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What to do?
| Tue, 10-02-2007 - 11:30pm |
I posted this on another board, so I'm cutting and pasting here:
First, I pretty much stay out of ds16's school business--papers, reading, etc is all on him.

Hi,
With his permission, I would intervene. From what you wrote, it doesn't seem that he is lying. I would talk to the teacher and if she was not willing to make an effort to check handwritings or to look for it, I would go talk to the principal. If your ds put that much work into it, he deserves all the support you can give lest he feel abandoned and slip into "what's the use" mode.
Jason
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I think you should offer to talk to the teacher - your son may not want you to, but if it's OK with him, you can follow through.
We had a similar incident in 9th grade - DD was threatened with getting "no grade" for History because the teacher had no record of her handing in the book. She insisted she did, had a specific memory of handing it in. I called and left a message for the teacher, and the next day the book showed up.
Sue, mom to Leah and Seth
Last year Jaryd had a science teacher that is famous for losing papers etc. She has had kids making up several labs a week or two before the exam, because they have to be in for the student to take the final exam, and she lost them. Kelsie had the same teacher and told me this, but I doubted her, but the more I heard over the last few years the less I doubted this woman is a problem.
Jaryd's problem was different with her. She really took a liking to him and when she lost his and another girls test that they both made up due to illness, she told Jaryd she thought he had a 96 so that was what she was giving him, the girl had to retake the test and was sent out into the hall during the class when they reviewed the test. Of course Jaryd took the 96, who wouldn't. There were other problems with this teacher too. Like asking my son if she handled discipline well during class. We had a talk with the principal about the situation. Thankfully he doesn't have her again this year.
If I were you I would check into the problem with the teacher and have your son be sure that the teacher knows when he hands in papers etc and that he has witnesses.
I think I would intervene w/ the teacher if your DS's pleas fall on deaf ears.
First, let me thank you for all of your replies.
Glad it worked out!