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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't dread what you don't know. Maybe this person will be full of new ideas, very enthusiastic and very in-tune with the kids since s/he is very close in age to them. And possibly a top student from a top school (hey, not saying that teachers weren't good students or from good schools) because the profession is very competitive.[/quote]

This is the attitude I took with DC's first year teacher this past school year.  Needless to say, the year was a disaster.  She couldn't control the class - even the good kids were getting on the crazy train because the environment was so chaotic.  Her great ideas resulted in a lot of busy work and math was basically ignored.  The students were sent home with math homework on concepts they hadn't learned in class.  When questioned, my DC always said they ran out of time because X, Y, or Z took so long (usually some sort of crafty project that took forever because 4th grade boys don't do a good job sitting in their desks and gluing fabric together).  If I knew then what I know now, I would've moved DC from the school at the beginning of the year, rather than waiting until this summer to do it. [/quote]

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