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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once this year, to explain ADHD, ask for some light accommodations (preferential seating near high achievers at the front of class rooms and just a few check-ins to make sure he's not daydreaming), and advise on how to support him at home.  He was almost failing the class, so I felt I had to be proactive. [/quote]

How annoying - this mom is dragging down my high achieving kid with her troublemaker. [/quote]

As a teacher I don’t agree with “preferential seating” and only comply to the barest minimum. I’m definitely not letting someone disrupt kids who otherwise do their work. [/quote]

I understand this be her ADHD kid is inattentive and easily distracted, but not disruptive.  She wants her kid sitting near the front and near high achievers bc he would be easily distracted by the naughty kids (probably also adhd) in the back. I can see why she asks, but someone has to sit next to those kids… so whether it’s fair to comply, probably not. [/quote]

This year, my kid’s teacher moves seats about every 4-5 weeks. It’s been great. When DS  complains about his table, I remind him that they’ll switch in just a few weeks. Flip side is that great tables also will be switched up in a few weeks.[/quote]

I like it when teachers do this, too.

I can't stand when parents try to optimize their kid's classroom experience like this because all the kids should be experiencing a variety of classroom set ups and figuring out strategies for dealing with any of them. That's actually part of what school is teaching kids -- how to adapt to imperfect situations.

Your job as a parent is to work with your kid to help them adjust and deal with it. It's not to call the school and ask them to please make sure your kid has an optimized experience at all time. It's so frustrating to me that parents don't get this -- if they put half the effort they currently put into pulling strings for their kids instead into parenting their kids and helping them deal with imperfect situations, all the kids would be more resilient and adaptable and everyone would benefit -- kids, teachers, and parents.

It's just so short sighted.[/quote]

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