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Whisper of help · Feb 14, 2011, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by (JD)

I am assuming they placed you in classes according to your level and their offerings.

Changing schools is really tough. I never went to my folks for help after they moved me around a few times. I wish I had. (I had a teacher that truly hated me, the counselor discovered, because her husband had died on the road I moved to.

) I never could obtain a good grade from her and nothing I did was satisfactory in class.

You can kick and scream if you wish, but it won't get you far. If you can't change classes from that teacher that grates on your nerves, then try the psychological ploy of befriending her! She might be a math teacher and (gasp) failed at English. She might be dyslexic.

She might just not be in the right job for her, but it pays the bills. (Don't get me started...

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You need to figure out the best way for you. How can you learn more while at school? Maybe instead of critizing her papers (but I hear you on that, teachers should provide excellent work) you can offer to type them up for her? If nothing else, talk to her about how you can get the best out of her class that's possible. Asking another for advice is a type of flattery and she may need that "hug"....

I would try and discuss this like an adult with your mom. See if the two of you can come up with better solutions that fit your needs.

Good wishes!

It's not that she hates me. I'm better in that class than a lot of the other kids. Of course, that's not saying much, because they're mostly flunks that didn't care enough to pass the first/second/third time around, and just enjoy stirring up trouble.

She hasn't used the packets at all so far, this semester. I think she may have started replacing them with other worksheets. It's helped me in the class, because I think those packets were the source of a lot of my frustration. She still makes quite a few more mistakes than other teachers, but it's not nearly on the same scale as the packets.