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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with the PP's who say give the new teacher a chance.  At a local private that my DS once attended, there were 2 2nd grade teachers - the one who had been teaching 25 years and the one fresh out of school.  My DS was assigned to the "experienced" teacher and by end of the first semester, we requested a change.  In our case, "experienced" meant set in her ways, overly structured, out of touch with more recent teaching best practices and unwilling to attempt to connect with her students.  She was fine for some students but my DS did not do so well with her.  DS thought she was mean and she though DS was too much work.  Fresh out of school teacher was energetic, willing to learn each students' personality, was flexible and worked hard.  She did need mentoring intially in classroom management but the administration paired her with a more experienced teacher from another grade.

I say all that to say is be vigilant, but give new teacher a chance.  You might be surprised. [/quote]

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