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[quote=Anonymous]Is it reasonable/acceptable for a middle-school English teacher to require an oral presentation that's nearly 25% of a quarter grade, and give a zero if the student can't perform the presentation due to a panic attack/severe anxiety attack?  The student was otherwise ready - they wrote and memorized their remarks, made a costume, and got up in front of the class - and then froze.  The student has one more chance to try the presentation again (with a late penalty), but it was implied that they will get a zero if it happens again.  (There is a separate grade for the written remarks, that's worth barely half the oral presentation.)

The student does have a 504 for anxiety (and a clinical anxiety diagnosis for which they are medicated) but none of the current accommodations directly address this issue - because it hasn't come up before.  The closest is "option to submit assignments via email" but that was not intended for this type of assignment. They also have Extended time 1.5x, which I could use to argue for more time to try again, but I'm not sure that would be enough. I asked the teacher about alternate methods to present - privately to the teacher, small group, via video recording, even suggesting we'd take reduced credit for that option - but the teacher ignored/didn't answer that question.

I'm fairly sure that even with perfect grades the rest of the year (which is unlikely), it's not possible for the student to get a passing grade if this assignment gets a zero.[/quote]

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