Sorry it has been awhile...(major understatement), but this summer has been CRAZY busy with lots of fun, fun, fun! Now that school has gone back into session I am finding little tidbits of time to start blogging again. Thanks for taking the time to check out my blog, it means alot.
With school in full swing, I am going to let that fuel this latest blog. I don't ooften blog about my children. I do this purposefully to protect them, but after today's events, I have been pondering a few things.... Let me begin by saying this! I think educators ARE AMAZING. They have in my mind a VERY difficult job..One of the hardest. They have a responsibility to arm future generations with the tools they need to succeed. Not only in that child's/persons someday profession but life as well. To help infuse passion into their work and to tap boundaries that the student never knew they were capable of reaching. With all of this hero responsibility also comes a pile of JUNK as well. Not enough pay worthy of their job, endless needs for school supplies with NO budgets in sight, Disrespectful children, disobedient children, unreasonable parents, and the list goes on and on and on.
Being a parent of a child who is a little behind the curve, puts me into the category of parent who needs to have more than the average parent teacher communications. Thus far we have been very lucky with the teachers we have been assigned. They seem very interested in seeing my child succeed and get past these delays. They are happy to give me communications to help iron out problems and come up with solutions to nip things in the bud. Without rehashing the whole situation, here is the question I have been pondering...How often does it happen if a child is pegged as a trouble maker the previous year that they will continue carrying that scarlet letter into the next school year? Even if there has been marked progress in that child's behavior. I would love to think each year begins new, the slate is wiped clean, but try as we do sometimes we allow the past to dictate or fog the present. This breaks my heart. Living with my child on a daily basis, we tackle the good, the bad and the ugly and some days there is more of the bad and ugly...but each days brings more maturity and progress... Sending them into the big bad world is scary and when your child is being blamed for something they HAVE done, but nothing is being done to get to the bottom of the situation or too find out the WHY is where I find fault. I will never criticize the system when it is teaching my children to own their mistakes, this is critical. You will find I will only question it when they are not being treated fairly and they were not asked the why they did what they did...that they had reacted out of retaliation to an others mean and vengeful bullying. I know often it is easier to just see what the past is dictating the future to look like. Being the parent of the child who doesn't fit in easily, who needs to have speech therapy, who needs to have extra reading help, ( I thank God every day these HELPS are available to him!) I Know there must be frustration. On his part and that of the teachers, but I also know that kids can be EXTREMELY MEAN, especially if one in their midst is unlike the other, a little bit weaker, a little behind.. I am a strong believer in second chances, but I also believe there are many who would say the same but really are weary of those in need of the second chance.
So here is my thought provoking questions....How loudly do you yell to demand fair treatment for you child? If a situation arises who do you know (other than yourself and your husband) you can count on to advocate for your child? And how hard are you willing to push the point without creating more problems for your child at the school? And where does that fine line fall?.
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