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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hey! Kids say I am a  [b]mean[/b] teacher  some times.That I yell, that I am unfair. And don't forget ...ugly. Yeah...ugly.

You would be very surprised to meet me with all this bad press. I am a well adjusted and pretty nice lady. You would like me, probably.

I "yell" when a kid is redirected from any type of misbehavior from talking to throwing things. (This redirection is in conversational tones.) But..it's "yelling." I "scream" at kids when I do have to speak pointedly with emphasis as in " I've asked you to stop talking [i]three times[/i] now."

I am "unfair" when the grade is a C- because I decided to "give' them that grade. Or when I point out  a behavior that a kid is doing to that kid, and he immediately comments on how he is being singled out because "what about THEM..." etc. I could go on here... and of course, I must not [i]like[/i] him.

I am a "BITCH"  and a" SNITCH" when I catch a kid stealing stuff out of someone's  locker or backpack,smoking in the bathroom, selling drugs, or when I ask them to put their cell phones away  (a hundred times a day..)

My colleagues say that I am a really patient teacher. My ratings are excellent. My own kids say I am swell. I have a stack of letters from kids I've taught that tell me they love me. Tomorrow, however, I'm sure I will have to explain to some parent that I am not picking on their kid. Yeah...parents like you guys who are all pretty sure that that teacher the OP was talking about is a bitchy shrew.

The kid who waves...well please consider the context of what may have happened. Yes, she has asked repeatedly that the classes not interact ( for whatever reason...there is usually a reason those in the outside world would never think of) and yet, she is still waving.Maybe the kid was called out on her behavior.  And, that kid has  parent who supports her behavior- not even knowing the full story- and a cadre of anonymous [i]friends who will back her up even though they also have NO idea of the real situation.

Oh- the ugly. Ok, my shoes are ugly, I admit. I have to stand all day "screaming" at your kids, so I have those ugly shoes.
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This post was awesome!  I have a great deal of sympathy for teachers when it comes to this.  Kids don't like to be disciplined, especially if their parents never do it at home.  And I imagine kids exaggerate all of the time about how mean teachers are.

Sure, sometimes teachers cross the line.  But I don't think the comments mentioned are crossing the line.  Instead, it sounds to me like OP's DD has a history of disrupting this teacher's class.  No teacher would say "you like to be seen" after just *one* instance of waving.  My guess is that OP's DD has been doing this for a while and has been told multiple times to stop.  Parents need to teach their children boundaries.   There are appropriate places and times to express yourself, but there are also inappropriate times.

If at work I walk by a meeting and see a friend of mine in there, I don't stop and wave.  Why?  Because it would be disruptive and inappropriate.  Kids need to learn these kinds of things, especially extroverts.  And sure, sometimes they get their feelings hurt.  I can't imagine that one comment is going to do long-term damage to OP's DD.  But what will do long-term damage is if OP keeps undermining the teachers by encouraging her child to disobey them.  Her child will grow up without recognizing social boundaries and seeing that she isn't the center of the universe.[/quote]

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