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You're being rather contrarian. You're reading a great deal into a very little evidence. When did asking a simple question become a form of contrarianism?

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Don't get me wrong, the teacher has a real problem here. If I was the teacher, I would also be eager to send the signal that: (i) the kid really had the problem I said she had and that my saying so wasn't just me being biased against her somehow; and (ii) that whether or not the kid got signed up for the extra help it wasn't going to influence how much I liked her or how I was going to treat her in the future. And if I was the parent, I would want to be convinced that this was so, and part of the way that the teacher could convince me of this would be, frankly, a display like the one my friend got.

Also, as much as I would like to think that I am a "give it to me straight no matter what" kind of guy, I don't rule out the possibility that my courage could fail me if the news was bad enough. Maybe not, but maybe yes. So this is also not completely simple.

But still, come on!

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