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[quote=Anonymous]I have a very gifted child with ADHD. DC loves to learn and even when ADHD was not well controlled had perfect grades. DC has done a ton of work in therapy and on social issues (and so have we) and is medicated.

This year one subject is going poorly. It’s been their favorite subject consistently in the past. The teacher is negative and is reported to play favorites by other parents (my child has not said this). DC has started coming home with poor grades only on subjective assignments. The comments always say something like “needed more” or “why?”. Sometimes the prompt has been given verbally so it’s impossible to tell whether DC understood the assignment or what was expected. DC now hates this subject and is starting to hate school again after a wonderful year last year. Other subjects with other teachers all seem ok.

DH and I are torn on what to do. Grades obviously don’t matter in elementary and DC is clearly comprehending the material and sometimes a teacher just kind of sucks (tbh this is this DC’s first time really really struggling with a teacher). But I am not happy with 1) the pretty harsh and subjective grading without any constructive comments and 2) the fact that assignments are given in such a way it’s unclear what DC has done wrong because it’s really affecting my child’s attitude towards school.

I am tempted to ask the school counselor to check in but if the teacher is really as vindictive as some other parents describe I feel like it will backfire. There’s no option to move DC, this is a leveled class and the only class that would be appropriate for DC.

We have so far tried to be calm and just say yeah sometimes you don’t get the grade you want but I am honestly increasingly concerned this is going to end up with DC acting up and get us back in the bad place we were a few years ago. All thoughts and welcome including if I’m insane for even considering stepping in here.[/quote]

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