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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 325478" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Marg, the reason Terri mientioned public school looking good is because her difficult child will likely be asked to leave this school at the meeting in Dec. It is a private school and they do not have the funding to meet all the things he needs. They don't legally have to offer an IEP and while they have made some accommodations, they don't really seem able or willing to really understand and provide what he needs.</p><p></p><p>Public schools are often considered less desirable and are thought to give a lower quality of education, so many people try to keep their kids there instead of in public schools. The catch with this is that the private schools are great at teaching to the middle of the bell curve. They don't offer much to the real outliers, with exception of some schools designed specifically for the very gifted or those students with specific narrowly defined disabilities/problems.</p><p></p><p>Our public schools are required to offer what every child needs, and they cannot use lack of funds or other issues to deny services. For many of our kids, it really takes public school to find a program that can help. The program won't be perfect, but it HAS to educate the child so they usually work to find a way.</p><p></p><p>She isn't just going through all the schools because she has a problem here or there. </p><p></p><p>Terry, it sounds like you and the teacher probably are NOT going to agree. I think the biggest problem here is that difficult child told you that she said X. You called and left your message assuming (as is normal) that the teacher DID say X. The teacher does not think she said X. So either difficult child is lying and believing his lie, or the teacher said one thing and he understood it to be another thing. (Of course it could be that he just didn't want to change it and said something to get you off his back.)</p><p></p><p>Chances are he heard Y and understood X. Or the teacher said X, tihnking the students would understand she meant Y, and she truly does not realize that she said X. Either way, it is a perception problem. Teacher perceived she said one thing, difficult child perceived seh said another. You perceived difficult child as being truthful and correct. </p><p></p><p>It would be great if the teacher would put the assignment and directions for resources on a web page. But most give the barest description of the assignment when pushed to put them online. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I am sorry she cornered you like that. It seems unprofessional of her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 325478, member: 1233"] Marg, the reason Terri mientioned public school looking good is because her difficult child will likely be asked to leave this school at the meeting in Dec. It is a private school and they do not have the funding to meet all the things he needs. They don't legally have to offer an IEP and while they have made some accommodations, they don't really seem able or willing to really understand and provide what he needs. Public schools are often considered less desirable and are thought to give a lower quality of education, so many people try to keep their kids there instead of in public schools. The catch with this is that the private schools are great at teaching to the middle of the bell curve. They don't offer much to the real outliers, with exception of some schools designed specifically for the very gifted or those students with specific narrowly defined disabilities/problems. Our public schools are required to offer what every child needs, and they cannot use lack of funds or other issues to deny services. For many of our kids, it really takes public school to find a program that can help. The program won't be perfect, but it HAS to educate the child so they usually work to find a way. She isn't just going through all the schools because she has a problem here or there. Terry, it sounds like you and the teacher probably are NOT going to agree. I think the biggest problem here is that difficult child told you that she said X. You called and left your message assuming (as is normal) that the teacher DID say X. The teacher does not think she said X. So either difficult child is lying and believing his lie, or the teacher said one thing and he understood it to be another thing. (Of course it could be that he just didn't want to change it and said something to get you off his back.) Chances are he heard Y and understood X. Or the teacher said X, tihnking the students would understand she meant Y, and she truly does not realize that she said X. Either way, it is a perception problem. Teacher perceived she said one thing, difficult child perceived seh said another. You perceived difficult child as being truthful and correct. It would be great if the teacher would put the assignment and directions for resources on a web page. But most give the barest description of the assignment when pushed to put them online. Anyway, I am sorry she cornered you like that. It seems unprofessional of her. [/QUOTE]
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