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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone have any experience dealing with a harsh grader teacher? any point in arguing? or at this point, go the "expunge" route? 
watching my kid who gets the questions, but fails to finish them clean.

If we were to expunge the score, do we still need to finish the class?

Thanks, to the wise ones.. [/quote]

1. He can drop out now and expunge the grade and retake Geometry next year.

2. He can continue and pass the course and expunge the grade and still move on to Algebra 2 in 8th grade. 
 
3. Not sure about arguing with the teacher. DS has a harsh grader in summer geomtry as well. He had a 102 in Algebra 1 but is hovering around 97-98 so far. [/quote]

Thank you. Didn't know there's option #2 as well. Yeah I wasn't so sure about arguing with the teacher, doesn't matter how harsh he seems to be. An example, kid got points deducted by writing Triangle ABC, instead of ACB... In a way, the kid is punished more for being careless/sloppy, than not getting it/not paying attention, in my opinion. Oh well, who says life is fair.

Again, thanks for all the advice and insight! [/quote]

??? You didn't know that ordering in math is extremely important? Triangles ABC and ACB are NOT considered to be the same. Even if for that particular problem, they were the same, the teacher is doing your kid a favor by teaching him never to assume.

If your kid tends to be distracted and is taking an intensive class, you should build safeguards around them to ensure a top performance. My college kid has severe ADHD and took many summer classes as a teen, and was in 9th grade when the pandemic hit. During virtual learning, he sat down next to us and we monitored his tabs - otherwise he would watch YouTube videos while "listening" to the teacher. His phone was charging elsewhere. DH helped him for certain math concepts and we hired a math tutor for several months. In middle school I had taught him how to stay on top of assignments and how to use his planner optimally, which greatly helped him manage his high school workload. All this with medication for ADHD, of course.

All this executive functioning coaching and tutoring on our part paid off because he's a lot more responsible in college and can now trouble-shoot his own issues, and doesn't need meds all the time.

Some posters might advise you to let your kids fail, so they understand what not to do and learn from their mistakes. This is risky for a lot of kids, particularly ones with ADHD or other issues, because their brains will not allow them to pivot rapidly enough, and, college admissions being what they are, this will close doors for them. I have another kid who learns from her mistakes very quickly - I don't need to monitor her, she's very functional: so this is a "know your kid" situation. For now, like another PP said, you need to increase your level of support and supervision.

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