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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here:  Wow...hard to believe what I thought was an innocent question would be met with some of these comments.  I'm not asking that an innocent teacher be trashed.  I'm asking for input so that I can help my kids with any adjustment and expectations.  Of course I wouldn't tell my kids verbatim comments from here...but I would want to set up expectations.

We are moving mid year because my father can no longer live alone due to some falls.  I'm an only child and promised my mother I would assist.  We were moving in the summer anyway due to my husband's job, but my father has declined so much that we can't wait for his own safety.

And last thing...of course I'm not thinking of requesting any particular teacher.  Wow...please...if you have any input, lthat is responsive to what I asked, let me know.  Otherwise, dissing my question isn't helping what is already a stressful situation for us.[/quote]

I understand that you've got a difficult situation, and I think it's a wonderful thing that you're coming to take care of your father.  I don't understand how having a "difficult situation" makes it OK to invite people to make negative comments about someone online.  I work in a field where sometimes I google teachers who are looking for jobs.  I also know that when I was a teacher sometimes people googled me, whether they were prospective parents or an old college buddy looking to get back in touch.  I hope you can appreciate that having negative comments, that you can't respond to because they're anonymous, online about you would be stressful and a "difficult situation" too.

I also don't understand how knowing that some anonymous person thinks your child's teacher is the "best" or the "worst" is going to help you prepare your kids in any meaningful way.  The best way to learn about a person is to form a relationship with that person, not to talk about them on an internet forum.

Finally, I would like to point out that you've now effectively ID's yourself to the Louise Archer community.  They'll figure out pretty quickly who the new second grader moving into be close to the ailing grandfather is.  If someone does post something negative about your child's teacher, the community and your child's teacher will know that you're the one who created the opportunity for that to happen.  Is that really what you want?
I think this post really sums up what the parents at LA are really like.  Back stabbing...
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