For some reason, when we got back to school this week, the standard maths classes had been mixed as both teachers teaching standard maths were new. When they found out one class was slightly ahead than the other, they decided to put us back in last year's class groupings. The problem is, my teacher then changed to another new teacher. Both teachers are new and I have only attended one class for each teacher, however, I find that the first new teacher (the one that is no longer my teacher) taught in a way that is easier for me to learn. Last year my maths teacher was pretty rubbish and I had to rely on self-studying and tuition. This made it very difficult for me to progress and so this year I really need a good teacher. It's not that the teacher I'm stuck with is bad, it's just that her teaching style is like last year's teacher and does not work for me at all. I'm willing to wait it out a few more classes but I am certain that I will need to move in order to be happy and successful in my studies. Considering that I have a maths test next week and I'm not so sure how well I will do, should I wait until after the maths test to ask to move, or ask before? I really want to move and even though the other class is slightly ahead of me, I don't think I'll have problems in catching up. The other issue is that the teacher that I want to switch from is the head of the department, so how do I go about asking to switch classes? The last thing I want to do is to offend her and then not be able to switch class and have a teacher that hates me for the next year. Besides, she seems really nice and really wants us to do well, and I'd feel terrible if I offended her. The problem is basically her teaching, not her, and I don't know how to I should go about resolving this. I could speak to m IB coordinator but he's very difficult and will probably just wave it off and tell me to stick it out for longer, and I'm afraid if I wait this out I'll reach a point in which it will be too late for me to change classes. HELP PLEASE!