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If this exists, it is far from universal.  We have several kids and one kid eventually got a stinker of a teacher at one of the "better" FCPS high schools.  We asked for, and then demanded, a change, and the administration eventually accommodated the request.  It was beneficial for everyone, and there were no adverse consequences.  We later learned that this particular teacher's problems are well known throughout the school, and that people are just waiting for her to retire or die.  [/quote]

It's far from universal [i] for you [/i]. I've seen it go on. When I've complained about a particular teacher (rightfully), the teacher has pulled my DC out in front of some of the other students and told her 'your mother embarrassed me'. Seriously? That's so inappropriate I don't know where to begin.

You do realize that waiting for a bad teacher to die or retire is ridiculous right? I'm not insulting you, just frustrated that this might be seen as ok?[/quote]

Maybe I wasn't clear.  "Far from universal" means that the sort of semi-orchestrated retribution that you described, in response to a request for a transfer, does not happen at all schools.  It may have happened to you.  At our school, there was no retribution at all against our DS or other children because we demanded a transfer from a single teacher's class.  In retrospect, we wished we'd done it sooner.  I'd hate for the OP to think that, if she and her daughter decide to proceed with a transfer request, they will necessarily be tagged for all time as "difficult."  Sometimes the administrators simply have to know that you mean business.

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