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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, was the teacher's feedback about your child concerning? Or is this a more general aversion to her manner?[/quote]

OP here.  I think what concerned me the most wasn't that she had difficulty relating to adults:  that's to be expected.   DD's teacher last year was a little odd to talk to, but she spent 80% of her waking hours teaching three year olds.  That aside, she had a great insight into the kids' personalities, and the way they related to one another.

My three main issues are that, first, she seemed dead wrong about every kid in the class we talked about.  Obviously, this could just be a matter of a parent unable to see any negatives in their child, but leaving our DD aside, there's a girl in the class who is incredibly outgoing, funny, and mature for her age--at least outside of class.  She's basically a four-year-old version of Laura Croft.  When I mentioned that my DD got along with her pretty well, the teacher kind of shook her head and said, "Yes, she's a very quiet girl."  Every kid was either "quiet" or a "troublemaker."

Not only that, but she seemed to honestly not *like* any kid in her class, who she had no problem slagging off to me.  Our neighbors DS was "a lot of trouble, but he's quieting down".  There wasn't a single kid who she had anything positive to say about.  Every critique or observation revolved around whether or not the kids as a group were "quiet" or not.

Finally, when my parents brought her home later on that day, my mother asked how the PT conference went, and since DD was right there, I lied and said, "It was great.  She said that she's really enjoyed having DD in her class, and that she shows a lot of promise."  To that my 4 year old kind of chuckled incredulously and said, "No, she doesn't really like me.  She was just joking with you."[/quote]

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