I should had done this years ago - or at least months ago

I have been told since the beginning I should be keeping a diary, a journal, a blog - something - to document my trip to becoming both a professional and an adult.

Of course, I did not.

And now, here it is, the middle of March and I'm thinking "hmm...that would have been nice if I had done that from the start. Better late than never. Maybe.

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Today was parent/teacher conferences. After 124 days of school, I still do not feel like I should be giving advice to parents, telling students they may not be promoted, and all-around-being the authority. Parents say "well, what should I be doing?". I still don't understand why they are asking me! I'm a 23-year-old kid. I'm not an authority.

Experience is what I need, and I guess this is the only way to get it.

Today I had a parent with her son come in for conferences. Her son drives me up a wall - and he behaved the same in front of her as he does for me. The parent did nothing. She just rolled her eyes and said "stop it." If you cannot control your child what makes you think I can? It is very frustrating that I am to have all the answers to all the problem out there, yet I don't have any. I don't know what to do any more than she does, but I'm expected to. I don't know the paths to getting a kid help, the papers to complete, the forms to turn in, the people to talk to. All I know is I have a child who is slowly going insane, and I don't know how to help him. He has changed into a person I can no longer talk to. A person I don't recognize anymore - and I'm at such a loss as to what to do.

What would a real adult do?