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[quote=Anonymous][b]Telling a kid to adapt to an unsuitable learning environment is nothing more than telling them they have no power and no control over their lives during that potion of every school day. Children who are out-of-favor with their teachers are much more likely to bullies by other students who feel they are protecting the teacher or [b]that the teacher has simply declared open-season on the out-of-favor student[/b]. [/b]

I'm 8:52 from the previous page whose child was moved. The bolded is exactly what happened to my DD. What it boiled down to was that the teacher simply did not like her, other kids picked up on it, and she was treated incredibly cruelly by a several boys in her class. We started by simply asking the teacher to move her to a different table (away from the boys who were harassing her) and he refused to even try that. Got the counselor involved and he did move her, and it helped some. But at this point it was clear through virtually every communication that he had it in for her. It got escalated to the principal and the principal offered her a different placement before I could even ask for it. But it took several months, including several meetings with the teacher, counselor, and finally getting the principal involved. Once she was in another class, all the "issues" the teacher used to e-mail us about on a weekly basis miraculously vanished.

What kills me is that this teacher is beloved by many. But I found out later that there were many people, particularly people who had children with special needs, who hated him. He disliked students with 504s and IEPs because they were "too much trouble", he "didn't believe in" their diagnosis, and he was going to "tough their issues" out of them. He was also popular with a lot of students because he was too lazy to assign homework or grade it. Or to do much classroom management. His class was a zoo.

He was the worst we've ever encountered, but I can tell you there are MANY teachers out there who are mean, cruel, and play favorites. I certainly wouldn't suggest a parent ask for a different placement because of a minor personality conflict. But there are many cases where there are teachers who simply shouldn't be teaching IMO. For a kid who already has a strong self esteem, they may do OK. But for a kid who is already fragile, as a PP said, these teachers can be disastrous and it can take months or years to undo the damage.

And I'm sure people will flame me and tell me to tell my special snowflake to suck it up. I just hope you never have to witness the emotional damage this kind of thing can do in your own kid.[/quote]

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