My year 7 son got detention today for forgetting to get his planner signed in the last week of last term. He was made to do 50 lines.
The issue is that he has dyslexia. He is very forgetful and disorgansied as a result and finds writing very slow and difficult. He therefore took so long doing these lines that he missed lunch.
He was punished for forgeting which is part of his dyslexia, and then further punished by being forced to do a task that he struggles with! I think that this is very unfair and some consideration / allowances should have been made. I have written in his planner saying the above.
However, I still need the schoool on-side to help him [so far they are mostly talk and a little action], so how much further should I take it?
It has me so cross that I am up here writing this rather than sleeping!! What should I do next?
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unjustified detention - aaaaaaargh!!!!
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medmum · 07/01/2011 00:21
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