July 24, 2025 • 9 mins
Katie has realised that she's done hardly any parent teacher interviews because she keeps missing the deadline! Rach is the same, so they start ticking off the one off's they've taken part in over the school years!
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Apod Shape Production. Okay, Mack to another episode about my
bad podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
We touch base the other week on a podcast in
regards to music. So obviously we have quite a few
followers on this podcast, and one of them is Nanade,
and Nanade loves to give me feedback on what her
thoughts are about our podcast. Okay, good, Okay. She was like, oh, yeah,
well I heard the podcast and yeah, I heard you
(00:51):
bagging out my music choices. So the other day we
were talking about K pop and how I was sort
of like, I'm on the fence of K pop. It's
very repetitive, it doesn't bring me vibes, but I've got
different music, you know, sort of choice. Anyway, Mom goes, well,
you failed to say that you love listening to Jimmy
Barnes and that was because of me.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
I was like, yeah, I was too.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Focused on John Denver and the torture Chambers used to
put us through when we had to listen to that
on a car ride from like Adelaide to Peterborough. Three
hours of John Denver would make anyone want to go
to sleep.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
That was how you made us go to sleep. But yeah,
so I have to give her accolades. Because yes, I love.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Jimmy Barnes, but it was because of Mum playing it
in the car that I think that I enjoyed that.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Where the love came from.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Yeah, the love for Jimmy Barnes came from Nanadee's music
choice just one of them, the John Farnham sort of
era and things like that, like that's really showing Mage,
But good on your Nanady.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
She wanted to be known that you did like some
of my music.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
For fuck's sake, My bad mum for not doing teacher interviews.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
You do yours online or do you do yours in person?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
They're online, which there's no real need for them to
be online anymore. They feel like they have been online
COVID and never gone back.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
I feel like they found a new way of doing
them that works, and now they're like, we can't see
you any longer.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
What but you get like six minutes with the teacher,
like it's not enough. And if you're a couple of
minutes late, or your technology is playing up, which I've had,
Oh you got to download the app and then it
needs to update and all the rest of it, and
you're like, oh shit, I've got two minutes left.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
There it goes my four minutes.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Hey, yeah, she's good to teach, great, move on, sorry
for the next one. How what I realized is that
my girls are in grade twelve next year, which is
the final year of school.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
It's a final countdown.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Yeah, so they've got a year and a half left
of school.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Ever, yep, we were counting down the terms. They've technically
got six terms to go. Yeah, five and a half
with your girls, because they don't really go the duration.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Of normal plan twelve.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
I don't think grade twelve and the last turn gets Yeah,
so you haven't got many to go.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
No, Oh, your fees.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Sorry, you're paying the fees up until the very last day.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
I'm sure what I've realized about the fact that they're
in grade twelve next year is all of a sudden,
I'm thinking about the things that I haven't done over
the years. So rach I did tuck shop once.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yep, nailed it.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
At least I've ticked off once.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
I then got asked to keep doing the same time
each week, and I was like, guys, I've can't do
it every week. It's like five six hours long. Yeah,
I can't do that every week.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
And also you pay your other stuff to do. Why
do you want me to keep coming for free? So
I did tuk shop duty once. Yep, I helped out
once in primary school with sewing, they did sewing. One
day they were sewing bags and I helped out and
went in to help with that one day. Ticked off
that and I was trying to think of the other
(04:19):
things that I hadn't done, and parent teacher interviews has
come up. And what I've realized, Rach is I haven't
done a single parent teacher interview for the entire high
school journey because I always missed the cutoff. Don't even
get me started.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
I'm so glad that you're saying this because your girls
are nearly finished, so Gracie is only at the start.
And genuinely, Katie, I haven't got one in yet.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Every time you go to do it, are you late?
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Oh? Like they give you the reminder email.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
And I've done it twice now because obviously we're in
to term three. I've done it twice now where I've
gone like, oh, yes, I want to like register your interests.
