hmm - i have never tried to request a teacher - my kids know that mom and dad can't pick their bosses - neither can they ... my kids had the full spectrum of teachers ... including ones we didn't like - but I realized after close to 10 years that every year made us stronger in a different way ... the boring teachers taught us patience and self motivation and the ones with a big ego had us come up with ways to deal with them - just like in real life we had a few gems and a lot of averages and ... yes very few truely horrible ones ... sometimes I have been surprized by how well my kids did with teachers that I didn't think would be a good fit... I wouldn't tollerate a teacher bullying my child but as long as they are fair and have reasonable expectations and rules I find that my kids do ok. And believe me ... we are an eccentric family
