Thoughts Along the Way

Friday, October 28

It dawned on my yesterday that Gina and I hit a small milestone this week. This week has been Parent-Teacher Conference week in the Springdale Schools. Of course, that makes for a long, hard week for Gina! But I realized on Thursday that this was the first year since 1988 that we haven't attended conferences as parents of a student!

We always made it a point to go to conferences (and most open houses) and meet all of the girls' teachers. It was never because there was a problem. Erin and Stacy are both great students and great girls. Every teacher spoke highly of them. But more than anything, it let both the girls and the teachers know that we were interested in what was going on in their lives. We wanted to know who was teaching them and what we could do to help. If the girls had a problem with a teacher (and that happens occasionally), we had at least some relationship with the teacher so that it was easier to approach them and find a solution.

They don't have parent-teacher conferences at the university. I guess that's OK. But maybe I should go around and find each of the girls' professors and schedule my own little conference with them ...

1 Comments:

Nathan said...: Hi Mike,

I downloaded and listened to this years Ask Mike Night. Thanks for making it available. Keep up the good work!

:)Sara Tolbert; 4:15 AM


	Thoughts Along the Way Thoughts on the interaction of God, people, truth, and our world						Michael Armstrong For over 25 years, I have been working in student ministry at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Working with college students has given me an opportunity to look at life from many different angles. I have also served as a track & field official for almost 20 years, working meets from high school through masters and local through international levels.
	Friday, October 28 It dawned on my yesterday that Gina and I hit a small milestone this week. This week has been Parent-Teacher Conference week in the Springdale Schools. Of course, that makes for a long, hard week for Gina! But I realized on Thursday that this was the first year since 1988 that we haven't attended conferences as parents of a student! We always made it a point to go to conferences (and most open houses) and meet all of the girls' teachers. It was never because there was a problem. Erin and Stacy are both great students and great girls. Every teacher spoke highly of them. But more than anything, it let both the girls and the teachers know that we were interested in what was going on in their lives. We wanted to know who was teaching them and what we could do to help. If the girls had a problem with a teacher (and that happens occasionally), we had at least some relationship with the teacher so that it was easier to approach them and find a solution. They don't have parent-teacher conferences at the university. I guess that's OK. But maybe I should go around and find each of the girls' professors and schedule my own little conference with them ... posted by Michael T \| 10/28/2005 04:08:00 PM 1 Comments: Nathan said... Hi Mike, I downloaded and listened to this years Ask Mike Night. Thanks for making it available. Keep up the good work! :)Sara Tolbert 4:15 AM Post a Comment << Home						Christ on Campus AR Track Officials Woot! Tonight was our annual "Ask Mike Night" at Christ ... This afternoon I was sitting at the hospital, wait... This is a great time of year to be living in North... From the files of fanatic fans. I mean, I always ... Some baseball-related musings ... Wasn't last nig... Saturday was a day full of running. Not me running... I saw a Seinfeld rerun recently that was pretty fu... This fall our staff is reading John Ortberg's book... We have again made it through the noisest weekend ... Last Saturday night, we had a "Thank You" dinner f...