DS has always considered nearly all of his teachers (and some he barely even saw, such as the one whose classroom they used for DI practice, who is now DD's teacher) to be mean. No amount of persuading will convince him otherwise. He simply sees the world differently, and once he gets an opinion set in his brain, it's stuck for good.

Glad to hear you've had a mostly good year, though -- how well I know the value of a year without discipline reports from the principal! laugh