I Care About Your Kid (But I Don’t Always Like Him)

Dear Parent,

Today I sent you an email to inform you that your child has failed to turn in yet another assignment. With only a few weeks left in the semester, he is in danger of failing my class, and I thought you might be concerned about his grade. Turns out I was wrong. Instead of asking me if there is anything he can do to make up the work, or what he needs to do to pass, you blamed me. You accused me of not liking your kid.

To be perfectly frank, he’s not my favorite.

He is rude. He lies...