Comments on: Other material comes along

By: Belinda

Belinda — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:51:14 +0000

I confess…that I LIKE eating Frito Pie right out of the the little Fritos bag with a plastic spork.

Hang in there, kiddo.

By: Ramblin' Red

Ramblin' Red — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:40:27 +0000

Grrr….

We have a 504 non-compliance issue here too…but…she IS doing ok. Could she be doing better if the adaptations were adhered to? Maybe.

Is it almost the end of the school year? Yes.

Do I want to say anything? Debating.

Hugs…

By: Southernbelle

Southernbelle — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:17:15 +0000

My daughter has also called it a “Confession stand”. I think it is hilarious also.

By: Aimee

Aimee — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:30:14 +0000

Confession stand! Oh, that Chickadee is one funny girl.

As for the school: grrrrrrrr. I agree with what Jennielynn said above. I think you have to threaten to take this thing higher. Nicely, of course, but make your intentions clear.

By: The Other Other Dawn

The Other Other Dawn — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:32:11 +0000

I hear ya.

In Newfoundland, we have ISSPs (individual student service plans). They are just as ineffective. My kid with Central Auditory Processing Deficit? Supposed to have “quiet room” in which to write tests? Routinely got put into the room with the kids with Dyslexia, who, of course, need the test questions read out loud to them. Way to support my kid, teachers! Am I glad my kids are both finished with the public school system? You betcha!

Same child, who never did get her diploma, is now holding down a full-time, more than miniumum wage office job, will soon start an evening program to get her high school equivalency (all under her own initiative) and then plans to go on to do a program in massage therapy. Seems you can’t keep a good kid down. Take that, teachers!

Issues? Moi???

Hang in there. Despite the school system’s best (or worst) efforts, your kids will be fine because they’re being raised to have good values. They see the adults in their lives working hard and they are learning that as their standard even if you can’t tell just yet.

By: Leandra

Leandra — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:42:58 +0000

You know, the kids on campus actually set up some kind of Confession Stand near my office last week. There was a big sign that said “CONFESSION” and then a smaller sign that said “Have you been offended? Tell us about it!” I didn’t have the heart to tell them that confession is really about how you have offended someone else, NOT how they have offended you.

By: kate

kate — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:57:28 +0000

So is this your Confession Stand?

Also, thanks to your blog, I have begun thinking of Important Things in my head Like This, And This, And This… I never used to consider capitalization expressive.

By: Daisy

Daisy — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:57:27 +0000

At our last meeting to update Amigo’s BIP (Behavior Intervention Plan), the team was woefully ignorant of the need for such plan until Husband blew his stack and announced we were NOT going to go through the court system with our son due to administrative incompetence — for a second time. Yes, it’s happened once already. rumblerumblerumble…you go, Mom, push that 504!

By: April

April — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:25:30 +0000

Gotta love readily accessible confession stands!

By: Windy

Windy — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:48:26 +0000

Why is it that all the school’s defenses against the implementation of a 504 plan just sound like “Wahhhh, but I don’t want to, Mommy, don’t maaaake me! *stomps feet*”?

Because I know that’s how it sounded to me and my mother when we were fighting for my equal education. Monkey has my sympathy.

I’m right there with you and sending good thoughts your way.

I also love the “Confession Stand”. That brightened my day.