So yeah, I registered the interest Oh yeah, but now
you have to come back on this date to book
your yeah, and then.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
I always missed this date.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
I did it again last week.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
I missed the date.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah. And by the time you go in, and if
you do get in to the system, everyone's taken all
the slots. Yeah, because you're too late on it and
all the good slots are gone. It's not even I
don't missed out altogether.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Too many kids out of school that she goes to,
so I don't even get a look in. Her teacher
called me last term because he felt sorry for me
because Gracie went to school, saying, I'm really sorry, but
mum didn't quite work out how to do the appointment
on the interviews, but she really wants to.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
So if anyone doesn't ring up, can you ring her?
Speaker 2 (05:43):
So I get this weird like number. I'm like hello,
and he's like, oh hi, it's mister Nelson. Gracie said,
you want to miss You wanted me to call you
because you couldn't work it out, get and do it.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Oh okay.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
And so I also was guilted last year because the
girl's math teacher said, oh, I was really hoping to
see your parents for the parent teacher interviews and the
girls are like, oh, yeah, I don't think mum did
it on time, and he said, oh, it's a real
shame because you did so well this year, and I
(06:16):
was like, oh, damn it. He made me feel bad.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Oh, it made me feel bad because when my kid
is actually doing well, you want to tell me, And
then if my kid is actually not doing well, you
probably want to tell me anyway as well.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
So I have done it for this term. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I had a little bit of help from Jay, my husband.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
Jay.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
He helped because he was getting the reminders too. He said,
we really should do this. I won't. Yeah, we really should.
And what I do rate is I when there's an
email that I need to do something about but it
isn't immediate, so like it was all work. It's the media.
I'll go back if it's something I know I want
to get to and not forget about, but I'm not
(06:57):
going to do it today or probably tomorrow or probably
even the next day. Then I leave it like unread,
so it flags it. Yeah, yeah, I can go back,
and so I'd left it unread. But sometimes Rachel'll leave
them unread forever, and the intent is there that I
want to go back to it and do something about it,
and I just don't feel there's a lot box like that. Yeah,
(07:20):
and so anyway, he was like we should do this.
I was like, yes, we should do this, let's do
it now.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
The other thing Rachel that I don't know my login
to get into.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
System for school. Yeah, we've got so many time stuff.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
And I got an email from the teacher this is
about a trip and she said, oh, you know it's
you'll find it in this. I was like, I don't
have a log in for that. She's like, what do
you mean don't have a log in? Like everything goes
up on this and like, I know I haven't had
a log in for about three years.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Well I think I'm up to four years because the
kids drunk.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
I don't know. Well, my passwords don't even get me
started on passwords. Every time I go to something, the
passwords wrong. And then I think I'm on top of
it by putting passwords in my notes, and then I
have to update passwords, and then I don't update it
in my notes, and so it's still wrong.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
We don't have the automatic save now where at automatically saves.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
Yeah, it doesn't always do it anyway, But I can't
even give you any like usually that's where we step
in and like give each other like hints, and I
got nothing, no technologies, like no, So yeah, I've missed
Gracie's again for another term.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Well, I've got three teachers booked in or tonight, right,
So I was selected enough with the subjects you want
to take I want to speak about, so.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Religion is definitely on there, so I didn't bother.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
With that one this time around. I did do drama
because they're very into drama and acting and that is
what they want to do. I did math, that's strategic.
I did math because I know they've been doing really well,
so I thought, wouldn't it be nice to book in
a parent teacher with a teacher that's going to talk
about how far they've come and improved. Yep, And then
(09:06):
I did English.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
That's great. I think it's a great mix.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Yeah, I would probably be doing the same. She has
clearly stated to me that she does not enjoy science,
so I don't imagine that the result of chatting to
the science teacher will give me any insight to my child.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
Guess what they watched in religion the other day? What
a p Diddy document? What in religion? Why?
Speaker 3 (09:36):
How is that for the religion based they're learning about.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
I think it's about morals.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Fuck you don't want to start where P Diddy is
for morals.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
I think they've mucked up that one. This is bad.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
Morals don't grow up like this when.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
The ex girlfriend's on the floor and he's dragging her
by her hair to do?
