Oh, absolutely! How awfully frustrating for you. Is the paediatrician going to write a report that you can wave at them?
I've had to go through all this anxiety, not to mention GF, and all these resources have been squandered
And I bet there aren't enough resources to go around, and the "squeaky-wheel" tyrants pat themselves on the back while the kids and schools that need lots of help don't get enough. Couldn't agree more.
At least you do know there's nothing to worry about.
Aah, funnily enough I didn't think about asking the paediatrician to do a report, although I'm assuming he'll have to report back in some way. I might well ask for something in writing to myself though - thanks for pointing this out!
Oh dear, what a horrible time you've had... I think teachers fall prey a bit to the social services syndrome - if they're ever found not to have flagged someone who needs help then they're absolutely damned, but if they flag someone and it turns out that they're okay (actually good news!) then they're double-y damned... And unless teaching's changed alot, they're very rarely trained in any kind of depth for diagnosing physical and behavioural issues and yet it's expected that they can differentiate... If she's read a single book about ADHD, for example, and gathered that children (usually boys) with such issues can't sit still, then she may be hyper aware of it - especially since it's one of the maladies of the moment - and apply it very conscienciously, but potentially wrongly to her classes... She might have been thinking that the not-crossing-legs-neatly enough is symptomatic of a motor neuron problem, especially if she'd been told he'd seemed somewhat "clumsy" earlier... Of course anyone trained in SEN etc would laugh at that
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That sounds awful! How dare she make you feel like that?? I do wonder what the world is coming too, when the schooling system treats childres like that from such a young age. Good luck with the pareent teacher evening, I hope it goes well.
It's terrible that the teachers are being so awfully unprofessional.
My dad was a primary school teacher - taught me for a couple of years - and he left teaching when the rules (OFSTED) became so stupidly crippling that he wasn't teaching anymore, just jamming kids into boxes and ticking off reports.
I'm very glad, however, that you have a ively, bouncy, personality-filled little boy - who is also polite! I think that says far more about you guys and him than any stupid ticky-box report ever could!
Blimey. I'm afraid I couldnt be as calm as you after all you've been through. Then again, I'm more of a do now, think later type of personality!
Bloody, bloody woman! These people who actively HATE kids and do this sort of thing should be banned from teaching, looking after and even having kids themselves.
And the governments arent any better. All this target setting and 'got to achieve this by that date' is knocking the personality and the intriguing, inquisitive minds out of kids.
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Oh, absolutely! How awfully frustrating for you. Is the paediatrician going to write a report that you can wave at them?
I've had to go through all this anxiety, not to mention GF, and all these resources have been squandered
And I bet there aren't enough resources to go around, and the "squeaky-wheel" tyrants pat themselves on the back while the kids and schools that need lots of help don't get enough. Couldn't agree more.
At least you do know there's nothing to worry about.
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Good luck with the pareent teacher evening, I hope it goes well.
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My dad was a primary school teacher - taught me for a couple of years - and he left teaching when the rules (OFSTED) became so stupidly crippling that he wasn't teaching anymore, just jamming kids into boxes and ticking off reports.
I'm very glad, however, that you have a ively, bouncy, personality-filled little boy - who is also polite! I think that says far more about you guys and him than any stupid ticky-box report ever could!
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Bloody, bloody woman! These people who actively HATE kids and do this sort of thing should be banned from teaching, looking after and even having kids themselves.
And the governments arent any better. All this target setting and 'got to achieve this by that date' is knocking the personality and the intriguing, inquisitive minds out of kids.
I'm getting angry on your behalf, here.
*hugs*
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