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[quote=Anonymous]OP again.

Poster at 13:02 astutely pointed out that it's not clear whether we ran into his old teacher or his new teacher.

Ironically .... the meltdown I described was from running into his old teacher ... And the very next day, we went back to the same spot, and he saw the old teacher again. He still whimpered and cried, but he didn't completely melt down.

BUT ...

Literally, a few minutes later, the director of his new school just happened to walk up and say hi to him while we were still at the same spot. (Obviously, we live in a smallish town.) He smiled at her a little bit, and then turned away. No tears, no meltdown, probably just some confusion as to why this particular spot had suddenly became SchoolHouse Central. Not an ideal response, but clearly not traumatic.

Anyway, we're definitely taking him to a therapist in the next couple of weeks, just to see if she can help him sort out and resolve his feelings/fear/anxiety.

(BTW, for what it's worth, nothing about my original post impugned Montessori schools or even his teachers. My question was just whether there's something about the method that is difficult emotionally for a subset of children.)[/quote]

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