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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 134521" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Thanks for all the responses. You guys have great suggestions and info (thanks Steely for Lithobid input). I have learned about the backing off but I definitely need the reminder sometimes. After I wrote the first post is when I went to his room and "slid" through the lock. He had most of the paper written then so I guess he started it while I was starting this. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> He should be thankful I found this site, too!</p><p></p><p>His story about the incident was that they were using xacto knives in art class when he turned to chat with another kid a minute. When he turned back to work again and starting cutting, he then realized that it was his friend's (who was sitting next to him) paper he was cutting on, so he stopped. He said he should have looked better first and his friend had just slid his paper to the side a little to cut sideways or something.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I emailed the teacher and without getting into what difficult child told me, just asked what her take on it was. I got a repsonse like "I saw it myself and know it happened and even careless, unsafe, and silly behavior cannot be tolerated when xacto knives are used". ok, I didn't doubt it happened- I just wanted to see how she viewed the incident and took it by her repsonse that it was careless, unsafe, and/or silly, but not intentional destructiveness or aggression.</p><p></p><p>Then, this afternoon I got the weekly behavior report, which gets copied to the principal. It says- from same teacher- "I saw him leaning over and slashing paper templates that I had carefully put together for students to use to help them." </p><p></p><p>Am I being biased by thinking that something is not adding up with the way things are conveyed here? This is just one example, but this sort of thing happens a lot, year after year, and typically after I start asking questions or expecting more from school administrators or teachers. And of course, the "slashing report" is the one to get documented because it is in his weekly behavior report.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 134521, member: 3699"] Thanks for all the responses. You guys have great suggestions and info (thanks Steely for Lithobid input). I have learned about the backing off but I definitely need the reminder sometimes. After I wrote the first post is when I went to his room and "slid" through the lock. He had most of the paper written then so I guess he started it while I was starting this. :) He should be thankful I found this site, too! His story about the incident was that they were using xacto knives in art class when he turned to chat with another kid a minute. When he turned back to work again and starting cutting, he then realized that it was his friend's (who was sitting next to him) paper he was cutting on, so he stopped. He said he should have looked better first and his friend had just slid his paper to the side a little to cut sideways or something. Anyway, I emailed the teacher and without getting into what difficult child told me, just asked what her take on it was. I got a repsonse like "I saw it myself and know it happened and even careless, unsafe, and silly behavior cannot be tolerated when xacto knives are used". ok, I didn't doubt it happened- I just wanted to see how she viewed the incident and took it by her repsonse that it was careless, unsafe, and/or silly, but not intentional destructiveness or aggression. Then, this afternoon I got the weekly behavior report, which gets copied to the principal. It says- from same teacher- "I saw him leaning over and slashing paper templates that I had carefully put together for students to use to help them." Am I being biased by thinking that something is not adding up with the way things are conveyed here? This is just one example, but this sort of thing happens a lot, year after year, and typically after I start asking questions or expecting more from school administrators or teachers. And of course, the "slashing report" is the one to get documented because it is in his weekly behavior report. [/QUOTE]
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