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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with those saying to let it go. Learning opportunities come in different forms. Sometimes it's about academics, sometimes it's about resilience and adapting. Hovering over ever aspect of your child's school life isn't going to be very helpful to your child in the long term. [/quote]

Children in schools are virtually powerless.   The words resilience and adpating suggest children individually have the rights and powers to negotiate mutually satisfying solutions with their teachers. This is untrue, teachers hold all the cards and have all the power. Since time and memoriam teachers have had their pets/favorites and they have had their goats/the unflavored whom they periodically give a good kick.

Telling a kid to adapt to an unsuitable learning environment is nothing more than  telling them they have no power and no control over their lives during that potion of every school day. Children who are out-of-favor with their teachers are much more likely to bullies by other students who feel they are protecting the teacher or that the teacher has simply declared open-season on the out-of-favor student.

The idea of a powerless student adapting or developing resiliency by withstanding an unpleasant environment with an all-powerful teacher is pure nonsense and it also has the potential for long range disastrous results.

Any principal worth their salt would willingly make this small adjustment and at the same time put this kid on their radar screen as individual who may need a little more personalized care. Why not these are school designed to teach and nurture the growth of children, not factories stamping out uniform aluminum cans.

College kids add and drop classes all the time. Adults change jobs several times during their working careers. They all have reasons for choices they make and the do so without being told they need to adapt or be resilient enough to suffer through unpleasant situations. [b]If you live your life making choices and making changes, why would you deny thiese rights to a powerless child?[/b][/quote]

I honestly can't tell if this is a serious post or not. In case it's not sarcasm...

They're children. They will be fine. Unless your child is special needs and needs to be in a considerably altered structure, your kid will be fine. "Unpleasantness" is a good thing, in my opinion. That's life. Better to learn how to deal with it when you're a child, than to be an adult and have underdeveloped life skills.

Or maybe just homeschool your kid? [/quote]

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