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This teacher is driving everyone insane!
Sorry for this being so long. In my school, there are three different teams for the seventh grade. They are 7-1, 7-2, and 7-3. I am currently on 7-2. At the beginning of the year, I already knew that I would be having problems. The teacher isn't exactly the greatest teacher and she is very unpatient and yells all the time saying that it is our fault if we don't understand something. My mom went up to the school and asked the principal to switch me to a different team. They said no because it was illegal and there were too many students on the other teams. For the last nine weeks, I had a C on my report card. I normally make a high B or an A. In all of my other classes I had A's. Now, I still have A's in all of my classes except for math still, which is a 79. I have asked my math teacher for help numerous times and she has told me that I don't need help. I even asked her for help on a quiz that I made a 10 on and she still said that I don't need help. My parents have hired a tutor and that is helping some but I am still struggling. Over 30 people on 7-2 are failing and there have been many complaints about this teacher. She will not return e-mails or phone calls. My mom wrote a note to the front office today requesting that I be moved to the 7-3 math class since the teacher is very good on that team. If they say yes, I will still remain on 7-2 it's just that I will go to 7-3 for math. If they say I cannot do this, I know I will fail math. The other parents have suggested that they all go together and complain to the front office about this teacher. Is this a good idea or does anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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I too had a problem with a math teacher, it was my algebra 2 teacher and the problem was that she never really taught, not only that, but she showed up to school less than most of the students. The school couldn't do anything unless they received MANY complaints from MULITPLE parents. So I think it's a brilliant idea for all the parents to go up at once, maybe it will help get the schools attention. But, also look at things from an administrators view. It's hard to hire new teachers during the year. I've had a few classes where teachers have moved and we went weeks without a true teacher which is actually harder than having a crappy teacher. So what the school may end up doing (if they act) is keeping the teacher on until the end of the semester, or even the end of the school year. Which pretty much screws you over, but it helps out the next classes which is a positive thing.
So the school may not be able to act quickly, but it's a great idea to ahve all those parents go and complain. But also think about this - if all of the students who have this teacher for math are donig poorly, it will complicate things A LOT. You probably aren't the only student that wants to be put on another team (at least for math class) and the school really can't only switch a few of you and not all of you, and it would be much too hard for the school to switch all of you. So the school may be trying to figure something out, but it's a hard thing to do, even if it seems simple.
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