I try to put myself in teachers' shoes and figure out where they are coming from. A lot of the time I see that it's just that they can't handle extra work or complexity, which I get. But this is the kind of stuff I don't get. Why would she care? What is the fear?
Exactly. My feelings exactly. I am making it easy for her - I got books DS likes and are of high interest to him, in his 'designated level' per the 100 book challenge website, and put them in his bookbag. He rarely likes the 100-book challenge books and this is what we did last year to deal with that. Occassionally his teacher last year would be annoyed about the level of the book but usually she left him alone.
From what I got I took from our conversation this morning,
Is she worried that other people will ask for things like this?
This;
Is she just a very rigid and rule-minded individual?
This;
and possibly this:
Is she mad at you for other reasons and just feeling pissy?
He's at the highest level in the class and does well on his reading tests ...
