I have thought about this issue for some time now. As a parent I have always thought that I wanted to pick which class my children would be in, especially since I personally know the teachers at the school ( I am a teacher). However my husband, an assistant principal, has always diagreed with me. I now work at a school in which requesting is very popular and after working there for two years, I as a teacher, has second thoughts about requesting. Read my
blog on requesting and let me know how you feel and if you have ever requested a teacher. My daughter is 3 so we'll see what happens when she begins school!