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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 707738" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>The kids are lucky to have you. The other teacher and aides are the problem with special education in my opinion. Sadly there are too many teachers/aides like them out there. If you complain, it will likely go badly for you. You will be seen as betraying them, or some such nonsense. Bucking the system or making waves in a bureaucracy is not really a successful thing unless you have some sort of power. It is sad, and the children are the ones who suffer. </p><p></p><p>I wish that EVERY special education class had a teacher and aides like my son had for his 5th grade year. The teacher loved her job and worked HARD to meet every child on his or her level no matter where that was. She taught the really slow kids the alphabet and she brought college textbooks in to teach my son. All in the same classroom at the same time. And they all made progress as much as they could. They were truly incredible. I still see one of the aides around town and I know Wiz still has a special bond with her. I wish every child had teachers like this. Wouldn't that give us an incredible future?</p><p></p><p>The only realistic options that you have are to find another position with another teacher, one who is actually a good teacher who cares, as this teacher clearly does not care, or else to stay and do what you can. If you choose to complain, find another position first for they WILL make your life miserable or else do all they can to fire you or make you quit if you make waves. I wish it was different, but I doubt that it is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 707738, member: 1233"] The kids are lucky to have you. The other teacher and aides are the problem with special education in my opinion. Sadly there are too many teachers/aides like them out there. If you complain, it will likely go badly for you. You will be seen as betraying them, or some such nonsense. Bucking the system or making waves in a bureaucracy is not really a successful thing unless you have some sort of power. It is sad, and the children are the ones who suffer. I wish that EVERY special education class had a teacher and aides like my son had for his 5th grade year. The teacher loved her job and worked HARD to meet every child on his or her level no matter where that was. She taught the really slow kids the alphabet and she brought college textbooks in to teach my son. All in the same classroom at the same time. And they all made progress as much as they could. They were truly incredible. I still see one of the aides around town and I know Wiz still has a special bond with her. I wish every child had teachers like this. Wouldn't that give us an incredible future? The only realistic options that you have are to find another position with another teacher, one who is actually a good teacher who cares, as this teacher clearly does not care, or else to stay and do what you can. If you choose to complain, find another position first for they WILL make your life miserable or else do all they can to fire you or make you quit if you make waves. I wish it was different, but I doubt that it is. [/QUOTE]
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