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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She said she knows that her teacher told her to turn in a couple assignments she was missing and if she did she would of gotten full credit  [...] but should a special ed student get special help when they are so close in passing? [/quote]

It seems she got special help. Her teacher told her - possibly multiple times as she was missing more than one assignment - she would have gotten full credit even if she handed her work in late. Receiving special help does not mean that a teacher will do the work for you or artificially up your grade because you are close but accommodate your needs and in this case it seems that the teacher thought reminding your daughter and allowing for additional time to do the assignments would do just that.

Do you think failing will "teach" her? Do you think failing might help her understand that her (non) actions have consequences? Do you think that you could work from this?
Does she "forget" she had the assignment because she doesn't write them down? Does she not have enough time to do the assignments because she is struggeling with different homework and runs out of time? Does she not complete the assignments because it's too much? Does she not do the assignment because her meds kick in too late and she doesn't care about the class? Does she not like Earth Sciences? Is she still over tired from her late bedtime? Do you offer support with projects and assignments at home? Does she accept support you are offering at home or does this result in fighting because you are both stressed?

If she does well in most of her other classes, you need to try to find the reason why this class is such a struggle for her.
Could be the subject, could be the teaching style, could be the late bedtime and early class, could be the meds kicking in. However, instead of blaming the teacher for not giving her a pass (which it seems she didn't deserve) because she is close this is something you and your daughter should work on. If she has only been on 20mg Adderall since March and you are already seeing improvement, it might be as simple as tweaking her meds a bit to make her fully functional at 7.30. Try to focus on the good (fewer Fs) instead of the bad and see how you and your daughter can work on improving the bad.[/quote]

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