School rant

[JHT]

There's only a few weeks of school left.

Blow off the drama & tell her to give a heads up to the kids teachers next year.

[grizzman]

They had the school specialist test this child. She said the same thing. The kid is normal. But parents insist on more meetings and that they are right.

Trust me I've been round and round with the wife on this one. It's absurd how PC the schools have become. They have to walk on egg shells non stop. It's plain stupid.

The school does make parents send to doctors for anything related to health ADHD and all that junk. Teachers are not allowed to diagnose at all.. But reading disabilities are different.

What does PC have to do with anything? Have you had a child with dyslexia or ADHD? I have had two. One is a junior in college and the other is graduating High School this year. It hasn't been easy for them, or us, but I'm proud of them.

When I see someone posting this kind of garbage it ticks me off. If your wife gets annoyed at it, maybe she ought to do something else.

[Man]

How does one go from seeing all the words backwards.....to seeing them normally eventually?

[grizzman]

How does one go from seeing all the words backwards.....to seeing them normally eventually?

They don't. They learn skills to cope. Accommodations are available if a diagnosis exist. Unfortunately the schools sometimes don't do it when they are supposed to.

[grizzman]

My wife was a teacher and now is the Assistant Director of a Private Pre-K, Kindergarten. Based on our experiences, she has been able to identify some things to parents to indicate issues, but teachers aren't qualified to diagnose these things, and she is very up front about that. She have never heard her complain about a child that potentially had these problems.

[jsctx84]

Why are these issues so much more prevalent in today’s society than in the past?

[justletmein]

Well, as long as the kid is improving it's a win. Reading coach certainly doesn't hurt the matter does it?

[kyle1974]

it's the newest scam... get your kid labeled with one or more learning disorders, and the public school systems are legally obliged to roll out the special education red carpet to these kids.

not only that, people on welfare will get additional income/revenue if their kid is labeled with some special needs classification.

It's BS, and takes away resources from the kids who actually need the help. It matters because it's less resources for all the other kids who aren't "classified" with some disorder or learning disability. It also matters because for tax payers, it's about 3-4 times more expensive to educate a special needs kid than a regular ed kid.

[bullhead44]

Why are these issues so much more prevalent in today’s society than in the past?

immunizations when the kids are born

[grizzman]

it's the newest scam... get your kid labeled with one or more learning disorders, and the public school systems are legally obliged to roll out the special education red carpet to these kids.

not only that, people on welfare will get additional income/revenue if their kid is labeled with some special needs classification.

It's BS, and takes away resources from the kids who actually need the help.

Wow, this is a really ignorant statement.

[RiverRat1]

What does PC have to do with anything? Have you had a child with dyslexia or ADHD? I have had two. One is a junior in college and the other is graduating High School this year. It hasn't been easy for them, or us, but I'm proud of them.

When I see someone posting this kind of garbage it ticks me off. If your wife gets annoyed at it, maybe she ought to do something else.

My wife is very good at her job. She's actually the one that tries to get kids with problems the help they need. That's usually her struggle. This case is the opposite.
The parents DID get the kid tested but they don't like the results. They simply want the school to agree with them. They are free to go get him tested again. But like I said I'll try to get the wife to update later today.

Why are these issues so much more prevalent in today’s society than in the past?

A few reasons. I won't say just yet or people may get butthurt.

[grizzman]

Why are these issues so much more prevalent in today’s society than in the past?

It probably existed but wasn't diagnosed. I had a friend growing up that was diagnosed in the early 70's with dyslexia. Most teachers just thought he was stupid. The guy in a Professor of History at ASU now.

[kyle1974]

Wow, this is a really ignorant statement.

no, it's actually a very well informed argument. There's nothing wrong with special needs kids, or requests. There is something wrong with people working the system in an unethical manner.

in addition to that, there is an over abundance of "identifying" disorders in an effort to peg someone's overall performance as a disorder, instead of just acknowledging a difference in intelligence of drive to succeed.

[grizzman]

My wife is very good at her job. She's actually the one that tries to get kids with problems the help they need. That's usually her struggle. This case is the opposite.
The parents DID get the kid tested but they don't like the results. They simply want the school to agree with them. They are free to go get him tested again. But like I said I'll try to get the wife to update later today.



A few reasons. I won't say just yet or people may get butthurt.

Honestly, I don't know why your wife would talk about these things with you. My wife won't discuss issues with me because it would get her fired.
I guess your wife isn't concerned about that.

[SmTx]

Wow, this is a really ignorant statement.

Lol! It's the latest attack on Christian households led by a white male!