Ever had a teacher who just did not want you in their class?

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We are having problems with this teacher at my son's high school. All the other teachers seem to "get it" about his needs (he's fully included, can handle the courseload -- just barely -- and seems to do ok). Yes, he has some IEP demands, such as extra time on tests, preferential seating, class notes from the teacher (rarely gets these, though), but basically he does what everybody else does in class.

This one teacher gives verbal instructions for homework, and my son is missing these assignments because he doesn't pick up on verbal directions much of the time. When I notice that he's missing assignments, I've emailed the teacher, asking about them (and not expecting special treatment -- just want him to do the assignments, even if he doesn't get credit) and she has responded fairly nasty back to me. Even then, I've tried to control myself, and have thought -- "you never know what she's had to deal with today -- what crazy parents she's had to work with, or what difficult students she's had to deal with today". So I really control my responses, and try to be fair -- try to check her web site, try to say that, yes, it's his responsibility for missing assignments, and no, he shouldn't receive special treatment if he misses assignments, etc.

But she has pushed buttons enough that we are now wondering if she just doesn't like any special needs students (she's made it very clear at back-to-school night that she prefers her honors classes), and is working fairly hard at trying to get my son out of her class (and she may get exactly what she wants this week). No other teacher seems to have these problems with my son, and this is in a class that, last year, he received an A -- so we know it's not because he can't handle the work.

Ever have these type of problems?

Right when they let me out of special education putting me into "normal classes" I had a teacher tell me in front of the class she was not going to slow down for me or wait for me to catch up. My reply was to say"so shut up and teach" the class thought that was hysterical and she had it in for in for me after that. That teacher was a b***h who would not hesitate to embarrass people in class over the slightest mistake. She was talking crap to this one jock for accidently skipping a chapter she was really digging in to him when he out of blue asked her "Why are you such a b***h? Were you molested as a child or something?" She broke down and started crying and made the kid leave the room.

Wow, part of me is thinking "good for that kid" and part of me wonders if that really did happen to the teacher. It's amazing how teenagers can possibly be very perceptive!

What you described with this teacher is exactly what I think my son is experiencing. Yes, there may be all sorts of reasons why this teacher may have her back up, or have a negative feeling about a kid with an IEP, or all sorts of stuff. I've tried to be understanding, but I'm pretty much running out of that type of thing now. If she's negatively affecting my kid, then he's outta her class. Not just that, but I want somebody's life to get a little more miserable -- not ours, or my son's, but either this teacher or the administrators. Previously our IEP has been pretty minimal, but not now. We are going to specify all sorts of stuff now, and say "Hey, we wouldn't have needed it before, but basically your crap teacher showed us that it's REQUIRED." See how they like that.