My child in 2nd grade sits next to a very disruptive child. He talks in constantly and he enjoys calling the other children rude names. Needless to say this boy is always in trouble. I told my son to just ingore the boy but he says he cannot get his work done because of this boy. I told him to tell the teacher that the boy is bothering him. He did and she also told him to ingore the boy.

What would you do? Should I go to the teacher and request my child have his seat changed?

I would have a big ol' fit for the teacher. When my son was being picked on by the boy behind him I asked that my child be changed to a different homeroom. It is nuts for your child to be disrupted while he is trying to do his work. Then when he grades start slipping they will be fussing at your child instead of the one being the pain in the rear.
that's my two cents worth, sorry if it offends anyone else.

Yep, insist that he is moved. If the other kid is distruptive it sounds like he needs to be in the front near the teacher, ALONE! I hate the deal in elementary schools now where they use the table/chair combo type desks. and they jam them together in gruops of 4/6/8. It creates too much social time, not enough school time. I wish they would go back to the individual desk things and do away with the whole group thinking that goes on in classrooms. Get over the working in a group thing...they need to be able to handle it ON THEIR OWN!

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I would talk with the teacher. Can you go in during a break time? I would be nice about it, but firm as well. If nothing happens from speaking with the teacher, I would then go to the prinicpal.

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Yep, that's what I would do. I would insist he be moved. We had to do the same thing with DS for several years. The boys ended up in the same classes year after year. Only when the other boys got to going mine started with them. As long as he wasn't located right with them things were fine.

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Definitely ask the teacher to move him....either away from this child or out of the class. It is still early in the year.

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I agree with the others. Ask the teacher to please move your child.