Online study parents orientation meet invite

Early morning I received an online study introduction meeting invite. Of course, it was a zoom meeting as social distancing is a must. Children are cute but the parents of kinder garden students are cuter. I was so amused by the experience of online orientation. The meeting was to be held the next day and the link was sent on the group. After so many days almost three months, the group discussions made sense. 

Our Nursery C group had almost all mothers and a few fathers to have gender equality. The meeting was going to start at 11.00 am. The orientation was done on Sunday considering the working parents in the group. The head of the school along with subject teachers was going to be part of the meeting. Now that the meet is over I would love to share the amusement. 

I told the parents were so cute and so excited like their kids that they gave a different benchmark to my amusement. The variety of parents in the meet was hilarious and was taking over my funny bones. Let me take you thru my amusement experience. 

1. Anxiety parents:  They suddenly wake up to their thoughts and rush to watts app or other groups to get the link for meeting and rush to the meeting without any idea or study, say homework on the topic. 

2. Confused parents: These parents are not sure about the sessions so they get along their kids too to peep in the small screen. In spite of mentioning that the orientation is only for parents. They also ensure that their children say a loud greeting to the teacher. In addition to their confusion they confuse other parents to include kids. Adding on this other parents call up their kids to see their teachers and meet friends on screen.

 

3. Ideal Parents: They are ready before ten minutes on their screens with a good smiling appearance and are well dressed. They ensure their children and speaker both are on mute. In some cases, both parents attend the meeting showing their enthusiasm and interest.  

4. Party parents: These Parents are dressed so well that they get easily noticed and seem like having an online party. They ensure their friends see whatever they flaunt. 

5. Ignorant parents: Parents who completely ignore the background dancing and shouting yelling and crying kids. At times vice versa kids attending session sitting idle in front of the camera with parents hovering around in the background. 

6. Magical parents: They appear and vanish with connectivity issues and struggle to try out the session. They end up understanding nothing and reach watts app group for help. 

7.Conscious parents: These parents actually create a zoom corner in their house wherein they have various online interactions. They ensure the best possible view of their place may be study room or so. 

8. Shabby parents: Parents who have failed control over and around them, lying on the bed along with pillow and blankets rolled each other. These parents do not see the mirror before joining the meet and get surprised with others' looks and take small breaks from the screen, keeping it blank and towards the untidy bed.At times not worried showing the camera facing different parts of the body than face. 

9. Career oriented parents: These parents know everything syllabus of junior kg to carrier option for kids. They are worried about child development. Their child is always ahead of time and learning. They will have development-related questions at the end of the session.

10. Worried parents: These parents are very worried about their children they do not act on anything apart from scaring away the kid with the teacher’s name. They ensure they continue doing it by asking questions at the end of the session which is not related to the discussion done. Like he doesn’t have milk and food on his own!! He wants to play with mobile the whole day seeking the solution from the teacher. 

11. Thanksgiving parents: These parents will praise the teacher no matter what just to be in good books. They ensure they keep thanking the teacher. They will give entire credit for everything happening with their kid to the teacher even though they are been in lockdown for the last few months. 

12. Silent Parents: They log in time with the mute speakers. They listen to take notes if necessary. Ask relevant queries. Are quietly sorted and relaxed. They do not ask any unnecessary questions and not interested in anything other than the relevant topics.

13. Enthusiastic parent:  This parent is the watts app admin. She will take notes and paste the summary of the group post-session. She will also call for a meeting on the watts app for the understanding of those who couldn't attend the meeting. 

It was not different than the introductory meeting of the session before even children went to school last year.  When the principal told it’s your choice to select the menu for tiffin, only ensure that your child should eat. 

To which 

Parents no 1 asked can I send Non-veg? 

The parent no 2 my child is fond of wafers and chips only can I? 

Third said my child can eat anything with ketchup, so can I send ketup every day....

Never-ending queries. 

Alas…..child has grown to one grade but parents didn’t .....they have the same irrelevant queries.

Thanks to the teachers and principal for patience with grown-up kids.