now, I know that a lot of these kids are under heavy pressure, but this was just ridiculous.

Now, for the actual point of this thread, do those of you in the workforce think that these kids will be functional members of society? What do you guys think about the parents?

I see this kind of thing (albeit at a smaller scale) every single day, so this really bothers me.

 

You taught a fourth grade class on the Sunday before Labor Day?



EDIT: lol, I CLEARLY meant Memorial Day. :Q

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: jumpr
You taught a fourth grade class on the Sunday before Labor Day?

woah there cowboy. Tomorrow's Memorial Day.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: jumpr
You taught a fourth grade class on the Sunday before Labor Day?

LOL

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: KLin

Originally posted by: jumpr
You taught a fourth grade class on the Sunday before Labor Day?

woah there cowboy. Tomorrow's Memorial Day.

LMFAO!

 

[CarlKillerMiller]

Originally posted by: jumpr
You taught a fourth grade class on the Sunday before Labor Day?

Yep. It's one of those specialized "coaching class" places, where kids sign up for a class consisting of "Four Weeks of English, class size limited to three"

 

[BobDaMenkey]

Kids like that will eventually start flunking out, or become weirdo whitecollars down the line. They'll be really restricted and do whatever their parents want and will never really have a life of their own.

I pity them.

 

[conjur]

Panic attack, perhaps?

 

[daniel1113]

I took school very seriously, but that is ridiculous. Those are the kids that will have a lot of trouble it college and later in life.

 

[eyecandy86]

I had a panic attack at work once. I refused to let them call an ambulance. That woulda been embarrasing.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Chraticn
I work as a teacher at a small private school. I was teaching a 4th grade biology course, when I heard a bunch of yelling from down the hallway. I figured that it was just some elementary school kids, but when the yelling persisted, I had to peek my head out. I see a few paramedics carrying out a girl.

I asked around after the class had wrapped up (The Boss told us to keep teaching) and found out that the girl had gotten a C on her mathematics test, and had begun to hyperventilate out of what I found out was sheer nervousness at her parents' reaction.

Now, I know that a lot of these kids are under heavy pressure, but this was just ridiculous.

Now, for the actual point of this thread, do those of you in the workforce think that these kids will be functional members of society? What do you guys think about the parents?

I see this kind of thing (albeit at a smaller scale) every single day, so this really bothers me.

Originally posted by: daniel1113
I took school very seriously, but that is ridiculous. Those are the kids that will have a lot of trouble it college and later in life.

This happened to a girl in my class but it was Middle School around 8th grade. I often wonder how she did later on too.

 

[oogabooga]

pretty crazy : what's sad is that it isn't particularly extraordinary : sure we want to push excellence, but man that's ridiculous.

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
This happened to a girl in my class but it was Middle School around 8th grade. I often wonder how she did later on too.

Same thing with a girl in my class. She would freak out every time she got anything below an A. I wonder how she is doing in college, because god knows she's received plenty of sub-A grades by now.

 

[randomlinh]

i've seen it both. hell, I have asian parents.. anything below an A, especially in public school, is just shunned on. Needless to say, I stopped caring, who needs that kind of stress? There's this kid in college I know who would complain about failing and what not... AI class. Understandable... it's a hard class.. but then I get around to asking what his grade is. B. He's an ambicous guy tho, so I think he'll do fine.

 

[amcdonald]

In Japan that kid would have to commit hari-kari

 

[mrrman]

It seems that the parents put so much pressure on the kids that it is ridiculous, as long as the kid does well in school, that is waht counts. I dont push my kids but if they do well and achieve decent grades, they are rewarded...its not like they are in military school.

 

[Gurck]

A kid I knew in HS was really maudlin one day, turned out he had gotten a 92 on a math test. His parents wouldn't accept anything below 100 :Q

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: CarlKillerMiller
I work as a teacher at a small private school. I was teaching a 4th grade biology course, when I heard a bunch of yelling from down the hallway. I figured that it was just some elementary school kids, but when the yelling persisted, I had to peek my head out. I see a few paramedics carrying out a girl.

I asked around after the class had wrapped up (The Boss told us to keep teaching) and found out that the girl had gotten a C on her mathematics test, and had begun to hyperventilate out of what I found out was sheer nervousness at her parents' reaction.

Now, I know that a lot of these kids are under heavy pressure, but this was just ridiculous.

Now, for the actual point of this thread, do those of you in the workforce think that these kids will be functional members of society? What do you guys think about the parents?

I see this kind of thing (albeit at a smaller scale) every single day, so this really bothers me.

parents want to live vicariously too hard through their children, come to Palm Beach....chicks and guys are dressed like hoes and pimps and everyone gets upset when they catch 'Paris' with 'Clay' in mid thrust when they come home from work early.

 

[KLin]

woah there cowboy. Tomorrow's Memorial Day.

17 year bump for those that don't know about Monday being Memorial Day.

 

[Muadib]

17 year bump for those that don't know about Monday being Memorial Day.

Ban this fool!!!

 

[BoomerD]

17 year bump for those that don't know about Monday being Memorial Day.

This is quite possibly Klin's most valuable post in years!
Good job.

 

[MtnMan]

So today that girl that hyperventilated because of the fear of her parents reactions to a "C" on a test 17 years ago, is now in her mid 20s, and probably goes to therapy once a week.

 

[brianmanahan]

So today that girl that hyperventilated because of the fear of her parents reactions to a "C" on a test 17 years ago, is now in her mid 20s, and probably goes to therapy once a week.

i had a 4.0 all through school and college and would trash myself for weeks if i got a B on a test or assignment

therapy's like cheating though, i just do the old fashioned hating myself like god intended

 

[MtnMan]

i had a 4.0 all through school and college and would trash myself for weeks if i got a B on a test or assignment

therapy's like cheating though, i just do the old fashioned hating myself like god intended

Why I praise god every day that I'm an atheist.

 

[pmv]

I'm just intrigued that the second poster in the thread appears to have been deleted so comprehensively that there's nothing left of them, not even a user-name.