I don't know. I asked B if she had to be in class because her probation officer said so. She said she was there because she wanted to be. I told her I was not sure it was the right place for her because she gets so little done.
Today she came in with her bosom almost completely showing. I pulled her aside to ask her to cover up. She pulled up her shirt but it didn't help much. I asked her to keep her jacket closed.
Then she wrote a letter and filled out some application instead of doing the assignment on the board or the quiz she missed yesterday. I left her alone for quite a while. When I did ask her to do some work, it was done only after much insistence on my part. She texted during my instructions to the group and then asked how to do the work. She began a reading test and even though she had done this on at least three occasions, she wrote in the book instead of the answer sheet. Then she had to erase and ended up with just a few answers completed in about 20 minutes.
I would find my life much easier if I told her not to come back. I may have to do that. I would like a post-test gain from her but didn't get it on the language test. I'll try for the reading test tomorrow again.
She has had almost perfect attendance and has called to be excused when she couldn't come. I have praised her for that and even wrote an article in the newsletter congratulating her. But her accomplishments in class have been very little.
I looked up her IEP and noted that her mother was incarcerated at the time of the case conference and her grandfather acted as her guardian--which was spelled "gaurdian." Her attendance at that time was very poor and was blamed for her lack of progress in high school.
I have prayed about her tonight. Maybe there will be an answer tomorrow. One answer will be that I will allow no cellphones tomorrow. Maybe I will assign seats again too.
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