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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am with you OP--  I am tired of letting their personal feelings get in the way.

I am not a teacher but have been a leader in various kids' activities for many years and even had jobs in my 20s where I supervised young teens.  Yes!!!  It is easy to like Sarah Sweetpea.  It is harder to like the jerk.  And you don't even need to like the jerk but is it really hard to be fair and have a little tolerance in something that is supposed to be fun?!?!

I am very curious if the answers would have been the same if the OP said "teacher does not like my kid because he is in a wheelchair so the class constantly has to be rearranged around his disability."

I have one kid that is ADHD and she has had teachers that don't like her--  I have let her face most of the consequences on her own--  except when it was truly unfair or affected her grade.

I have one kid that is suppppper well-behaved (over compensating??) and it was 8th grade before she had a teacher that did not like her -- and was unfair to her.   It was her gym teacher (what is with these teachers that teach the joke classes???) My daughter could not do anything right by this lady and my daughter is very athletic.  I let her handle it mostly (except when it came to a grading unfairness) and then we let it go-- my daughter was off to HS.... only the teacher also went over to the HS the next year.  UGH!!!  We made it until the end of first quarter and then I had had enough and reported the teacher.  At first I got the "party line" and then a little investigating confirmed my daughter's version.  Teacher did not like getting called out on her behavior (nobody does) but the problem is now rectified.

So--  OP, tween boys burp.  Kids with ADHD don't always "get it" when it is time to stop--  I am sure you see the same at home.  Work on it at home.  Your kid probably still needs more self re-direction.  I have helped my kid develop "SELF" incentives to get through a tough situation.

A small punishment would have been fine--  make him come after school to help finish cleaning up the classroom but docking the grade was unfair.[/quote][/quote]

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