I know I shouldn't be laughing but...

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My partners daughter started secondary school in Sept, struggled a bit at first but the school have been great about her dx. She now has an IEP in place which includes her having a learning support assistant for most of her lessons, as a result she's now coping pretty well.

She did a science test one day last week and hit her target mark, then brought the paper home for us to see. The very last question on the paper made me snigger a bit, her answers are in quotes:

a) Complete the word equation below to show this reaction
Magnesium + "oxygen" > "magnesium oxide"

b) In one of the gas jars the magnesium goes out immediately, name the gas in this jar.
"Nitrogen"

c) Explain your answer
" I guessed"


After I stopped laughing we had a bit of a discussion about how being totally honest isn't always what's expected, and maybe it would be better just to leave that answer blank than admit you guessed.

Then it gets better.....
Today she's come home with a piece of homework to do, related to their drama classes this term.
1) What did you enjoy working on this term? "Nothing"
2) What did you improve on this term? "Nothing"
3) What would you like to improve on next term? "Nothing"

Obviously this isn't what's expected, but how do I argue a case for lying? She hates drama, finds it completely pointless, and wouldn't do it given the choice. On one hand I almost find it amusing but I'm not sure that her teacher will see it that way if she hands it in.

Applaud honesty and let the chips fall where they may!

If the teacher objects respond by: "<snif> I'm so proud..."

Depending on her writing ability, suggest instead of "nothing" write what class she'd rather take instead of Drama. It might deflate the Drama teacher's ego but it would be honest and it would be a thought out answer. Some of them would appreciate some creativity.

there's always creative ways around questions like that......"what did you enjoy this term?"...the snow day we had....

Haha.

She's one above me. I was never to able to write anything in those type of questions.

Always encourage honesty, she will learn to lie all by herself later in life. Only thing you can hope for is that she will not lie to you.

But if you argue a case for lying it will be very difficult for you to convince her not to lie to you.

she could certainly answer the questions truthfully....just not painfully so...