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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD had an abusive 1st grade teacher.  Although she is a rule follower and wasn't targeted by the teacher, she was still petrified that the teacher would 'correct her behavior."  The teacher reprimanded kids for leaving a gap in the line when walking in the hallway.  She would point out that you didn't push in your chair.  God forbid you didn't know the five assignments exactly in the correct order and had to ask her or a classmate.  SHe was bat-sh!t crazy mean.

I never said anything but gave DD lots of love at school and told her some teachers, like other people have issues and gain gratification by putting others down.  I also gave examples to other parents so they knew about her.

Reflecting a few years later, I should have pulled her from the class.  I regret that I didn't.  I feel it took years for DD to recover and come back out of her shell.

My advice would be to get examples for the principal chat and then pull your kid immediately.  If the principal won't let you, I'd be meeting with the superintendent with my examples. [/quote]

Wait. Asking kids to push their chairs in and to walk in a single file line is [i]mean[/i]? Come spend some time in a school to see how it looks when kids can’t walk in a line (especially during a fire drill!). Or when kids trip and fall because chairs aren’t pushed in. Those are normal things for kids to be learning in first grade. Someone sounds crazy here...not sure it’s the teacher![/quote]

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