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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD has had her fair share of bad teachers over the years.  Either ones who taught very little, or ones who seemed to have a personal vendetta against the students.  But mostly she's had a good group of teachers in her FCPS years.  She is now a junior and has the teacher who everybody dreads.  DD actually did not know the reputation of this teacher before she came to her own conclusion.  In a nutshell, the teacher randomly assigns grades (unless you are a favorite, forget getting an A or B), refuses to offer meaningful help to address the weaknesses she insists she sees in students' work, is mean and sarcastic when asked a question, and won't give meaningful answers to question.

DD wants to switch out of her class (not sure yet whether this is possible), and I wanted to get feedback from anyone parent who has guided their own DC through this.  I will let my daughter handle this on her own, but I am not sure what advice to give her:  1) Life is not fair; suck it up and deal with the teacher, or 2) You can't win with this teacher and your GPA will suffer - try to switch if you can.  She has to take this class, so switching would involve changing teachers.  From talking with other families, if my DD stays in this class and is not a favorite, she will likely end up with a low grade no matter how hard she works.

Right now DD has a very high GPA and is planning to apply selective LACs.

From your brief description of your daughter's past scholastic achievements she will probably be successful whether she transfers or not, because she must already have the ability to navigate through the minefield of arbitrary teachers which exists in FCPS. Nevertheless, proceed with care.  Make no mistake about the fact that the same practice of mobbing which coaches teach their soccer players to harass all-star players on opposing teams as a group while no single player receives a red card is also being employed by FCPS teachers.  The practice is to harass and belittle individual students every single day, but it is always different teachers on different days.  It becomes unbearable for the child, but no teacher can ever be given a "Red Card".  This is a wake up to the FCPS Teachers who have been employing the practice mobbing to diminish the stature of your students and to increase your own.  The administrators know who you are and they are coming after you.  THE GIG IS UP!!!!

Thanks for any input.[/quote][/quote]

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