To complain to the class teacher?

[Whatisthisfuckery]

For the last few weeks DS has been complaining that in a certain lesson he has been seated next to a student who, quite frankly, is a pain in the arse. According to DS he’s always talking, messing around and drawing attention to himself, and the poor behaviour is preventing DS from concentrating on his own work. DS is a good student, he gets good marks, always does his work and I’ve never had a bad word from school about his conduct.

I’ve been telling DS that if he wants to be moved then he needs to tell the teacher. DS is a bit short on confidence so needs a lot of encouragement and reassurance in order to speak up for himself. Today he’s come home and told me he told the teacher that this kid was preventing him from being able to concentrate and he’d asked her if he could be moved. The teacher refused, her response was, ‘I’ve sat x there because I know you two (DS and another female student) are sensible.’

I am bloody annoyed about this. Well behaved students aren’t there to help teachers manage the behaviour of more challenging students, and why should my DS suffer because the teacher wants him to act as a buffer for someone elses disruptive behaviour? Should DS start playing up in lessons so he can get moved next to some less disruptive kids? Not only that, the teacher has refused to listen to DS’s POV and refused his request because it’s inconvenient for her to do so.

AIBU to complain to the teacher about this?

@ILoveAllRainbowsx

Ha ha, actually, that's probably why I can't spell, because I went to a comp with disruptive children like you.

You’re a laugh a minute aren’t you. I wasn’t a Hugely disruptive child at all, I was very busy and a bit weird, would finish my work in the first 20 mins of an hour class and sharpen pencils, I would sometimes trip or throw worksheets or resources if I was giving them out. in fact on the two occasions in my five years of secondary school I was put into isolation, my manners, and strong work ethic and eagerness to help were noted.

My high energy and high attainment also meant that much like the OP’s child I was sat with less able children for all our group work when in mixed ability classes eg history/geography/p.e theory. Which often led to me and my peers carrying the work or ‘teaching’ small groups.

In the least offensive way possible you illustrate my point on why the tripartite system is BS - if you can’t spell you likely wouldn’t have got into a grammar, and had you been at a technical college perhaps your employment or FE options would’ve been stunted.

In real life we mix with different people