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Originally Posted by WarmFuzzySocks
LT, it can be hard to see those reports on paper even when you are aware of the realities of your child's life and challenges. Of course it's painful. I'm sorry. 
On another note: WHY is any fourth grader even getting letter grades of any kind to begin with? It's so counter-productive. It hits my early interventionist/homeschooler heart right smack in the peeves. Letter grades in elementary school are ridiculous. It's not like they're building a transcript, and the focus should really be on what your marvelous little human needs to learn and the kinds of supports they will provide to help her learn it. More hugs. |
Thanks, WFS. Yes, I think it's the difficulty of seeing them on paper (well, the computer screen--they only do electronic report cards now in our county). I tend to really struggle with IEP (individualized education plan) meetings, too, for similar reasons. I mean, they *have* to talk about her deficits in order to get her services, but it's still challenging and painful.
I think it's also hard for me because I was always a high-achieving student, mostly A's, gifted & talented program. The couple C's I got (chorus and PE), it was like this awful thing, and my mom went and talked to the teacher about it (got my grade bumped up in chorus). Meanwhile, H, who has ADHD, said he mostly got D's before it was diagnosed. And he's turned out fine, so it doesn't concern him on the same level.
Agreed on grades in elementary school. She didn't get them in first or second, then last year, due to the pandemic, the school system had a policy of giving no lower than a C to anyone. So this is her first opportunity to get D's, really.