One Of Her Student’s Parents Expected Her To Both Write Out Birthday Party Invitations And Distribute Them To Her Whole Class, But She Turned Down The Ridiculous Request
Teachers are so resilient, as they often have to do far more work than what it may look like on the surface.
They spend so much time outside of school hours grading papers, restocking supplies, readying their classrooms, and, one of the hardest tasks of all, dealing with several sets of parents.
While many people understand how hard their child’s teacher works and will leave them alone when possible, some parents out there see their child’s teacher more as their private tutor or personal assistant.
A teacher went viral on TikTok after sharing the ridiculous request one of her student’s parents had for her, and it’s quite extra.
Katie Larson (@ktlarson27) is a teacher, mom, author, and content creator who just had to share with her followers the boundary-crossing task a student’s mom tried assigning her.
In May, the mom of one of her students reached out to Katie and asked if she could send her a list of everyone in the class so she could write out invitations for her child’s birthday party. Additionally, the mom told Katie she was invited to the party.
Katie was very flattered and figured sending the class list over was no big deal at all.
Then, the next day, a stack of invitations for that child’s birthday party was on her desk.
“I was like, ‘I guess I’ll just put these in the [students’] mailboxes later,'” recalls Kate in her video.
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“We’re outside all day [and] during the last 20 minutes of the day, I was going to do it. I opened them up [and] only the first invitation was written on, none of the rest.”
Katie quickly began to realize that her students’ mom didn’t only want her to get the invitations to each student but took the time to assemble and address them.
Confirming her suspicions, Kate checked her email and realized she had one from the mom that had been sent earlier that day, in which the mom clarified that she needed her to address all the invitations herself.
“I responded, ‘I can’t write all these invitations out,’ and I sent [the kid] home with the class list,” says Katie at the end of her video.
“Nope; not what I can do.”
Katie’s video received over 745,000 views and plenty of comments from TikTok users who backed her up.
“What the heck made a parent think that was okay?” commented one TikTok user.
“Why ask for the class list if the parent expected you to be their secretary?” asked another user.
“Was the next thing they expected was [for you] to be their personal assistant and party planner?”
If you’re a teacher and have a collection of wild parent stories, what’s the most ridiculous thing they’ve asked you to do for them?
@ktlarson27 A new one for me.#teachersoftiktok #teacherchronicles
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