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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's say this teacher is removed. Who replaces this teacher? There is a teacher shortage, do you think it is going to be easy to find another teacher? Or that the replacement teacher will be to your standard? It is likely going to be a new teacher, either a career switch or straight out of college. There is going to be a learning curve, are you ok with your child beign in that class? Or are you going to complain, getting the new teacher fired, and starting the cycle.

And the teacher you think is crappy might be good for another kid with a different learning style. Those parents might be upset that the teacher was fired. They loved that teacher.

None of this is black and white or easy.

[b]Help your kid with the class work if you can. Look for other resources to help your kid if you can't[/b]. [/quote]

Having the school makes a change [b]is[/b] looking for other resources.

What you mean when you say “look for other resources”  seems to be that parents should just “look” for thousands of dollars or hours of free time. Its an amazingly privileged take considering the  vast majority of parents work year round outside the home.[/quote]

Just like my parents did in the 80s. Mom still helped with homework when we needed help. And she found a tutor in areas that we were struggling, sometimes it was a HS kid who was good at math sometimes it was a reading specialist to help my brother with dyslexia learn to read. You do what you can because the schools cannot meet every kids needs 100% of the time. That is what public school is, trying to meet the baseline needs for the majority of kids.

Today you can use Khan for math help, the schools provide tutors, the district provides tutors. [b]There are ways for parents who are limited on time and/or funds can reach out for help.[/b] There are more resources available today then there was when I was a kid. My Mom would have been thrilled to be able to watch a youtube video on solving a math problem with me, it would have saved us hours.

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And the first and most obvious is to ask the school to correct the problem and switch the class. [/quote]

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