Comments on: Troublemaker http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/ Pregnancy, babies and small children: the truth about motherhood. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:17:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Donna http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-473 Donna Sat, 05 Aug 2006 17:37:09 +0000 http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-473 Your boy is probably quite intelligent and talented (look who his mother is!). Gifted children do not equal EASY children - they need challenge and stimulation and if they become bored, they create their own stimulation. I'm not sure how this is done in the UK. If you were in the States, I would advise you to find out if his new school has a program for gifted children -- and then insist that he is tested as soon as he is old enough. It's important to steer him onto the right track. Your boy is probably quite intelligent and talented (look who his mother is!). Gifted children do not equal EASY children - they need challenge and stimulation and if they become bored, they create their own stimulation. I’m not sure how this is done in the UK. If you were in the States, I would advise you to find out if his new school has a program for gifted children — and then insist that he is tested as soon as he is old enough. It’s important to steer him onto the right track.

]]> By: mrs mogul http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-472 mrs mogul Sat, 05 Aug 2006 07:59:38 +0000 http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-472 So then what did you do? I would have slapped her in the face like they would do on Desperate Housewives LOL So then what did you do? I would have slapped her in the face like they would do on Desperate Housewives LOL

]]> By: ella http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-471 ella Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:59:27 +0000 http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-471 Yeah, I'm feeling pretty mad about it all. My friend has asked me not to talk to the teacher because it would become clear that she had divulged something told to her in confidence. Also, Harry has officially left the school now. However William is still there and I plan to talk to the head next term/semester about his progress. I shall do it in such a way that she will suspect that I heard what she said about Harry. The most important thing is that 1) my friend will not repeat the story to anyone else and 2) the teachers at his new school will not be aware of this troublemaker label he had at preschool (if indeed it is him) and therefore no-one else has heard about this and he can start school without any 'form' as far as the teachers and other parents are concerned. And 3) the head will suspect I heard what she said and this will hopefully stop her ever saying anything like this to another parent again. Shameful. My boy is a wonderful boy, bright, attentive and needs a challenge. He's going to do brilliantly at school. Yeah, I’m feeling pretty mad about it all. My friend has asked me not to talk to the teacher because it would become clear that she had divulged something told to her in confidence. Also, Harry has officially left the school now. However William is still there and I plan to talk to the head next term/semester about his progress. I shall do it in such a way that she will suspect that I heard what she said about Harry.

The most important thing is that 1) my friend will not repeat the story to anyone else and 2) the teachers at his new school will not be aware of this troublemaker label he had at preschool (if indeed it is him) and therefore no-one else has heard about this and he can start school without any ‘form’ as far as the teachers and other parents are concerned. And 3) the head will suspect I heard what she said and this will hopefully stop her ever saying anything like this to another parent again.

Shameful. My boy is a wonderful boy, bright, attentive and needs a challenge. He’s going to do brilliantly at school.

]]> By: Donna http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-470 Donna Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:41:43 +0000 http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-470 If a teacher has a problem with your child, she should be talking to YOU, not everybody else. I hope you let the teacher know that you are not only open to open and honest discussions with her about how your children are doing, you EXPECT it. (And besides - it sounds like your "friend" is kind of speculating here -- she doesn't really KNOW who the three boys are, she's guessing.) This kind of thing just gets my goat. If a teacher has a problem with your child, she should be talking to YOU, not everybody else. I hope you let the teacher know that you are not only open to open and honest discussions with her about how your children are doing, you EXPECT it. (And besides - it sounds like your “friend” is kind of speculating here — she doesn’t really KNOW who the three boys are, she’s guessing.) This kind of thing just gets my goat.

]]> By: Sally http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-469 Sally Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:54:51 +0000 http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-469 Very poor of the teacher! I would be gutted if I found out that my daughter's teacher was talking about ANY of her class that way. Very poor of the teacher! I would be gutted if I found out that my daughter’s teacher was talking about ANY of her class that way.

]]> By: Melanie http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-468 Melanie Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:05:09 +0000 http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-468 How unprofessional for a teacher to gossip that way!!! God forbid we have wonderful, active boys who we don't medicate into submission. Right? Geez. Your son is amazing, I'm sure, and good for him for being a kid and not a robot. Shame on that teacher. How unprofessional for a teacher to gossip that way!!! God forbid we have wonderful, active boys who we don’t medicate into submission. Right? Geez. Your son is amazing, I’m sure, and good for him for being a kid and not a robot. Shame on that teacher.

]]> By: elle http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-467 elle Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:45:50 +0000 http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-467 Welcome to my world..... ;) Welcome to my world….. ;)

]]> By: Olivia http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-466 Olivia Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:06:15 +0000 http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-466 This is appalling. I would talk to the headteacher at once and ask her if she was referring to my child. She'll probably deny it but at least it will stop her discussing things like this again. Anyway, I'm sure if it is Harry (and it may well not be him) that he is just being a typical boy. This is appalling. I would talk to the headteacher at once and ask her if she was referring to my child. She’ll probably deny it but at least it will stop her discussing things like this again.

Anyway, I’m sure if it is Harry (and it may well not be him) that he is just being a typical boy.

]]> By: Ella http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-465 Ella Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:56:46 +0000 http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-465 Teri, that was my thought, that the boys were just being boys, but she had a problem with that. Why she would single out the boys this year I don't know, perhaps she feels like that about groups of boys each year. And Harriet, yes, after I got over the shock of hearing what the head had said I also realised that I like hearing gossip from my friend so it serves me right that I was, unknown to my friend, the subject of it this time. It's like celeb magazines, I know that reading them encourages the market for intrusive paparazzi pictures but it doesn't stop me reading them. Teri, that was my thought, that the boys were just being boys, but she had a problem with that. Why she would single out the boys this year I don’t know, perhaps she feels like that about groups of boys each year.

And Harriet, yes, after I got over the shock of hearing what the head had said I also realised that I like hearing gossip from my friend so it serves me right that I was, unknown to my friend, the subject of it this time. It’s like celeb magazines, I know that reading them encourages the market for intrusive paparazzi pictures but it doesn’t stop me reading them.

]]> By: Harriet http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-464 Harriet Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:35:20 +0000 http://mostleast.com/2006/08/03/troublemaker/#comment-464 How unprofessional of the headteacher to talk like that to someone else. Perhaps your friend will also learn that gossiping hurts people. How unprofessional of the headteacher to talk like that to someone else. Perhaps your friend will also learn that gossiping hurts people.

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