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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think your doctor was pretty unprofessional in the assessment of the school and teacher unless he/she observed in that context. [/quote]

Yeah, I'm a little stunned at the doctors assumption of racism, and the OP's immediate willingness to accept it.  It couldn't possibly be the kid - must be the racist teacher![/quote]

The issue isn't that the teacher thinks the kid is misbehaving, the OP acknowledges that her child sometimes struggles behaviorally at school.  The issue is that the teacher didn't think that the kid was worth problem solving.  If she really thinks the kid's behavior is significantly outside the norm, then she had a responsibility to raise that with the parents.  It's March.  A parent shouldn't have to wait that long for feedback, especially if they've explicitly asked for feedback, and their kid is struggling.

I'm the PP with the AA kid who felt that the school's expectations were too low for my kid.  In my case, one example was the school telling me over and over again, when I asked about his reading level, that it was fine, he was "meeting expectations".  He was "right where we want him to be".  And then sending home a note a month before DC CAS saying that he needed to stay after school for a class for kids who were "not expected to pass".  When I asked how "not expected to pass" could be "right where they wanted him to be", they had no answer.

Same thing here, the school is expecting to see a black boy with behavior problems, so rather than seeing them as something that can be problem solved, and reaching out to the parent to be a partner in problem solving, they're seeing what they expect to see, and thus aren't trying to change anything. [/quote]
I don't disagree, but the doctor made some sweeping statements. [/quote]

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