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amother

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Today at 6:29 am

Goldie613 wrote:

OP, I agree with 99.9% of what others are saying. The only thing I would maybe change is the idea that your daughter should change classes right now. If her closest friends are with her in the class, losing that connection may be one more hard change in an already terribly hard time. If you think your daughter is mature enough to make the decision, maybe you or your husband could ask her what her thoughts are on changing classes - would she rather have this teacher and stay with the classmates she likes/is used to, or would she rather have a different teacher but have new classmates?

Refuah shelaima! Hug

I wouldn’t change her out of her class for everything but this is a 3 x a week class, I am going to see if she be moved to another level/ teacher for this subject.

amother

Coral

Today at 7:19 am

Email the teacher.
In response to your email I would like to regretfully inform you that I am the one you chooses the chinuch of my child. As her parent. Please refrain from ignoring my wishes in the future.

lk1234

Today at 7:25 am

This is so upsetting to read! OP - I am so sorry for this.

Chayalle

Today at 8:03 am

I want to think this isn't true, I can't even comprehend it. Hugs to your daughter. I also want to say that I relate very much to what you wrote about a child with ADHD and the last period of the day...it's really tough. Your daughter deserves a more supportive environment on every front!

amother

Hosta

Today at 8:08 am

Omg
I’m a teacher and if she was my student I would’ve given her a hug and asked her what she needed from me
To give her a zero??? That’s beyond ridiculous
I’m honestly so upset I can’t believe this

amother

Dimgray

Today at 8:35 am

amother OP wrote:

It’s unfortunately very real.
I changed the wording and a few lines so it wasn’t obvious what school this is and my daughters details of her adhd/ learning disability, but basically the teacher decided my daughter has spent all year looking for excuses and that this is just another convenient excuse that she is trying .
The teacher also believes adhd is because she isn’t disciplined.
I am tempted to ask about taking her out. I can’t imagine the frustration of dealing with a teacher who thinks a mother being not able to breathe snd and possibly end of life is just being used an excuse.
(My daughter is medicated but by last period of day it can start to wear off but regardless she is not a behavioral kid at all, just a little impulsive , executive functioning challenges, etc. ).

What? That makes it even worse, and I didn't think this story could possibly get worse. It's definitely time to go nuclear.

amother

Chicory

Today at 8:44 am

Dear Op,

Refuah shelaima! Your love and support for your dd comes through.

As someone whos mother was very ill from ages 12 to 15, let me tell you the school of life your dd is living now is way more helpful to her long term than getting a report in on time.

Echoing others that this is so bad I am crying. My situation was over TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO before chai lifeline and the awareness today and I never had anything so horrific.

To your dd, if shes able to accept it, the best thing to tell her is this grade will have no impact on her life and is not her priority or concern right now. It is not important.

[And giving a 6th grader a 0 because late for any reason? What on earth ]

Glad you're probably moving her out.

Not so familiar with what chai lifeline can do but can you forward this to your coordinator and get this teacher some "sensitivity training". Even if the school "fixes" the grade and talks to the teacher, she is in desperate need of an attitude adjustment.

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