I made a couple of parent phone calls today to inform them of their child's progress in my class. Usually when I make calls like these, it's because the kids aren't doing good and they are on the way to failure--again!
ME: "Please make sure that he/she is doing the homework every night."
PARENT: (pause...) "Homework? He/She says they never have homework..."
ME: (twitch) "Would you like me to email you the assignment calendar?"
PARENT: "That would be great."
ME: "Glad to help."
Little snot kids...