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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here. The bigger issue seems to be that the presentation is 25% of the grade for the quarter. Most kids get anxious about presenting. It is good to have oral presentations as part of a class but having one presentation carry so much weight does not seem like a good teaching practice for middle schoolers [/quote]

I agree that it’s good for kids to have to do oral presentations. And with many assignments and activities there will be kids who lack the ability and they need to be pushed. For some it will be PE. For others math. For some art.

And I agree that an all or nothing is a tough approach. But [b]OP doesn’t actually know the grading rubric.[/b] She thinks that based on something her daughter says the teacher [b]implied[/b] it is all or nothing.

I think that [b]OP needs to gather more information by talking with the teacher or looking at the online class resources, like parentvue.[/b] And also talk to the counselor.

But as a parent of a child with anxiety so severe that it resulted in frequent inpatient stays, what I have seen is this. You might be able to be excused from things in MS or even HS, but even accommodations in college aren’t going to get your kid out of assignments that trigger them. So if you can figure out how to get through it now and build on it, your child will be far better off. Some PPs had great ideas like practice in the mirror or an empty classroom. [/quote]

OP here. I do actually have the grading rubric - only 25% of the points are directly related to the actual speaking out loud part - and I have combed through all the class material on the student side of Canvas, AND asked the teacher.  I said [b]implied[/b] because they currently have a zero/assignment marked missing for the first day, and nothing the teacher said in her reply to me suggested that would change if the second time is a repeat of the first.  I have since asked directly if they'll get a zero and am waiting for a response.

I am NOT asking to skip the assignment.  We are in fact encouraging them to try again, but I am preparing for the likelihood of a repeat.  To reiterate - my student was completely prepared, stepped up in front of the whole class, and [b]could not get a word out[/b], eventually crying in front of all their classmates. It's not a matter of "don't want to".  I would LOVE an alternate method of submission.[/quote]

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