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[quote=Anonymous][quote]OP, you are on the right track. The teacher is probably lazy and doesn't want to kick off the special education intervention machinery. Easier to pass him on, but write notes like the comments she made to your doctor (to cover her ass when your child inevitable gets the assistance he needs or god forbid has more serious issues).

I would not assume the teacher is lazy. She probably felt she was handling it in the classroom. Lots of parents do not want to hear the bad. You'd be amazed at how many people challenge a teacher at every turn.

Again, she may have had a bad day when she filled out the form. The child may have had a bad day on that occasion. She may have been harsh with the criticism on the form because she knew the child would be more likely to get help if she responded in the way she did.

Did she handle it correctly? I don't know. But, I sure wouldn't be so quick to blame it on racism or laziness.[/quote]

But it is laziness. I'm a retired teacher. This seems like a reasonable parent and it doesn't seem like the teacher wanted to do much more work than document an issue for someone else to solve. That's literally lazy (I am not touching the race issue because that is a whole other thing). I can say without a doubt that if I had a student who was two times more aggressive or two times beyond the standard for any developmental behavior, I would have reached out to the parents and quietly recommended intervention. This teacher didn't want to do that because it's a pain in the ass (mounds of work) and she thought the kid could pass and be someone else's problem (but not without a "oh, yes. He's been an issue for years, Darlene" ass covering memo.).

OP, good luck sorting everything out and God Bless you for taking care of that child's life.[/quote]

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