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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody wants to be in this classroom, but have you considered that this is a learning moment for your child?  We’ve all had this experience.  Sometimes the learning is how to get through the difficult teacher/boss/etc and move on with life.  You don’t need to clear every adverse experience from their pathway.[/quote]

He has already had that learning experience numerous times in his life and always powered through.

This one is on an entirely new level.  It's not personality/toughness, etc.  It's pure incompetence.  I don't pay to have my kid have to teach themselves the material since the communication is so poor in the classroom and is known far and wide, and has been for years.

With a tough Junior year schedule nobody has time to deal with this sh*t.  6 kids have dropped in the past few weeks and it happens every year--but not to the other 2 courses at the same level with different instructors.  Nobody has an issue in those classes.[/quote]

When parents complain and do nothing about it, that is a problem. You either have your kid drop, or you complain to administrators. Advice - don't just say the teacher is incompetent. Unless you have a PhD in the subject area and/or significant teaching experience in that area, "incompetence" is a meaningless description. You need to be specific when you say the students need to teach themselves. Does the teacher not give out homework? Does not grade homework? Does not say anything in class? Is the teacher available for office hours? Is the teacher factually incorrect? As kids move up in high school, kids are generally expected to take on a more active role in their own learning. They should not be spoon-fed information and led by hand from assignment to assignment. [/quote]

Most of the posters on here have advanced and/or professional degrees from top universities.  They understand higher learning.  Most have more than one child.  By high school, they aren't new to this rodeo.  A teacher with a reputation known far and wide for being irrational and a problem is not about not 'spoon-feeding'.  We are talking about advanced students in a college-level courses.  Some doing independent study.

I agree, offer specifics.  However, these teachers are never let go.  You unfortunately drew the short straw.

My one son was like Charlie Brown, if there was a notoriously bad teacher in a grade, he was always assigned to his/her class.  Always.  I came to see it's most likely that we are a family that NEVER complained or raised an issue and he is an agreeable kid that was always an A-student.  These type of kids are often the ones sh*t one year after year.  They aren't the squeaky wheel.[/quote]

OP has not offered any specifics. Who knows what “incompetence” means?![/quote]

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