What I find strange about your son's assignment is that the teacher didn't need to APPROVE the book before the student could embark on this project. I say that only because the TYPE of book that this teacher wants the kids to read seems VERY specific. I'd be really mad if my kid received an inferior grade because his book didn't fall within the guidelines given. And...even if the student had wanted to, he couldn't even check with the teacher at this time because school is closed.
When I started to read your post, it sounded like one that I had already read. Well...that's because it's the same teacher doing the same crap again! It sounds like your son will be able to pull this together as he always does. I'd use this (these!) moments to teach him that for the next 8 years he's going to come across plenty of teachers and professors like this one. All he can do is ask a lot of questions as soon as they arise and do his best on the project.
There are going to be many times in his academic life that he is going to have absolutely no control over the fact that his teacher isn't the best at his job. Sometimes, the teacher not being so great at his job may even result in your kid earning a lower grade than deserved. Teach your kid now how to advocate for himself because trust me, when he gets to college, he will need to know how to. Knowing how to may make the difference between him receiving the "A" he believes he earned and him receiving the "B" that the professor believes he deserves. Of course, the professors word is final. But sometimes, the professor, when challenged, does come around to the student's way of thinking! Teach your kid how to respectfully advocate for himself. He may be wrong and not deserve the "A." But he also might be right!
RedBottoms wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 8:58 am"Bombs for Hitler" or "Making Bombs for Hitler" something like that. Its about a little girl in Ukraine I think and ends up in Germany. So I think that fits the criteria. He liked the book so he is fine reading it again. Its about 215 pages.Anonymous 1 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 8:54 am I think all schools should be like colleges and each teacher should hand out a syllabus at the beginning of the school year.
The students should have been told a long time ago about this project so that they could have chosen a book and even began working on it in advance if that's what they wanted to do.
What book did your son pick?
We were actually struggling to find a book that fit the criteria on Amazon. Most books we found were too mature for him in subject matter or too long that he would not have time to read them in time.
I am pretty big on not having him read books too mature in subject matter. Like "Kite Runner" came up as something that fit the description but that subject matter is not okay for an 11 year old. I think it has rape in it. So things like that make me picky about what he is going to read.
He does hand out syllabus per 9 weeks but he won't give out the details of the assignment ahead of time or he throws in "surprise" assignments. He surprised assigned them a paper on MLK over the MLK weekend holiday last 9 weeks. He does shit like this all the time. Its so F***ing annoying. So if you do try to plan a trip to visit family or go hiking or whatever---he fucks you over.