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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Demand a change. Do whatever it takes,

Don't worry about what others think or say if you really believe if will impact your child's year in school. There are plenty of parents before you who have done the same and there will be plenty who come after you who do it to. 
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Have you actually managed to switch teachers?  I have 3 kids ranging in age from 14 to 10 (my youngest is in 5th grade).  I have never known a child to have switched classroom assignments, and I know a handful of parents who have tried.  My kids are in a small elementary, so it would be very easy to know if someone switched.  2 cases in particular seemed like a good case could be made, but those kids didn't get moved-- not after begging, threatening to bring in lawyers, etc.

Rather than waste energy trying to get an assignment change, I would sit down with the teacher and come up with strategies to help your kid in that particular class. [/quote]

Some teachers will not work with parents on "strategies."  They are lazy, unresponsive, and only interested in their own approach.

We also have three kids and we did not encounter such a teacher until one of our kids was 15, but it was an eye-opener to learn that one of the top-rated schools in the county basically forced parents to raise a ruckus, rather than replace a teacher whom we were told privately generated more complaints every year than all the other teachers in the school combined.

So, yes, sit down and try, but don't assume the teacher will necessarily make an effort. [/quote]

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