This is truly sad!!! I mean really sad!
I say it around 20 time per day and I will say it here in this blog.
I kiss the Cross often thanking God that I have no kids. I’ll fight for them till the end of time but to take care of them?
That’s a total different story! I’m not interested.
School starts next week and during my six months protest in front of the New Brunswick Legislature. I heard a lot of sad stories of the way kids with so-called learning disabilities were treated in the classrooms.
I remember hearing one story of a teacher asking a child in front of all the class - Hey Jimmy? Did you take your Ritalin this morning?
This sort of act is demeaning and degrading.
Of course, once these ADHD kids reaches adulthood? They are labeled as close to mental Retardation. These are orders from the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission.
I heard a sad story today.
A small child with a learning disability was told that he’ll have to wait one extra week to attend school.
The teachers will tell the whole classroom that the child has a mental disability and the kids have nothing to worry about!
Can you imagine degrading a child before he or she sets foot in the classroom?
I remember when I was in school. I had ADHD < BIG TIME > but nobody knew of this mental disorder in those days.
I always promise myself that I would do better this new school year.
Close to 30 years later, it’s worst because the teachers will degrade you in the classrooms.
I spoke to a few people about this and they told me this isn’t right at all!!!
Bernard Lord says - Hey? Drug the child and everything will be ok!
These kids are labeled even before they set foot in the school yard.
The teachers have no right whatsoever to degrade a child in front of the classroom. This is not human but what is these days?
This child in question is very intelligent just a little hyper.
Degrading this kid before the whole class will destroy him for life!!!
Did anyone else out there had the same problem with their child?
19 comments:
Knocking the teachers,who are attempting to make something of children of people like you,is way overboard.
I hope your made to crawl for this dirt.
Sorry..these are facts and I will bring it up this afternoon on the talk show.
Degrading kids in their youth is not the thing to do.
I was nice....
I never mention the school or the teacher!!!
trust me this happens quite frequently...to your first comment that person better wake up. Some teachers do de-grade some of these students all the time.
I know becasuse I have a child with special needs. Educators DO have a hard time understanding and teaching these students.
So go crawl in your own dirt!
Autism Mom
Trust you,I bet.
Since when,was a school system a medical establishment.
Teachers don't take 5 years uni.to babysit handicapped children.
A mother of a handicapped child,should certainly understand and not knock anyone else for impatience,considering their own experience.
Handicapped people in schools,has hindered the education of children that can benefit from the teaching by some of the most dedicated people in society.Go see the Idiots who started this inclusion crap.Our NB students can not read and rite now.
I used to teach but have since left the teaching profession. I understand both sides of the story - my first ever experience of a child telling me to F...Off was excused by the administration using ADHD as an excuse. While the child did have ADHD, how did that make him rude and impolite. It is not an excuse to be ignorant. I also understand the fustration of the child with ADHD being "signaled" out. I have had many children come up to me directly and say, I'm gonna be trouble today beacuse I didn't take my medication as if I am to excuse their behavior. I hear it a lot in this blog from Charles (anything goes I have ADHD).
I guess my point is no one is to blame (certainly not Bernard Lord - not that I'm a supporter but come on..)The answer is education on illness not blaming and it is not a "mental illness". Check out this site, it's very informative. Drugs are not the cure, but they are helpful when used appropriately. We provide drugs for other illnesses and disorders so why the freak out about this one.
http://www.bipolarworld.net/Bipolar%20Disorder/Bipolar_Children/pdb.htm#adhd10
Glad of a sensible reply.
I been around 8 lovely grandchildren and you wouldn't believe the stories I could tell about them ,but the key to kids is love em and treat them like people,if you don't,from the age of 1 year,they could make your life hell.Good family life and no violence.But I think that is rare.
Here's another example of you conveniently leaving out key pieces of information, jumping to conclusions, making wild accusations and spinning the story to your personal benefit.
1. What is the "learning disability"?
2. How is it degradation for a teacher to EXPLAIN something to small children? We're talking 5-6 year olds who need to have things explained to them. It will not "destroy him for life" to have the other children told about his condition. These are children - children are accepting and once they are informed and meet the kid, after 5 minutes, none of them will care. If they aren't informed first and are taken by surprise, then there's a good chance one of the other children would make a big deal of it and it could snowball from there. I agree with informing the children first if the condition will be noticed by others, I'm just curious as to why the delay was a whole week instead of a few minutes or maybe an hour.
3. How do you know if this child is "very intelligent"? Did he have an IQ test? If it's just your opinion that the kid is intelligent, well, that doesn't say much.
