Negotiating Anything, Any Place : Moving Up (Part 7)

Dear Readers, In Todays Part we will be discussing about 5th and Final Example regarding “Moving up” 
Here’s the 5th “Moving Up” Example. 
Your youngest son, who’s in 7th grade, is having a terrible time with mathematics. It isn’t that he’s not bright: He’s a crackerjack at English. But he can’t seem to grasp anything quantifiable.
Why? His mathematics teacher humiliated him in front of classmates because he failed to show up for special help after school when ordered to do so. Now he has a mental block regarding numbers. 
That’s bad enough. What’s worse is that if this teacher doesn’t give him a begrudging nod, you son won’t advance into English grade. the boy’s hypersensitive. It would wipe out his Psyche.
How do you Negotiate your kid into English grade? Obviously, I am assuming that this outcome is just and beneficial to all Parties concerned.
It’s crucial that you confront the math teacher before he actually gives and records the flunking grade for the year.
Once a grade is on the schools records, it’s almost set in concrete, so to speak. This presupposes that your child confides in you regarding his predicament. You must have a good relationship with your offspring — a relationship of mutual trust, based on acceptance of each other’s shortcoming.
It is also crucial that you see the math teacher in person. Don’t Negotiate with him on the phone. Saying no on the phone is easy. Being unreasonable on the phone is easy. Saying no and being unreasonable face to face is something else again.
When you huddle with the teacher, personalize like mad. Make sure he favorably perceives you, and your needs, with everyone of his Nerve endings. If that doesn’t work, immediately Appeal to the Next Level in the school system’s hierarchy. 
Keep climbing the Ladder, if need be, till you closet yourself with the superintendent of schools.
Normally, the superintendent of schools will be much more understanding of the stalemate than will the Math Teacher. Why? Because the superintendent is intensely political. 
He/She perceives you, not only as complaining, concerned parent, but as a Taxpayer — a taxpayer who can address the school board at its next meeting, along with fellow disgruntled parents, and initiate a mass movement to reduce school taxes. 
That remote possibility, and the possibility of concurrent Negative Publicity, makes the superintendent shudder.
Will your son pass into 8th Grade? Yes — if you move fast. The higher you go in any administrative Pyramid, the better off you are. Those in the rarefied air of the higher altitudes are more flexible and pragmatic than those at the bottom of the pyramid. They’re more willing to Flex so-called unbendable rules.
A Final Word about Moving Up. In most sizeable communities, there are all sorts of people and groups you can appeal to for help, such as the Better Business Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce, consumer groups, Call for Action operations on TV or in the Newspapers, and even legislators. 
Don’t Hesitate to Plug in to such Facilities. To quote Hubert Humphrey on the subject of principal: “Never Give Up and Never Give In“
Dear Readers, here we will end our Topic of  Moving Up. We had discussed this Topic in Detail with Examples so that you can Understand and Apply it in your Daily Life for Success.

Next Topic we will be discussing about 
“Negotiating Anything, Any Place : Taking it Personally”  Do Not Forget to Follow My Website for Future Updates.