The boy I’m stuck next to in class is making my life a living hell
DEAR DEIDRE: THE boy I’m stuck next to in class is making my life hell but I’m too scared to ask my teacher to move me.
He’s rude and annoying. It’s impossible to do my work.
I’m 14 and my teacher says where everyone has to sit.
But this boy, who’s also 14, talks all the time, makes stupid jokes and messes around with his mates, laughing and passing notes around.
I can’t concentrate and when I say anything to him, he calls me a teacher’s pet and mimics me.
It’s making me not want to come to school. What should I do?
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DEIDRE SAYS: Your teacher needs to know there’s an issue affecting your ability to learn.
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