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Ask yourself, is this what God wanted us to do?
Apod Shape Production. Okay, Mack to another episode about my
bad podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
We touch base the other week on a podcast in
regards to music. So obviously we have quite a few
followers on this podcast, and one of them is Nanade,
and Nanade loves to give me feedback on what her
thoughts are about our podcast. Okay, good, Okay. She was like, oh, yeah,
well I heard the podcast and yeah, I heard you
(00:51):
bagging out my music choices. So the other day we
were talking about K pop and how I was sort
of like, I'm on the fence of K pop. It's
very repetitive, it doesn't bring me vibes, but I've got
different music, you know, sort of choice. Anyway, Mom goes, well,
you failed to say that you love listening to Jimmy
Barnes and that was because of me.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
I was like, yeah, I was too.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Focused on John Denver and the torture Chambers used to
put us through when we had to listen to that
on a car ride from like Adelaide to Peterborough. Three
hours of John Denver would make anyone want to go
to sleep.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
That was how you made us go to sleep. But yeah,
so I have to give her accolades. Because yes, I love.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Jimmy Barnes, but it was because of Mum playing it
in the car that I think that I enjoyed that.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Where the love came from.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Yeah, the love for Jimmy Barnes came from Nanadee's music
choice just one of them, the John Farnham sort of
era and things like that, like that's really showing Mage,
But good on your Nanady.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
She wanted to be known that you did like some
of my music.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
For fuck's sake, My bad mum for not doing teacher interviews.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
You do yours online or do you do yours in person?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
They're online, which there's no real need for them to
be online anymore. They feel like they have been online
COVID and never gone back.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
I feel like they found a new way of doing
them that works, and now they're like, we can't see
you any longer.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
What but you get like six minutes with the teacher,
like it's not enough. And if you're a couple of
minutes late, or your technology is playing up, which I've had,
Oh you got to download the app and then it
needs to update and all the rest of it, and
you're like, oh shit, I've got two minutes left.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
There it goes my four minutes.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Hey, yeah, she's good to teach, great, move on, sorry
for the next one. How what I realized is that
my girls are in grade twelve next year, which is
the final year of school.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
It's a final countdown.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Yeah, so they've got a year and a half left
of school.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Ever, yep, we were counting down the terms. They've technically
got six terms to go. Yeah, five and a half
with your girls, because they don't really go the duration.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Of normal plan twelve.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
I don't think grade twelve and the last turn gets Yeah,
so you haven't got many to go.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
No, Oh, your fees.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Sorry, you're paying the fees up until the very last day.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
I'm sure what I've realized about the fact that they're
in grade twelve next year is all of a sudden,
I'm thinking about the things that I haven't done over
the years. So rach I did tuck shop once.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yep, nailed it.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
At least I've ticked off once.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
I then got asked to keep doing the same time
each week, and I was like, guys, I've can't do
it every week. It's like five six hours long. Yeah,
I can't do that every week.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
And also you pay your other stuff to do. Why
do you want me to keep coming for free? So
I did tuk shop duty once. Yep, I helped out
once in primary school with sewing, they did sewing. One
day they were sewing bags and I helped out and
went in to help with that one day. Ticked off
that and I was trying to think of the other
(04:19):
things that I hadn't done, and parent teacher interviews has
come up. And what I've realized, Rach is I haven't
done a single parent teacher interview for the entire high
school journey because I always missed the cutoff. Don't even
get me started.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
I'm so glad that you're saying this because your girls
are nearly finished, so Gracie is only at the start.
And genuinely, Katie, I haven't got one in yet.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Every time you go to do it, are you late?
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Oh? Like they give you the reminder email.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
And I've done it twice now because obviously we're in
to term three. I've done it twice now where I've
gone like, oh, yes, I want to like register your interests.
