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[quote=Anonymous]My 4th grader's teacher seems to have it in for him personally. He is by all accounts a compliant, sensitive child.  He does not seem capable (at home) of sassing back or being sarcastic.  It's just not how he's wired, unlike my other children.  He's the type that is uncomfortable when rules are broken.  Since he started pre-k, we have been at 4 schools (moved so much with work).  He has also played on 4 different soccer teams.  All his coaches and teachers have stated how compliant and cheerful he is.

Hi teacher this year regularly requests meetings with me to discuss his behavior.  There are never concrete transgressions.  Yesterday, for example, she said his body language was disrespectful.  Another time she said his facial expression was disrespectful.  I asked her if he made a face, and she said no he did not, but that she is very good at reading body language and subtle facial expressions, and that he was not respectful in these.

There are rarely complaints of direct words or actions or disobediance, just this vague descriptions of attitude.

The thing is, he is not the bad attitude type.  At home when I ask him to do something, he does it immediately and without attitude.  I ask him if he's mad at his teacher and he seems genuinely confused and says "no".

Another time she said he finished his work early and twirled his ruler on his pencil.  She requested a sit down meeting over this!!  I asked her if she asked him to stop, and she said she did and that he did immediately.  WTF is the problem?  My son said that she scolded him for a long time in front of the class for twirling his ruler.  In fact he cried about that one.

At home, if my son does something annoying, I say, "please stop that", and he does, and we move on.

Anyway, my curious, cheerful kid is starting to hate and dread school.[/quote]

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