public schools suck

I had a very frustrating morning today! Andi, my five year old, is having problems with her teacher at school. She comes home crying, saying her teacher is mean. She is punished for such minor things at school. For example, she got put in the corner for being "too messy" with finger painting(she had one little tiny dot of paint on her clothes, so i highly doubt she was that messy), she got sent to the principal's office for not sitting still, she got her weekly prize taken away for breaking a crayon. I understand that certain behaviors need corrected, but these things seem very insignificant. They are definitely not reasons to be sent to the office. I went in today to try to have her switched to different class. I spoke to 4 different people but they still won't move her. I agreed to a meeting with her two teachers and the principal. I told them if the situation didn't approve I'd be withdrawing her from school and homeschooling her. Which is exactly what i will be doing. I highly doubt these issues will be resolved. I absolutely do NOT like her teacher. I don't think that will be changing. But I'm going to try to go into this with an open mind. Hopefully, things do get better. Andi really enjoys being around other kids and homeschooling will really limit that. :( Blah... Is today over yet?