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Let's Go Geography ~ Review
7 years ago
This is what we did today!
This is Frodo mailing off his registration packet to the Home Ed. Unit! He was very excited to put that in the post box, that's for sure!
Then we followed up with a celebratory iced chocolate and doughnut :)
There was a bit of multiplication practice thrown in this morning, but overall it was a day of destressing & relaxing. The boy needed it and so did I. Tomorrow I'll have a bit more for him to do as I've signed him up for Time4Learning so that I don't have to start our chosen programs only to pause for holidays after 4 weeks! I think he'll enjoy it as he's all about the computer. I'll be adding some writing and such in there, and he's going to write a letter to his new Pen Pal over the next few days as well.
I'm SO looking forward to some positive social time for him ... this week we're going bowling & to the art gallery workshop with a great home ed group! And I've signed him up for a Christmas ceramics workshop in a couple of weeks too :) Looking forward to it, AND to having a full year of fun next year!
Ps. I did email the principal last night letting her know he wasn't returning with a brief, non accusatory (mostly) blurb about the fact that after nearly a full year it is clear to me that he just is NOT intended for the school environment etc... and as of yet I have had no reply. I guess that shouldn't surprise me, she hasn't been overly kind /caring to him while he was THERE, so why would she care when he is gone?
My son is NOT the type of kid that would walk up to a girl with a visibly broken & bandaged toe and then stomp & twist his foot on hers. Yet, that is what the school expects me to believe. He brought home a BRO, which is a form the children have to fill out when they did something wrong. In it they must detail what the incident was, and what they should do instead next time. On it he stated he wasn't paying attention when he walked up to the student to ask her for something, and that he didn't intend to step on her foot. He did write that some of the other kids say he did stomp but that he did not. A teacher, or the principal, actually wrote that it happened the way everyone else said. I'm fed up, and I've emailed & called the principal but no reply yet.
Not that it matters... the school has labeled Frodo as a 'problem' despite him having diagnosed special needs. And as my DH says, the minute we tried medication for him, the school gave up on him. The communication book that was started to help him & us with feedback on how he did each day has not been seen for the entirety of this term (5 weeks). No matter what the problem is, it is ALWAYS Frodo's fault and there are ALWAYS other students willing to attest to the fact that he did X, Y or Z. Coincidentally, these are all the same kids that exclude, ostracize and bully him both inside & outside of school hours... but the principal doesn't, or won't, see this. I guess the problem doesn't exist if you put blinders on and look the other way?
As I said, I've called (left a msg) as well as emailed the principal and have gotten no response. I also wrote a long reply to the stupid letter that I was required to sign :) and I have emailed his teacher asking if HE was there and could he please enlighten me about the situation since the principal isn't bothering to do so. I am almost done with his learning program, so I guess that is priority #1, since I can't see him remaining there even the last 5 weeks if he is not even going to be listened to.
In the remotest possibility that it IS true that he did what he is accused of, I would sort of have to blame the school for allowing the other kids to continue to mistreat him for the entire year... who WOULDN'T be angry and act out at that point? They have known of the situation all year, yet really not done enough. Can't wait to get this kid home again, so he can start to heal from the year of misery he has been through :( I feel guilty for not seeing exactly how much it was affecting him sooner (I did know he was struggling, and pushed for help and got some but I had no idea he was so angry inside)
Not that it matters... the school has labeled Frodo as a 'problem' despite him having diagnosed special needs. And as my DH says, the minute we tried medication for him, the school gave up on him. The communication book that was started to help him & us with feedback on how he did each day has not been seen for the entirety of this term (5 weeks). No matter what the problem is, it is ALWAYS Frodo's fault and there are ALWAYS other students willing to attest to the fact that he did X, Y or Z. Coincidentally, these are all the same kids that exclude, ostracize and bully him both inside & outside of school hours... but the principal doesn't, or won't, see this. I guess the problem doesn't exist if you put blinders on and look the other way?
As I said, I've called (left a msg) as well as emailed the principal and have gotten no response. I also wrote a long reply to the stupid letter that I was required to sign :) and I have emailed his teacher asking if HE was there and could he please enlighten me about the situation since the principal isn't bothering to do so. I am almost done with his learning program, so I guess that is priority #1, since I can't see him remaining there even the last 5 weeks if he is not even going to be listened to.
In the remotest possibility that it IS true that he did what he is accused of, I would sort of have to blame the school for allowing the other kids to continue to mistreat him for the entire year... who WOULDN'T be angry and act out at that point? They have known of the situation all year, yet really not done enough. Can't wait to get this kid home again, so he can start to heal from the year of misery he has been through :( I feel guilty for not seeing exactly how much it was affecting him sooner (I did know he was struggling, and pushed for help and got some but I had no idea he was so angry inside)
