tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post3341107143650225130..comments2024-01-08T05:15:14.232-08:00Comments on Buckhorn Road: Taking the blame for what you cannot controlW.R. Chandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908482384887766964noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post-44231956129865519052007-05-23T05:38:00.000-07:002007-05-23T05:38:00.000-07:00We are experiencing different things in our area. ...We are experiencing different things in our area. My son has an IEP-the teachers do not follow it. He has to initiate it-(a 14 year old has to raise his hand and say TEACHER TEACHER I need more time-my tics are bothering me) Are they crazy? The child is self-conscious enough about having an IEP-much less letting everyone know he's using it. And suppossedly I'm in a good school district? Last year his teacher refused to give him extra time-As she stated-He didn't know the material. (When was mindreading part of the curriculum for middle school teachers?) Administration did NOTHING!!!! I find the teachers get away with murder-administration does nothing about it when brought to their attention-I call both the administration and the teachers to the table-Aren't you suppossed to be educating our children? Want them to succeed? Help them to Succeed? Or, as in my district, just want to be right? cover your errors? fingerpoint that its the kids fault and not the SCHOOL DISTRICT. As parents, we are not stupid. We know what favoritism, retribution, and lack of communication indicates. It's a shame the school district does not give a damn-they are afraid of what would happen if they acknowledged their teacher did do something wrong-so blame it on the kid and his family. Who is working for the best interest of the children?????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post-85739482485236687052007-05-20T20:49:00.000-07:002007-05-20T20:49:00.000-07:00Do I need to disagree? Just voicing my point of v...Do I need to disagree? Just voicing my point of view.Me. Here. Right now.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17340392061207298502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post-70999259394055103582007-05-20T13:39:00.000-07:002007-05-20T13:39:00.000-07:00I'm sorry - I can't tell if you are agreeing or di...I'm sorry - I can't tell if you are agreeing or disagreeing with me.<BR/><BR/>Of course I would not throw that child away. In my post, I made it clear that the tragedy would be to not provide special ed services to a black student just because we have "too many" black students receiving services already.W.R. Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908482384887766964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post-2625119298303396072007-05-20T12:25:00.000-07:002007-05-20T12:25:00.000-07:00I'm white. I adopted black kids. My daughter, bo...I'm white. I adopted black kids. My daughter, born with extreme prematurity and resulting health and development issues, has been working under an IEP since Day 1. In kindergarten, I was told she'd be lucky to get a job washing tables at McDonalds when she grew up; no chance to run the french fry machine even.<BR/><BR/>Statistically, she's listed as BLACK, yet was raised in a white, upwardly mobile white household with decent income and parents who understand the education process.<BR/><BR/>WITHOUT those services provided by the IEP, this child, who through mere chance ended up with me...would have failed and been yet another statistic to add to your generalization.<BR/><BR/>WITHOUT her IEP, she wouldn't have been identified with even bigger problems, which were then corrected and have allowed her to succeed in ways unimagined just a few short years ago. She is not college track and may never pass the exit exam, but she will eventually be able to achieve some independence.<BR/><BR/>Would you throw this child away?Me. Here. Right now.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17340392061207298502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post-32635438023523487922007-05-13T16:14:00.000-07:002007-05-13T16:14:00.000-07:00You nailed it with your comment about exceeding yo...You nailed it with your comment about exceeding your "black" quote in special ed.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post-27032218315648102922007-05-09T22:54:00.000-07:002007-05-09T22:54:00.000-07:00I, too, attended an IEP today. This was for a 17 ...I, too, attended an IEP today. This was for a 17 year-old girl in the 9th grade. She scores in the 1 percentile in both receptive and expressive vocabulary!!, yet she thinks she is on track to graduate (when? 2050?). She was left behind genetically at birth. What is the school supposed to do with her now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post-91974617641180067902007-05-09T18:59:00.000-07:002007-05-09T18:59:00.000-07:00Oh My Gosh: Your post was, to quote Yogi Berra, "D...Oh My Gosh: Your post was, to quote Yogi Berra, "Deja vu all over again."<BR/><BR/>The same thing happens in our area. Just substitute "Hispanic" or "Mexican" for "Black."<BR/><BR/>When the parents do show up, they don't speak English and have no idea about what is going on. We supply a translator and they agree to everything. The nothing happens with the child. His/her grades don’t improve, behavior remains the same and no forward progress is made. Then they yell RACISM and everyone runs for cover.<BR/><BR/>In the end, the teacher is the one held accountable for these "youngsters” lack of progress.<BR/><BR/>I am sorry, but education is not for everyone. Please allow me to explain that statement.<BR/><BR/>People should receive a basic education. I think that is the responsibility of a society. However, if higher education is not desired, then so be it. Place them in a program where they can learn a trade that gives them a chance to support themselves.<BR/><BR/>“No Child left Behind” is a good idea in theory. The truth is that some of them do not care of they are left behind.<BR/><BR/>As for Special Education students, we need to take care of their needs. However the powers that be may want to look into why these students are labeled special education.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes the problems of the world are not served by labeling a child as “special ed.” Perhaps the labeling is part of the problem.Texas Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525269037676903562noreply@blogger.com