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You Don't Want to Vex Karoli: The Nate Fisher Case

My pal Karoli alerted me to the wrongful termination of Nate Fisher (my post, which mostly links to her post).  Now she takes masterfully takes the parents to task,:

I felt sorry for you when I first wrote; now your hypocrisy makes me sick. The only one worth even an ounce of sympathy is your daughter, who I’m sure is dying a thousand deaths inside as a result of your campaign. Go read Rick Green’s column for a reality check. How did it make you feel?

Link: odd time signatures » Blog Archive » To Mystery Dad, Mommy Danielle, USRNGRX, and Thomas A Forcella.

Personally, I think the parents in this case are hysterical, over-reacting idiots.

Frank thinks that it was all a put-up job on the part of the parents:

If I were a heads-up insurance fraud investigator I would look at a case like this and salivate at the opportunity to question witnesses, examine phone records, time-date stamps, family relationships, due process violations, and so on. Fisher never knew what hit him nor did the school but we're much closer to knowing that now and it isn't pretty.

Below the fold: what Nate Fisher's students think of him, and other parents enthusiastic endorsement of his skills as a teacher.

Teachers in Danger: The Vendetta Against Nate Fisher

Karoli at DrumsNWhistles has a great post outlining the harm that was done to a young teacher, Nate Fisher, by a student's parents.

First the girl refused to do an assignment (the parents didn't insist that she do it).  Fisher then gave her an alternate assignment, to read an illustrated book.  The parents found "suspicious". 

I could not imagine what this teacher had in mind with my daughter by giving her this comic. I was fearful that I knew what might be on his mind!

Fearful parenting, indeed.  I hope Mr. Fisher is reinstated.

 

Spying on the Nanny

Mir writes about spying on the nanny at Forget secrets and confessions; how about nanny narcs? | BlogHer, referring to I Saw Your Nanny.

The "I saw your nanny being good" posts are outnumbered 10 to 1 by the "your nanny is mean/careless/doesn't meet my standards" posts.

Liz Henry as usual nails the problem:

The tattletale-on-random-park-nanny emails often have racist overtones. They make quite a lot of assumptions. It is not just the fact that (at least around here) the tattletales are always white women, reporting on Hispanic babysitters who have white children in their care. It is that what the white park moms see to tattle on, is filtered by their own racism. And classism. They assume who is a nanny and who isn't. They don't give a presumed babysitter any slack to be a human being. They think that their way to raise a child is the only way. Frequently the complaints are of perceived neglect... from people who think that they must hover over little Connor and Brianna every second, micromanaging how they scoop up some sand from the sand pit, in the name of educating them or something.

Drive-by parenting.

Some of the "sightings" are just plain weird.