dd's class have had their first full week in reception and according to one mother...

[dinny]

the teacher has told her that her daughter is 'the most intelligent in the class'. Is this bollocks? would a teacher A. do that B. so soon after starting? seems very unprofessional and teacher strikes me as quite the opposite!

gggrrr, very annoying, can't work out why it's bugged me so much! (well, obv dd is the most intelligent lol ) jealous, moi?

OMG, so, today at pick-up time, this woman's daughter was lining up first to come out of class room, and mother was like "Well DONE, X! Well DONE, you're first!" SERIOUSLY!

Another friend asked her how her dd was getting on (leading question, ahem...) and apparently she is doing amazingly, knows 30 words, all letter sounds and gone up a book group.

so, that is prob where this has come from - ob teacher has said how well she's doing and mother in ques has decided this means she is the most intelligent in the class (ie. learnt a year's worth of reception knowledge during the summer hols).

am pleased with school today though as had chat with teacher about dd getting stressed not knowing los of letters and teacher was most lovely and reassuring.

Yes, taken together she does sound bonkers ...

(Though depends on circs - you'd certainly hear me effusing like that over my ds if he were first in line, because he never ever ever is - usually at the back of the line going in the opposite direction, singing to himself and being a robin - he's 7 and in yr3, so it's not on and I would dearly love for him once upon a time to work out how to be first. So crowing with delight over that isn't necessarily to be seen as bonkers. I hope.)

think she encourages her to be v competitive, sees it as essential to be successful... Quite depressing really, as it probably is, in a materialistic sense of success.

think she really is, MT - look forward to hearing more of the same on friday after my friend has been to swimming lessons with her!

It's kinda nice that this woman is really encouraging her DD but on the other hand... she's barking isn't she?! Hopefully she'll calm down a bit!

Dinny - don't sweat it that being this competitive is probably the way to succeed. Success comes to the quietly studious as well as the 'in your face' braggers.

do feel bit sorry for her in a way as she seems quite an insecure person...but the flip side of that is that she is very gossipy and does boast about everything and nothing iykwim.

God, it takes all sorts, this life, doesn't it??

she is, however, also very kind-hearted and a generous person (can you tell I'm feeling mean now!?)

Perhaps she's just a bit nervous about the whole starting school business is the girl her first or only child ?
I'm sorry but I think you're all being a bit harsh on a Mum who's obviously just trying to find her feet and god knows the school gates are like running a gauntlet. Some of us just send our children to be educated but I think we're few and far between.

Angela, don't think she is nervous at all - her dd has been in the school nursery for two years, so everyone knows each other....

If the little girl's been there for 2 years, the teachers probably know her Mummy really, really well... I think it's rubbish and she's shown how insecure she is about new kids coming into her DD's class.