Anonymous wrote:
I would be concerned. My FIL was bipolar and before he was medicated, he traumatized his family.

Did he have bipolar I or bipolar II? This makes a huge difference in how it can manifest itself.

If the teacher has done something to threaten child safety, then I would go to the principal - whatever the underlying reason isn’t your issue. If you think the teacher is ineffective, I can tell you that happens with and without a diagnosed mental condition.

I’m not saying bi-polar isn’t a serious mental illness, but I worry about perpetuating a predudice that someone with a mental illness can’t contribute to society or only can in a limited set of jobs. You could then say someone with x should not be a doctor, a nurse, a lawyer, a teacher, have a job with a government clearance, have children etc.

Maybe she is crying because she is pregnant and hormonal?

Has she told the class she is pregnant?

Did she send you the link to her blog or did you find it in a Google search, OP?

It's important not to use the term loosely. Moody and bipolar are not necessarily the same thing.

Anonymous wrote:I know a couple teachers who are bipolar, and they have been fine. Their personal lives are a mess, but they have won teaching awards. They are now are medication...remember there are different types of bipolar.

Yes. I think we all look at it differently--depending on who you know. Some would never be able to function in the classroom. I was a teacher and I had one friend--that looking back on it--was likely bipolar. She was a great teacher, but she had one year that went way off the rails. She ended up resigning. I heard that she came back a few years later and was fine.