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OH HELL NO!! So says Auntie!!

Laker_Girl

Laker_Girl

Mrs. Big Dick McGee
So I take my niece and nephew to their school today, school starts Monday and we needed to know who their teachers are. My niece is G.A.T.E. and so I pretty much knew who her teacher was going to be but my nephew, because his mother screwed up his G.A.T.E. testing isn't G.A.T.E. but has always been in a G.A.T.E. cluster class. So I'm checking for my nephew's name in the fourth grade G.A.T.E. teacher's class that I see all of his friends, almost every kid in his third grade class but not my nephew's name. Turns out he's in some new teacher's class with not ONE of his friends, not ONE of his speech buddies, NOT ONE are in his class!!! I was livid, so mad I cried!! Hasn't this boy been through enough?! Hasn't he proved he should be in a G.A.T.E. cluster class?!?! He's gotten nothing lower than straight A's EVER and has been on Honor Roll every single trimester and has always won at least, AT LEAST one other award every single trimester awards ceremony. So I did what any mature woman does when faced with such a predicament, I called my mommy and so now she and I are going to the school to strongly recommend to the principal that my nephew be moved into the G.A.T.E. cluster class. Wish us luck!
 
So I got this very generic answer from the principal and he was sort of trying to strong arm me, make me believe that there was just nothing he could do. He said that well gosh golly gee, teachers already have names on the board and cubbies made and name tags so after hearing that and my mom ineffectually explain our position I just burst into tears. It wasn't fake or to evoke sympathy I was genuinely upset and crying and I said to the principal firmly, "Teachers are adult and name tags can be changed, this is a little boy who has been through more in his 8 little years than you've probably been through in your whole life. He needs continuity, he needs consistancy and my parents and I are doing the best we can but since their parents refuse to not be screw ups we need some help and you need to give it to us." I moved him, I could tell...He didn't budge mind you but I was heard and hopefully, prayerfully my plea will impact his decision positively. I hope he realized that we're not just some family that doesn't like a teacher's personality, the teacher didn't even come into play, our point was, we know this kid and we know what he needs so please listen.
 
^Been gone awhile haven't you darling?

My niece and nephew's mom's been in and out of the mental hospital since April and their dad, when not busy pursuing rank E-ass spends his time ignoring them. My parents and I are their guardians, we raise them.
 
Laker_Girl said:
^Been gone awhile haven't you darling?

My niece and nephew's mom's been in and out of the mental hospital since April and their dad, when not busy pursuing rank E-ass spends his time ignoring them. My parents and I are their guardians, we raise them.
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Oh? And you are engaged? How you feel about the instant family?
 
It's fine. The kids live with my parents, I help and not much will change after I get married. The kids are very attached to my fiancee and though the thought of having them live with us makes him anxious, he's a man's man and would do right by my family.
 
Start the rumor that the principal is a child molestor.

And if he looks creepy, so much the better.
 
Oh God, that little experiment in asserting myself went over like a lead balloon.

Every day I would have a serious conversation with my nephew and every day he told me that he wanted to be moved. My mom sent the principal faxes letting him know how my nephew was feeling. You have to understand my mom in order not to be offended but the principal doesn't and was, of course, offended by the faxes.

I got a letter on Friday from the principal telling me that he would move my nephew but he thought it was a bad idea as he'd been observing my nephew all week and my nephew seemed happy in his new class. He also didn't want my nephew to get the idea that if a parent complains enough the child will get what they want and that letting kids switch classes just to be with friends was not a good idea.

I took offense to the principal's prideful assumption that he knows a Goddamned thing about my nephew and what's best for him but instead of going down to the school and wagging my finger at him I sat my nephew down and we had a long, very direct conversation. It turns out that my nephew does like his class but he didn't like how easy the work was. After I explained that it was only the first week and the work will probably get harder my nephew decided that he didn't want to be moved unless the work load did not improve.

With my tail between my legs I wrote the principal a shit eating letter and apologized for jumping the gun. It wasn't exactly how I really felt and I don't believe the principal would be so quick to be so righteous if he didn't have the California Mafia (California Teacher's Union) backing him up. But I also didn't want to be known as an unreasonable family. I know all of this hoopla will end up in my nephew's permanent file but I just wish the prideful principal would realize, SOME families actually care about their kids and will do whatever it takes to be sure they get the best education possible and that's exactly what we were doing.

You know, schools say they want families to be involved but what they really mean is, "We want families to join the PTA and help with the jog-a-thon." They don't want you to dare stick your nose in the business of your child's education.
 
Laker_Girl said:
They don't want you to dare stick your nose in the business of your child's education.
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Is this anything like parents complaining that Little Johnny should pass, even if he did not do any work?
 
Absolutely not! My nephew is Honor Roll and always has been. Not just that but awards up the ying yang. The kid is a genius no question but it's harder for white boys to get into G.A.T.E. It's a sad fact but a fact none the less.
 
Hey - I think it is a good thing that the family gets involved in the education of the children of the family. Teachers, principals and other school officials are just people too. Sometimes they get a god complex and make decisions for children that will affect them the rest of their life. Perhaps they think they know the child better than the parent because they see the child all day in an institutionalized setting. However, the choices they make for the kid can literally make the difference between growing up to be a janitor or becoming a doctor. Often these choices are made on presumed knowledge of the child's home life, his/her parents' socio-economic situation, and kids being kids. So, yeah for LG and family getting in there to fight for the kid. Even if they hadn't considered all the factors initially, neither did the school; however, they eventually did and things are back on track.
 
The image of Laura bursting into tears in the principal's office made me come.
 
Everyone should be forced to spend two consecutive winters in Vermont if they have school age children.

That would take care of most of these "social ills" tellya what.
 
jack said:
Everyone should be forced to spend two consecutive winters in Vermont if they have school age children.
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Why, so hideous dwarves like you can bugger them in the snow? I think not.
 
eloisel said:
Hey - I think it is a good thing that the family gets involved in the education of the children of the family. Teachers, principals and other school officials are just people too. Sometimes they get a god complex and make decisions for children that will affect them the rest of their life. Perhaps they think they know the child better than the parent because they see the child all day in an institutionalized setting. However, the choices they make for the kid can literally make the difference between growing up to be a janitor or becoming a doctor. Often these choices are made on presumed knowledge of the child's home life, his/her parents' socio-economic situation, and kids being kids. So, yeah for LG and family getting in there to fight for the kid. Even if they hadn't considered all the factors initially, neither did the school; however, they eventually did and things are back on track.
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You think things are back on track? What about "fixing the parents"? Or is it better just to figure they're a lot cause?
 
Their parents are a lost cause, without question. It's unfortunate but the two most selfish people in the world married eachother. They were happy as if they had good sense with their dogs and boats and big houses and fancy cars but once they decided to keep up with the Jones' and reproduce everything fell apart. Turns out, you can't be totally self consumed and have children, they tend to take up all of your "me" time. My brother is no better than is ex-wife except that he isn't nor does he pretend to be mentally ill for attention but other than that he's as worthless as she.

As for the situation being back on track. I E-mailed the head of the PTA who also happens to be one of my nephew's friend's mother and asked for her advice. She said that she'd do everything she could to make sure her children have the best education and educational enviornment as possible and if that aggrivates the principal, so be it. I took that to heart had yet another conversation with my nephew and the root of the problem is the pace in which the class works. It's too slow and too boring so we've decided that to hell with it, we'll move him and go down in history as the family the principal hates.
 
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