In reply to everyone else! I am happy to hear that some of you have been very lucky to have awesome teachers. Hayley did have a brilliant Prep teacher at the same school, and even her Grade 1 and 2 teachers were pretty amazing! In Grade 1, she had a few issues, her teacher emailed me, rang me at night at home to discuss the situation, made a time for me to meet with her, (I was studying full time at that time). Grade 2, if there was something that needed to be discussed a note was sent home and a mutually agreed time was made for us to meet to discuss the situation without any interruptions. My older daughters were picking Hayley up most days and the teachers would send a note home with them, or give them the message to send home to me.

I have been through the education system twice...both of my older DD's completed VCE, so I have done so many parent teacher interviews. I know the system. Never before have I had one where they have said everything negative! I have been through bad times before and had major issues, teachers have been really helpful with assisting my kids in how to deal with things. I do not expect miracles, I don't. I do however expect that my child is learning the things that she needs. I do not think that it should be up to me to do the teaching....yes, I can reinforce what she is learning, but to actually teacher her, sorry, not my job!

I will do it though, because as a parent I do not want my child to feel like she is dumb. She has told me that she is in the dumb maths class because she is stupid. She isn't, its just taking her a little longer for things to stick! She will get there with some more effort from her and from me! I have taken a couple of days off work over the holidays so that I can spend more time with her doing maths stuff! She is enjoying it so far! I got some great books yesterday from Big W, and she is really enjoying doing them!

I am doing what I feel is right! I don't think that I should have to contact the teacher every day to find out how she is doing to be kept up to date. But I will be checking in every week or so, just to see if things are on track! There are already a number of parents that hassle her every day about their children and what they have done, or not done. We will just see how things go!