Writing down his assignments is more like code letters and numbers. His dysgraphia makes it a nightmare for him to copy from the board, so we usually get things like Lit: wrt 2 pomes, Math p 98 1-24

His IEP also is supposed to have the teachers check his agenda, so I may have to push for that again.

The issue was in the details - she thought "a poem about you" implied following a specific type often they covered in class. He thought "a poem about you" meant just that. He did his own thing.