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Originally Posted by lucyjoy
I remember listening to Foster Cline(Love and Logic) talk once about his daughter. His daughter got the "mean" teacher and many parents wanted him to intervene. However, he didn't because his daughter was in that class. He felt that to rescue her would rob her of a learning experience. There are people in our lives that will make things miserable-bosses we won't get along with, other employees etc.
I think there is much value in his train of thought.
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I agree, to an extent. Our younger daughter had a horrible teacher in 1st grade, belittled her and us, refused to see the good in our daughter, you name it. We never knew if it was a personal thing, or a race thing, or what....
Our daughter was miserable. We were miserable. We handled it by telling her she just had to get through the school year, and things would change. Just tough it out, etc.....
It may have taught her a lesson in dealing with others. But it also left a black mark on her school record due to the behavior problems this teacher constantly reported with her (behaviors not seen before or since). Looking back on it, I would have changed teachers if I had to do it all over again.
Audrey