Oh my lordy lord! DS2 will be in Mrs B's class next year

[Ormirian]

Mrs B has a reputation for liking girls and struggling with boys. She seems to be a good teacher - at least she was with DD because DD is a perfectionist, a hard worker and very determined. DS1 was not. She got one well with DD, she didn't with DS1. In spades. In fact she made him quite unhappy and he struggled in her class. DS2 is like DS1 x 1000. Intelligent, interested in everything, knowledgable but learns at his own pace which tends to be in massive bursts of speed and acheivement a few terms after everyone else Currently his teachers like him, have put in loads of effort with him, and he is doing really well. I can just imagine what Mrs B will make of him.....

She actually said to me when DD left school "Your oldest 2 are so different. I can't wait to see what you've got for me next time..." I think it will be ....interesting... for her.

DS2 gets butterflies going to school on the days when one of his jobshare teachers is going to be in because she is much stricter than the other one. He has already heard playground rumours that his next teacher metaphorically eats naughty little boys for breakfast.... How to prepare him for her? I am genuinely worried.

LOL JJ! thanks .... I think

I am not a teacher-basher. I'm married to one for a start. And this is the only one I've had a problem with - and even with her I accept she is very good for some pupils.

Am now completely paranoid you think that I thought that you wouldn't be nice. I didn't. I mean, I did think you would be nice, I didn't think you wouldn't be nice.

It is not my natural state sometimes so I have to remind myself.

Ooh no no no! Don't worry

Dd had one who was a little er..difficult to warm to shall we say a few years back. She had a (well deserved as it turned out) reputation for being tricky. I had one or two um..'debates' with her. She's difficult to like and can be a tough cookie. But in teaching she also had some notable good points. Oh dear, it could be that she's hoving back into view for dt's as they move up next term. I do wonder if that's the case what next year will bring.

But I think you can only deal with fact. Your ds is not in the class yet. He might find the teacher ok. They might really hit it off. Who knows? You can only deal with a known problem when and if it comes up. I think going over coping strategies and him possibly picking up on the negative vibes is premature when he has no personal experience of the person yet.

When things were tricky for dd in dragon teachers class I did use it as a good chance to say we're all sometimes in situations where we have to work alongside people we might not actually like. Good life lesson and all that. She used to look a bit at me, but it is true.