I just want everyone to know first off that I am the mother of this little child whom you all feel justified to bully. As if he does'nt go through enough already you all feel as though it's your right to down an innocent little boy who cannot help his issues or who he is... so first off I just want to say "SHAME ON ALL OF YOU!!! I hope you'll all be comfortable while your burning in the pits of hell over all of your nasty comments" I just hope you're not looking for god's mercy at that point in time... in fact... I hope you're all remembering the little boy that you crucified on this site many moons ago. My son is a very intellectual person and he does happen to have a high IQ! That goes along with the Autism element of his Asperger's syndrome. He is very unlike the stupid retards that leave comments putting down the little 7 year old child. Yes my child is hyper... and I am very proud to say "NOT MEDICATED" and I don't think that it is appropriate that he be held back a week or that he be made the fool of before he even enters the class room... Just let me ask you this... if it were your child... would you feel the same way? Probably not. Lets keep things in perspective here. This is a child who has struggle through not one but two years of kindergarten on account of our so called professionals... only for them to say that it was their mistake on the final report card that he was kept back at all to repeat his grade as he was an academic genius and that the social progress they had hoped to achieve was not. This is a child who has been bullied and picked on as a result to an eye disorder where patching and SURGERY was needed. This is a child who has been ridiculed, picked on, held back and degraded since he entered the public school system, and as if that weren't enough! Now he has to go through the same torture here on the net by you unfeeling, bullying adults! YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES!!! It's probably children like yours who make mine feel inadequate, and just so that you all know... my son has as much right in the public school system as any of yours do... the only difference with my child is that he is the one who will approach your child if he or she is inadequate or the underdog, because he has been raised properly. And although he may be hyper, he has not committed any crime by being hyper active. I trust that one day his hyperness will take him to great lengths in no matter what career he chooses for himself. He will also be the one who will be remembered as the one who was there for all these children (maybe yours) who were also considered inadequate. So maybe you should think again... perhaps you were that degraded child at one point and time in your life... you just remember the one who was there for you at that crippling point in your life... and then you'll know that you're remembering a being just like my son. And if you've never experienced that kind of treatment... then count your blessings and thank god for that... it's certainly not a good or peaceful place to be in.
I see.
Its the rest of the kids that make your kid feel inadequate.
Lot of people would guess that it is more likely YOU who makes your kid feel inadequate.
When someone needs help,it best to ask,not demand.
Your damned right I demand when it comes to the well being of my children... what kind of parent are you? Or are you even a parent at all? Or maybe you have a child who has no special needs. I would thank god everyday for that if I were you, and my advise to you would be for you to stick to what you know and lay off my kid!
Best you home school,but start with yourself.
Your welcome,but thats all the help,I'm giving you.
When dealing with people used to something for nothing,forget It.
Thank God you are the mother of this small child. I can see you are a very caring and loving parent and will fight for your child. Children can be very cruel at times and not even realize it but some of these adults that have left their comments on this site should know better, there's no excuse for it. I'm so happy to hear you don't have your child on drugs. You are a good mom. And keep on fighting for your child he or she will need all your support. I'm someone that cares.
Integration in the school system was the biggest error made in the education system. Proof: one student messing-up the whole class. Result: teacher abuse and parents that think their *special* child should have more flexibility to not follow, respect or disturb the rest of the class that is trying to learn.
Oh I love these
"caring" people who love to accuse my "caring" daughter or son teacher.
Or did you "caring" people think those cruel teachers of NB had no "caring" parents.
Oh yes,you started of on the wrong foot,accusing our kids,of abusing your kids.
Again,if you need help,you better be polite,or you will walk alone.Teachers are fed up.
I will comment and then take the backlash that comes with it. First of all, not all kids are bullies, I know mine is not - he is one of those kids that fits in all around - yes, I am fortunate. However, ALL kids get picked on. I;ve had my son made fun of for his clothes, a bad game he's played - whatever. I teach him to be strong and not let others intimidate him. Bullies find the kid that will take it and then they give it - simple as that. As cute and kind as some kids are, they are mean and cruel as well. As a kid, I was the subject of "bullying". I took it and had a miserable childhood, but I am stronger for it today and vowed that my child would not endure that - hence his ability to stand up for himself. It is often the parent who makes the child realiz he/she is different, not the child. What a boring world if we were all the same. We need differences to learn tolerance and respect for eveyone, not just those that fit the mold. Teach your son to be strong and when/if he is bullied, have a sit down with the bully and explain that we are all different. EDUCATION. Also, take a look at Bill Gates 11 rules if you ever get a chance. I post it on my fridge at home for my child to read. Build self-confidence in him and let him be proud of who he is. By the way, Bill Gates has Asperger's Syndrome.
Another good thing to remember,;Teachers know everything that goes on in your home,cause your kids tell everything.
My kids are ok to tell anyone they want about their home lives... My children are very happy where they live and they're very secure in their home. There's nothing to hide here, so I don't really know what it is that you're trying to say? But thanks for your input I guess!
To "The mom of this innocent little child":
So you have no problem calling people "stupid retards"? I can tell from how you wrote what you did, that you're a militant hypocritical mother in denial about her son's condition(s). If your son is, in your eyes, the same as every other child, then why was the educational system ever informed of anything in the first place when he first entered the school system years ago? It's the same as when Charles informed his employer of having ADHD. What relevance was there for you to do that, aside from wanting him to be coddled and treated special and in doing so, become a possible magnet for bullies? By loudly pointing out differences to everyone, you are actually the one encouraging people to think of your son as different.
When I was a child, my mother was concerned that I may have had Asperger's Syndrome but it wasn't severe enough for her to take me around to half a dozen doctors for any official diagnosis. When she told me this a few years ago, I was initially hurt to think that my own mother thought I may have been autistic but decades later, I've researched the condition online and reading through the signs of it, they do sound quite familiar to me (then and now) so I understand how she could have thought that. The signs of ADHD are also very familiar to me when I analyze my own behaviours and thought patterns.
So while I suspect that I do have both conditions (to certain degrees) I will never seek out medical advice for either. Far from being an excuse (as some people love to do), being the way that I am has certainly helped my career.
Wired had a great article on Asperger's Syndrome along with an Autism-Spectrum Quotient quiz published by Cambridge University. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aspergers.html
Good for you 5.36pm.
It would be nice if lots more of us could be like YOU and your MOTHER.
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