Thursday, 1 November 2018

Teacher called about DD's behavior, but she had never had a issue in the 10 years she's been in school.


So DD is 14 and in 9th grade. She has been a model student since pre-k. Never an issue EVER. Always good grades, awards, you name it.They had sort of like a "meet the teacher" night which i attended a couple weeks ago and met 3 of my daughters teachers whom told me she is an excellent student and her grades are above average for the class, they only had good things to say.Now on to the problem. Since the beginning DD had told me about her "cosmetology/ woodworking" teacher. The problem started when DD corrected him a couple times. Now she doesn't usually do this at all but he was basically making statements like "you need to wash your hair daily to keep it healthy" she mentioned that that actually wasn't true and he seemed to have an issue with her after that point. He would keep trying to correct her on things about her own hair ( DD has thick curly hair, as do i ). Now to make more light of why this was an issue. He is a bald white guy, teaching about hair but was generalizing the information for specifically straight hair. The class is pretty diverse.He would call her out on not braiding cornrows/french braids properly (DD had been braiding hair since 7 years old) I've seen her work. Then when he'd get called out for picking on her he would change his tune and then use her braided mannequin head as the class example of it being done properly.She also had an interim report card and got high averages from every class except his, she asked why and he said something about maybe she didn't hand in all her work, she went over everything and in fact never missed any work and even got perfect on all tests and assignments. He just said "he'd look into it".So today he gives me a call to tell me he has an issue with her behavior. She called me herself just before he did and was in tears because he yelled at her. He feels like she doesn't follow his instructions.Im not sure what to do. No other teacher has an issue with her at all. And this is the first time one has. This is also the first teacher that she felt has been wrong about something and has spoken up.I have a meeting on Monday and I'm not sure how to approach this.Any ideas where i should start? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2P4PvxC

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