did the teacher just give him an averaged participation grade for the days he wasn't there? I don't know how I feel about it because I have never heard of a participation grade but I can see a teacher may think it odd that the kid gets his best grades when he isn't there. Why are US schools so punitive about absences? Do they want sick kids to come and share their germs?
I don't know what the rationale is. When my older son had a 504 for OHI (seizure disorder) the teachers weren't allowed to count participation points against the grade when absences were disability related. They didn't give points--they adjusted the total possible. That seems more fair, for any child, to me. Sick kids shouldn't be at school. Absences would create natural consequences, grade-wise, anyhow...one would think.
