as of today...

i have a parent that just is like nails on a chalkboard to me.  i am trying to do the best i can to help the child, but nothing i do is ever good enough.  and on top of that, the parent is NOT a rule follower...at all.  they feel as if they are the exception to the rule.  i am not going to vent about this parent because i am realizing that i have given them too much power over my day and over my thoughts and over my emotions.  they drive me bananas, but i can't just focus on them.  the student is 1 out of 40.  i have 39 other students i need to take care of too.  the only purpose of this post is to actually have it in writing that i am refusing to let this parent control me or my day or my classroom.  period. that doesn't mean i am going to be ugly...i am just not going to let things get the best of me with this parent.  that is all.