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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My spouse is a high school teacher and this happens regularly:

- Kid who rarely comes to class decides to show up. 
- Kid sits in the back of the classroom and starts watching tiktok with no headphones, so it’s loud and distracting
- Teacher tells kid to put on headphones 
- Kid refuses
-Teacher tells kid to put on headphones again
- Kid refuses again, and yells at teacher
- Teacher tells kid to leave
- Kid leaves
- 30 minutes later, kid shows up with a guidance counselor, who requests a meeting outside in the hallway with the teacher + kid. During class. 
- Teacher sighs and tells them that there’s a class going on right now. Teacher is trying to teach. 
- Guidance counselor ridiculously insists on a hallway meeting.  
- Teacher steps outside, kid is crying because teacher is picking on the kid, blah blah blah

When all is said and done, in best cases the kid transfers to a new class to avoid the mean bad teacher. In worst cases, the kid pulls this crap daily. [/quote]

DP who’s a teacher and this is pretty accurate.  For me, it’s not the kid who rarely shows.  They do show up and do this and then the meetings happen because the teacher is bullying them, toxic or triggering something.  Then after the disruptive meeting happens, usually during a class, an accommodation is written where the kid may listen to music (or do whatever behavior) as they like whenever they want.  They may or may not have a 504/IEP or nothing and it’s just emailed that they are allowed for mental health reasons.  This really needs to stop.  [/quote]

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