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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I know several posters think my kid must be far worse than described. He's actually pretty good at reflecting on his own behavior (after the fact, not necessarily in the moment), so when he tells me he did the work and wasn't out of control I believe that his reporting is not TOO far from accurate. We've had years of experience getting to the real story and now he's pretty efficient at cutting to the chase and being honest about what didn't go well. Also, in my original post I wanted to make clear that he wasn't perfect and listed everything I could think of (no hiding the ball).

I am inclined to ask the teacher to help me understand the grading rubric for the lab and how she arrived at the grade. It was a 25 point lab. She gave him 7 points. So somewhere along the line 18 points were not earned (or were docked, however she thinks of it), and I will request she detail the behavior. Once I receive her response I will go over it with my son and see what makes sense for next steps.

My goal is to help HIM learn when to speak up and ask when something doesn't make sense. But he's not willing (today, anyway) to go back and talk to her because he feels like she hates him and he thinks anything he says will backfire and get him in more trouble. [/quote]

Or he is not willing to talk to her because he knows he misbehaved and isn't telling you the whole truth.  There  is probably another family who is mad their kid's grade was lowered because they had to be in the same group as a kid who told funny stories and pissed off the teacher. You still dont seem to understand goofing around in a cooking class is different than goofing around in history or PE. Kids are using knives and hot surfaces. [/quote]

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