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Things my PreK teacher says

MegGaryMegGary member
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DD is at the age where she repeats everything you say. Well she said to me this morning, "I'm not interested in your problems, now go to sleep." I asked her who said it & she said, "Ms. W." Because I know DH & I do not say that to her. Ms. W is a mom of two herself, around my age. I just couldn't believe that she would talk to the kids that way. 

Should I say something?  

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Re: Things my PreK teacher says

  • angelakhangelakh

    I wouldn't.  You don't know the context or if the teacher really said it.  I have a friend's 4 yo daughter that throws me under the bus for everything.  My friend will ask her, where did you hear that?  And her LO will without fail say Angela.  I haven't seen the LO since we moved 10 months ago!

    If it continues to be a problem, I would casually mention something to the teacher - not make a huge deal.  You would probably be really surprised at what your LO is telling the teacher :) 

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  • n&bcarlsonn&bcarlson
    This really doesn't sound that bad, and you have no idea of the tone of voice or context, or even what child it was said to and after how many exasperating incidents.  Give the poor teacher a break.  No one is going to be perfect 100% of every day, especially if they work with kids, and I'm sure your child won't have any lasting scars from a little sarcasm.
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  • cecee36cecee36
    That actually sounds like something we say to our daughter.  She'll say: "You're not my friend!" to which we'll reply: "I'm not interested in being your friend, I'm interested in being your mama/dad."  The frame around a picture is just as important as the picture itself, so I wouldn't give it too much thought unless it continues to happen.  Make a mental note of it; if it's something serious, it'll come up again.
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  • tmbuchmanntmbuchmann
    I try telling my DS that even though he hears things on TV or what people say, that doesn't mean it's OK to say them. Like just recently he can start watching the first Shrek movie again, Shrek says "shut up" a bunch of times and DS would just tell us to shut up. But now he knows that even though Shrek says it, it doesn't mean it's ok or nice to say it to someone else.
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  • akayfakayf member

    Does your DD take a nap at school.   I could understand a teacher saying something like that if a kid was complaining about silly things at naptime. 

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  • KathrynMDKathrynMD member

    what is the objection to what the teacher said?

    I think its likely your kid or others were fussing about some made up drama to delay laying down for a nap.  I don't see any problem w/ the teacher basically telling the kids to knock it off and go to sleep.

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  • UsedToBeGoldieUsedToBeGoldie member

    As a former teacher myself- i would not say anything.... sure- keep your ears open to see if anything else comes out that sounds a little "rough" like that- but you have no idea what was going on... who she said it to... what they had been doing, etc. 

    Until you have taken care of 20+kids on your own, and dealt with some of them being totally insane, you have no idea of the type of stress a teacher goes through on a daily basis.  Sure- she shouldn't talk like that- but it also doesn't mean she's a bad teacher if she said it once to a child who had been driving her up a wall all day and deserved even worse.  :)

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