Oh, I am probably making mountains out of molehills and getting this out of proportion....
A few things are bothering me - I am sure they will sound incredibly petty to you; but be kind - i.e. put me right gently / sensitively please...
Firstly I suspect that teacher has a teacher's pet. It't not that I want my dd to be teacher's pet - more that I think nobody should be in this exalted role. Why do I think she has a 'favourite':
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photos of child x are usually disproportionately represented on classroom noticeboard and in school newsletter
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when dh went to parents evening and asked a question about how my dd was doing with her social interactions (was she making friends etc ?- we asked because dd is cripplingly shy)..teacher seemed more interested in pointing out that child x is the most confident child in the class and liked by everyone
*child x is the one always selected to do things like take the bread plait to the vicar on harvest festival...
...etc
Oh, I'm not explaining this very well. Please stick with the incoherent stream of consciousness
...another small issue - dd took a picture she had done into school today to show the teacher. She had written 'pony' on the bottom and this was a big milestone for her; the first word she has written independently other than her name.
I watched from a window outside the classroom: dd stood next to teacher waiting to show her the picture. Teacher was engaged in conversation with a parent - that's fine, but couldn't she just acknowledge my very sensitive easily crushed dd with a quick word saying "I'll be with you in a minute"...Conversation finished and two other children came from nowhere and pushed themselves forward to talk to teacher whilst dd just waited and waited, they finished and another parent muscled in, and then she finished and a 3rd child butted in. Finally the teacher turned to my dd because she was the last man standing. I went home feeling only fractionally mollified.
My problem is - shouldn't the teacher be more perceptive? Shouldn't she be aware that my child was waiting? DD is easily deflated..... and I felt quite anguished watching her being sidelined