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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD is in 8th grade in a high achieving school.... many A+ personalities.
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This year she has 2 teachers that grade pretty seriously on class participation.  Sadly, it appears that both teachers grade how many times a student contributes to a whole class discussion.  She has received "Fs" for participation in 2 classes for the month of September.[/quote]

I am one of those A+ personalities and the F I received for participation from the first teacher that graded on class participation was what got me out of my shell.
Had I been an 8th grader now, where things like that are being taken more seriously than 25 years ago, I would probably have been diagnosed with social anxiety and boarderline AS by 8th grade. But I am also extermely competitive, gifted and a straight A student. That F for me was a wake up call and what made me understand that no matter how shy or anxious I was, I HAD to participate in class to reach my standards.

Are you sure what your daughter has is "shyness"? I wholeheartedly agree with 20:40 to please have her evaluated by a mental health professional! I know that I would have benefited from having my anxiety treated at an early age. All I learned was to compensate for it but that really didn't help in the long run.[/quote]

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