@margottaylor Good evening, You seem to be on the right track and have had two folks with lots of knowledge help with your attitude jumpstart. So..if I may, I would like to share a story. When I was a new teacher, I got in some trouble with the administration because I refused to read the cumulative records on my new students until school had been in session 6 weeks.

The reason.....I did not want to read other teachers anecdotal comments about a student. I didn't want their opinions to get in the way of my making independent observations and evaluations of any student. What a difference that made. When I finally read the previous teacher comments, I was often dumbfounded to find that some of my little "angels" had some condemning remarks in their file.

Called to explain my decision to the principal, I defended my actions and he became a proponent of this "let's wait and see" option. Perhaps we can use that approach with new medical providers. Be safe and protected tonight. Chris

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