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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 38453"><p>I've been there with both easy child, when he was depressed, and with difficult child. Before the IEP was implemented early this year (while I was fighting with the school...whole other story), the guidance counselor called and was concerned cause difficult child was failing some classes. She didn't like it when I told her that it didn't surprise me and that I wasn't concerned about it. I was, and continue to be, more concerned with getting her to school and keeping her anxiety and panic under control. She is still learning. It just isn't reflected in the school environment and on on tests. Anxious kids plus tests doesn't equal good test grades. Further, until they "get it" and fully address difficult child's issues, they will continue to have a lot responsibility in how successful difficult child is in school. </p><p></p><p>In all honesty, the schools really don't worry about it either. They very rarely fail kids. My easy child "failed" 7th and 8th grade, but they kept moving him on even though at that point I was asking them not to because he was failing simply because he didn't want to do the work. He had failed English every year since 6th grade. So when he got to 9th grade English he really struggled. Fortunately, he had a teacher that really took an interest in him and made sure he did the work (she would pull his desk over by hers and make him do any missing assignments). This same teacher told me how frustrated she was that they continued to pass these kids - she had several - because she didn't have time to teach them what they should have learned in the years prior as well as teach them what was required of her. </p><p></p><p>This has been one of my more or less soap box issues for quite a while now. Suffice it to say, I have a hard time getting worked up over the school getting worked up. ~shrug~</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 38453"] I've been there with both easy child, when he was depressed, and with difficult child. Before the IEP was implemented early this year (while I was fighting with the school...whole other story), the guidance counselor called and was concerned cause difficult child was failing some classes. She didn't like it when I told her that it didn't surprise me and that I wasn't concerned about it. I was, and continue to be, more concerned with getting her to school and keeping her anxiety and panic under control. She is still learning. It just isn't reflected in the school environment and on on tests. Anxious kids plus tests doesn't equal good test grades. Further, until they "get it" and fully address difficult child's issues, they will continue to have a lot responsibility in how successful difficult child is in school. In all honesty, the schools really don't worry about it either. They very rarely fail kids. My easy child "failed" 7th and 8th grade, but they kept moving him on even though at that point I was asking them not to because he was failing simply because he didn't want to do the work. He had failed English every year since 6th grade. So when he got to 9th grade English he really struggled. Fortunately, he had a teacher that really took an interest in him and made sure he did the work (she would pull his desk over by hers and make him do any missing assignments). This same teacher told me how frustrated she was that they continued to pass these kids - she had several - because she didn't have time to teach them what they should have learned in the years prior as well as teach them what was required of her. This has been one of my more or less soap box issues for quite a while now. Suffice it to say, I have a hard time getting worked up over the school getting worked up. ~shrug~ [/QUOTE]
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