Dayton Daily News education reporter Scott Elliott writes about schools, kids, teaching and learning.
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Sunday, March 12, 2006
Are mom and dad bidding?
My daughter’s first grade teacher had her baby, a girl, a little bit ahead of schedule on Thursday. I’m mildly concerned about her having a substitute teacher for six weeks or so. But on the other hand, this early arrival means it’s likely the teacher with who she’s had such great success this year will return before the year is out.
Claire, my seven-year-old, was really excited when she heard about the baby. My wife let her call me at work to tell me the news.
A couple months ago, one of my friends from work had a baby and she e-mailed around a link to Kettering Medical Center’s baby page where you can look up photos of newborn children. It was the first time I had seen one of these hospital baby sites, and it was cool — complete with an option to leave the parents a congratulatory note.
Claire remembered this.
“Dad, can we go on the Internet and see the baby? You know, look her up on eBay?”
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