<p>Lafalum- I was genuinely asking a question of the teachers.</p>
<p>This is from my post #7:
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<p>While I appreciate your example, I was not the same with a first grader as I was with a 7th grader.</p>
<p>Thank you for your response.</p>
<p>Teachers out there:</p>
<p>When you inform a parent that a student is having trouble with a grade, do you expect the parent to “change” the situation, or “explain” the situation? Out of curiousity, what, as a teacher, do you consider to be “appropriate” parental involvement? Is that something to be determined by the teacher or the parent? (My kids are fully baked, at this point, and really amazingly successful at the things that matter to them, so I’m really not asking for advice.)</p>
<p>What I am sayng is, since we like to label and show extreme examples: what is appropriate for parents? Who decides?</p>