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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a teacher I can tell you that pretty much every kid thinks the teacher never calls on them. When you have 30 kids, there are a lot of kids to answer so every kid feels like they never get picked even if you are rotating equally.

I don't find all my students equally funny. Some are really funny and a I laugh at them. Others think a fart joke told for the 20th time is hilarious and I don't so no I don't laugh or even really respond to their humor. it isn't my duty to find your child funny.

Yes there are always 'teacher's pets' but that doesn't mean I don't like the other kids. The teacher's pets are the kids are are super reliable, dependable, responsible. When you are dealing with a very hectic classroom, it is a lot easier for me to send the uber responsible kid on a errand and not the kid who will get lost, plug up the toilets, get into a fight, wander around for 20 minutes etc...

It would be impossible to relate the same to every kid. I try to be fair but fair still looks different depending on the kid. There are only a very small handful of kids over the years who I truly didn't like (a lot more parents who I truly disliked!).

Teach your kid that it is okay if not everyone likes her the way she wants to be liked. That her teacher may very well like her but in a different way then she is looking for. She doesn't need to be treated exactly the same as another kid to be liked. [/quote]

Please tell us you don't teach reading or writing.      [/quote]

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