I would not take the word of anyone I did not know personally in such a situation. What was the response of your teacher 34 years ago when you turned in your homework in the 5th grade? did she think you where a good kid ,a bad kid , what did she think? She spent 30 hours a week with you for 9 months I doubt that she could even recall you and if she could it would be with rose colored memories that where an amalgam of all her students.