May be I have imagined it. But I think that two of the teachers at Jahnavi’s nursery have racial attitude. You may call me paranoid and impossible. When I went to drop her this morning, the older teacher asked me to use the door assigned for visitors. I told them that its not working. The younger teacher said in an aggressive tone,” But it works fine for every body else”. I was lost for words. Then I simple said “Okay” and led my daughter to hang her coat.
Now you may have not noticed anything unusual in the dialogue here. But the tone and expressions can’t be described here. The racial undercurrent was there. The younger teacher herself knows that the buzzer on the visitors’ door isn’t working. And I used the other door because on two occasions, the head teacher herself had indicated me to come through it. The head teacher is nice and genuine person. She had let me in twice through other door as the buzzer is stuck.
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Hi to Jahnavi’s mom,
It is unfortunate that you felt the teachers were being rascist with you…it’s awful to be treated disrespectfully and the younger teacher had no business to speak to you that way. I am a former teacher and now an at home mom with my two young boys.
When I taught, parents/visitors were only permitted to enter through the office doors for safety reasons of cours, however parents would frequently ignore that. I had a door right next to my classroom and if parents noticed it was open, they would come through that way for convenience. The safety reasons are obvious…it isn’t safe for people to be exiting and entering without the school knowing who is in the building… However, I would politely remind parents that for safety reasons, please use the main doors as other doors are usually locked and the school needs to monitor who is in the building. Who knows, your child’s teacher must have been annoyed…however, that is no excuse to be treating parents so nasty. Hope things get better.
Mandi
Hi mandy,
Thanks for taking time to explain the rules around nurseries. Everything is fine now. I doesn’t interact much with the teachers, but the older teacher seems nice. May be I was a bit hasty in making a decision. But the younger teacher is definitely loud and intimidating.Fortunately she comes two days in a week.