Val - thanks for your thoughtful response. And you're right. After all this misery, it won't be a keepsake.
Pemberly - thanks for tapping into your husband's expertise. His experience with the two students is interesting. And, yes, if the class is art, I can see where not being able to perform some basic tasks assigned would result in a lower grade for them in college.
This is for language and literature. The teacher has a wee bit of "attitude" about my son's IEP, although she has seemed to be fair with him in most things. She thinks he is being coddled and that he's smart enough to do what everyone else is doing. I am amazed that teachers are not required in every state to take at least one course that familiarizes them with learning disabilities. The only way some believe a disability is if it is accompanied by a low IQ.
I don't know if the reason he draws stick figures is because of the dysgraphia or because of style. I think it's likely just his style to be a minimalist in his drawings. And I do believe it is fair for her to assume that he doesn't always put his full effort into things. He's a minimalist when it comes to that, too.
But in this case, I think he was being honest about wanting to draw the stick figures because of style since he wasn't asking me to intervene - only asking me to help him decide whether it was more important to do what she wanted for the better grade or to make a book with pictures he'd like.