So yeah, I registered the interest Oh yeah, but now
you have to come back on this date to book
your yeah, and then.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
I always missed this date.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
I did it again last week.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
I missed the date.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah. And by the time you go in, and if
you do get in to the system, everyone's taken all
the slots. Yeah, because you're too late on it and
all the good slots are gone. It's not even I
don't missed out altogether.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Too many kids out of school that she goes to,
so I don't even get a look in. Her teacher
called me last term because he felt sorry for me
because Gracie went to school, saying, I'm really sorry, but
mum didn't quite work out how to do the appointment
on the interviews, but she really wants to.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
So if anyone doesn't ring up, can you ring her?
Speaker 2 (05:43):
So I get this weird like number. I'm like hello,
and he's like, oh hi, it's mister Nelson. Gracie said,
you want to miss You wanted me to call you
because you couldn't work it out, get and do it.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Oh okay.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
And so I also was guilted last year because the
girl's math teacher said, oh, I was really hoping to
see your parents for the parent teacher interviews and the
girls are like, oh, yeah, I don't think mum did
it on time, and he said, oh, it's a real
shame because you did so well this year, and I
(06:16):
was like, oh, damn it. He made me feel bad.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Oh, it made me feel bad because when my kid
is actually doing well, you want to tell me, And
then if my kid is actually not doing well, you
probably want to tell me anyway as well.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
So I have done it for this term. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I had a little bit of help from Jay, my husband.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
Jay.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
He helped because he was getting the reminders too. He said,
we really should do this. I won't. Yeah, we really should.
And what I do rate is I when there's an
email that I need to do something about but it
isn't immediate, so like it was all work. It's the media.
I'll go back if it's something I know I want
to get to and not forget about, but I'm not
(06:57):
going to do it today or probably tomorrow or probably
even the next day. Then I leave it like unread,
so it flags it. Yeah, yeah, I can go back,
and so I'd left it unread. But sometimes Rachel'll leave
them unread forever, and the intent is there that I
want to go back to it and do something about it,
and I just don't feel there's a lot box like that. Yeah,
(07:20):
and so anyway, he was like we should do this.
I was like, yes, we should do this, let's do
it now.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
The other thing Rachel that I don't know my login
to get into.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
System for school. Yeah, we've got so many time stuff.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
And I got an email from the teacher this is
about a trip and she said, oh, you know it's
you'll find it in this. I was like, I don't
have a log in for that. She's like, what do
you mean don't have a log in? Like everything goes
up on this and like, I know I haven't had
a log in for about three years.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Well I think I'm up to four years because the
kids drunk.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
I don't know. Well, my passwords don't even get me
started on passwords. Every time I go to something, the
passwords wrong. And then I think I'm on top of
it by putting passwords in my notes, and then I
have to update passwords, and then I don't update it
in my notes, and so it's still wrong.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
We don't have the automatic save now where at automatically saves.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
Yeah, it doesn't always do it anyway, But I can't
even give you any like usually that's where we step
in and like give each other like hints, and I
got nothing, no technologies, like no, So yeah, I've missed
Gracie's again for another term.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Well, I've got three teachers booked in or tonight, right,
So I was selected enough with the subjects you want
to take I want to speak about, so.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Religion is definitely on there, so I didn't bother.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
With that one this time around. I did do drama
because they're very into drama and acting and that is
what they want to do. I did math, that's strategic.
I did math because I know they've been doing really well,
so I thought, wouldn't it be nice to book in
a parent teacher with a teacher that's going to talk
about how far they've come and improved. Yep, And then
(09:06):
I did English.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
That's great. I think it's a great mix.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Yeah, I would probably be doing the same. She has
clearly stated to me that she does not enjoy science,
so I don't imagine that the result of chatting to
the science teacher will give me any insight to my child.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
Guess what they watched in religion the other day? What
a p Diddy document? What in religion? Why?
Speaker 3 (09:36):
How is that for the religion based they're learning about.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
I think it's about morals.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Fuck you don't want to start where P Diddy is
for morals.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
I think they've mucked up that one. This is bad.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
Morals don't grow up like this when.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
The ex girlfriend's on the floor and he's dragging her
by her hair to do?
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Ask yourself, is this what God wanted us to do?
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