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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would sit my kid down and extract a full and honest account and stress that my actions depend on him being accurate in his reporting. You know your child best.

Then I would write and send, in front of him, a polite email to the teacher, requesting that the grade be changed, and explaining the situation. Explain to your kid that if you get no response within 48 hours, you will send another email, and this time copy the counselor and the assistant Principal (or other admin) assigned to your child.

Why? Because docking so many points for supposedly laughing in class or being fidgety goes against all modern educational practices for teachers. It's hardly believable, in fact. Maybe you're in a very traditional private school?

I've got a 19 and 14 year old. None of their teachers, in two different school systems, have ever done that. I haven't heard such a story from any of my friends either.

So if your kid is telling the truth, this teacher needs to be reprimanded and the grade reinstated.

Also, if he's fidgety, perhaps he has ADHD and he needs a diagnosis, ADHD stimulants and therapy, and a 504 plan in place that you can point to when teachers have difficulty understanding his behavior.

This should also be a wake-up call that he cannot let people think he's doing something shady. If he fidgets, he'd better fidget right there in front of everyone, than turn his back on the teacher. That's Classroom Behavior 101, OP. You need to teach him survival skills to deal with his "fidgets" (ADHD, autism, whatever it is), so this doesn't happen again. But none of this is a reason to give a zero!

- parent of an ADHD/ASD kid.

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Fidgeting during a group presentation is 100% normal and not a sign of ADHD or ASD! Presenting in front of a class can be stressful / anxiety provoking and many will move or fidget or have signs of that nervousness / anxiousness / stress. Absolutely ridiculous to pathologize nervous fidgeting during a presentation as a disorder. Very few kids have perfect presentation skills. I have for twenty years and fidgeting is 100% part of every group presentation I have ever seen. [/quote]

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