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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is what I am hearing.

Teachers: your child is misbehaving and not following directions.

Parents: they can’t help themselves. Why are you letting them use a computer?

Teachers: using a computer is part of the curriculum. Your child needs to follow directions.

Parents: at home we never have this problem

Teachers: home is not school. At school we follow directions and learn according to a curriculum.

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You’re right to a degree.   If a teacher gave an alcoholic beer and the alcoholic didn’t follow the direction to have only one sip, we don’t blame the alcoholic.  We blame the teacher who gave an addict a taste of the addictions.

The only direction my kid has ever ignored relates to tech.  Framing his addiction/weakness/ADHD isn’t helpful.

If you do the same thing over and over expecting different results, then that’s just going to frustrate everyone.   Maturity will help, but middle schools are too reliant on tech and just dismiss kids who can’t handle it as “disobedient.”   It doesn’t solve the problem. [/quote]

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