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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a white teacher.  I'd be flattered if someone described my work as "professional".  It's a compliment.  Nothing more.

I have no clue why you think that is a race issue.  I'm more worried about the fact that you were noting the color of everyone.[/quote]

Part of it was the tone in which the comment was made, which I can't replicate here.

But the responses to date suggest it's over-analysis on my part.  I'm happy to hear that.  I want the teacher to feel [b]welcome in the community.[/b] [/quote]

Welcome in whose community exactly? The teacher is part of the school community already. As is your child. Do you worry about the white teachers the same way? You may be crossing over from being open to overly-sensitive and race-focused yourself. The teacher is a professional, someone complimented her on that, whatever the speaker's tone. What is notable is the classy manner in which the teacher handled it.[/quote]

The teacher is young, and new to our school; hence the reference to wanting her to feel welcome in a school community that consists of administrators, other teachers, students and parents with a common mission of supporting each other and our students.  By definition, she's now part of that community, but there can be a difference between being part of a community and feeling welcome in it. [/quote]

So maybe the compliment about it being professional was because she was young. Would that offend you too, OP? Omg she was black AND a woman! People definitely had very low expectations going into that classroom. Of course they were impressed by her professionalism!  :roll: [/quote]

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