What to do about sarcastic teacher

I kept waiting for the horrible sarcasm and hatefulness. You seem to have forgotten to add it OP.

Great time to teach your child that she is not going to like, or get along with, every teacher she has. I'm assuming she has this teacher for a small part of the day/week? Would never cross my mind to whinge to the school that a teacher isn't being nice enough to my petal.

I am a teacher. Yes, I get fed up with children asking me questions about what I have just explained and written on the board, or is on the power point in front of them. There is a mantra; ask someone else before you ask me. Sarcasm is a completely 'no go area' for teachers generally, but I confess I do use it with year 11 students occasionally. However what you a describing is 'belittling' not sarcasm and entirely inappropriate.

I had a teacher like this for my GCSE maths years. I really struggled with maths and this teacher made me feel like a piece of thick shit for not following what she mumbled in her whiny nasally voice. I stopped asking and basically had my best friend teach me the GCSE syallabus. I was lucky she found that stuff so easy.

It could be that someone else asked the same question a few mins previously and you Dd actually wasn't listening and was causing low level disruption, so when she realised it was important / about an assignment etc and wanted the teacher to spend time repeating it a 3rd time rather than carrying on with the lesson for those that had been paying attention....

So "weren't you listening" isn't always unreasonable! It depends a lot on context

Im sorry, is 'werent you listening?' your example of the terrible hateful sarcasm?

It's not a very specific example to be honest. It's an unreasonable response to a question about not understanding the content, but a reasonable response to being asked what chapter to open 10 mins into the lesson! I'd delve a bit deeper, at 12 kids often prefer the nicey matey teachers, its just an age thing sometimes because by 14/15 you realise that the teachers who want to be your mates do your grades no favours! And its sometimes the more serious/stricter ones you disliked in previous years who actually care and get you through your subject

I would ask for a direct meeting with a senior member of staff - her year head or another appropriate person. I would state that you do not want the teacher to know it was your daughter but that you are very unhappy with the way she is being treated

I would ask for a direct meeting with a senior member of staff - her year head or another appropriate person. I would state that you do not want the teacher to know it was your daughter but that you are very unhappy with the way she is being treated

OR you could just explain to her that she's not going to like everyone she ever meets, and that applies to some teachers as well. Maybe the woman is an unfit teacher, maybe she is just someone your daughter doesn't get. I'm sorry but what are you hoping to get out of this, they won't be able to do anything and your child will now also be feared or disliked by the unpleasant teacher.

Tbh I would tell dd there will ALWAYS be someone at school/work/ in life that is difficult and you mostly just have to find a way to get on with it.

Email the teacher CC tutor, head of year and the head and explain your daughter does not respond well to that method of delivery. Then follow up with a phone call.

Ask for a meeting and tell her to pack it in.