On Monday evening we received a call from MAC's new math teacher. The two of them do not seem to be working well together. The teacher called asking for some help in dealing with MAC's stubbornness. Apparently the teacher had told her to go to the bathroom to compose herself and she never returned.
Yesterday was the quarterly parent/teacher meetings. CMS apparently has a meeting where parents can drop in and speak with their students teachers. The 8th grade teachers were in the gym. Several lunch tables were set up for each of the core subjects and each of the teachers had a spot at the table.
Both Hubby and I were able to go yesterday and we got a chance to sit and meet face to face with the math teacher. We discussed some potential ideas with her and said that we would get back in touch with her after having a talk with MAC.
MAC has been complaining that we don't give her any chance to make decisions for herself. As a consequence we have been trying to give her chances to help determine her own path. We brought the ideas to MAC and asked her which one(s) she wanted to try. We came up with two: turning in her drawing journal and manga for 3/4 of the class and getting it back for the last 1/4 and having a special time on Fridays if she has a good week.
Let's hope that treating her more "adultlike" will have her acting more "adultlike"!
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