My son's new teacher

I've been dissatisfied with my sons' teachers and had to transfer them and fight for the transfer. I ended up telling the principal that I pay his salary through tax dollars so I'm his boss and he'd be wise to do as I ask. I'm very glad you got a good teacher! There are many good ones out there, underpaid and overworked as they are.

Not had to look but I think it is great that he likes this one!

I'd like to find good teachers and a good school. But not many exist in today's world. That's sad to say considering I work for a school, but as a substitute. Most of the teachers really don't care. And it seems schools are more interested in appearance rather than doing right by the student and actually teaching them.

Yes, public schools are terrible. I had a hard time last year with the school and abby. I am hoping this is a better year. Blessings to you that you got a good teacher for your son. That is important.

I don't have kids yet, but as I plan to adopt kids with disabilities and have CP myself (which I'm sure will throw some teachers for a loop), I imagine this will be a big issue in my future (not looking forward to that part of parenting). I'm glad your son liked his teacher and it's a good sign that he showed off for her. My mother always knew it was a good sign if I showed off for anyone I was going to form a necessary relationship with.

That sounds wonderful. We never had kids, being both teachers ourselves and getting enough of other people's "kids" all day and part of the night--weekends included. But if we had been parents the luck of the draw in our kids' getting good teachers would have been one of our most serious concerns. There are some great teachers, but also some doozies out there.

That is really good news! A caring teacher means so much in a kids attitude towards himself and school. I noticed that when my kids were little and we moved from the city to a smaller town again (hometown where I grew up.) The city teachers had a whole different attitude towards teaching, and my youngest was having problems with reading and most classes. Once we moved to the smaller school, she got a little more caring and individualized attention from the teacher. She got more confident and then became a student who wanted to learn, and with that she raised her scores in school to being a B student (and it wasn't because the material was easier, it was the same cirriculum etc.) I hope your son has a wonderful year!

I think when a teacher stays at your home for 2 hours, it's going to be a really good year, unless she normally does this for all the kids in her class. I don't get a choice in who my kids get as a teacher. All I can do is pray, and they were answered. My oldest has a nice homeroom teacher, I don't know about her other teachers. I didn't care who my youngest had as long as it was a certain teacher that got bad reviews last year. So now I just have to get through the first day and I can relax.