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Originally Posted by A Red Panda
Wow.
I'm a teacher. Your posts make me feel rather disgusted. To answer your question: yes you are certainly being a sour grape.
Be proud of your daughter for her accomplishments. But don't insult the other students, the other parents, or the teachers! You have zero idea about any of them. And, like pretty much everyone, you are very likely to have a strong bias towards your daughter (which is natural).
The students earn their award. They don't kiss ***** to get an award - most teachers are totally annoyed by attempts at sucking up! But there are limits to how many kids get which award, so if you have a large tie academically then you have to look at other factors that come into play in the classroom.
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Maybe that's true in your classroom and your school. And if so, good for you! But it wasn't true at the school we were at. That's my experience that I was speaking from. And I have a right to feel the way I do based on what I experienced. My point in posting was not to insult teachers. It was to ask for advice on how to handle my particular situation at the particular school where my daughter attends. I wasn't speaking about all students and all teachers everywhere.