This isn't really about being gifted, but there is one 5th grade teacher I want to avoid. Both my older girls had this teacher, while this teacher is a wonderful, kind person, the teacher is not...a good teacher.

Maybe I can say we'd just like to mix it up a bit, or maybe DD9 clued me in to a strategy. She thinks I might homeschool her if she gets this teacher. Not that I would, but DH thought it might be good to "threaten" withdrawal/homeschooling as a way to avoid this classroom.