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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 17416" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>A few things worry me about this.</p><p></p><p>1) The only people I can send the link to, who would watch it, are already on the campaign trail to make our local teachers more aware of the problems. We seem to have a whole community of Teddys and pre-enlightenment Mrs Thompsons. They would never watch this, except with a curl on their lips.</p><p></p><p>2) Why did so many of the previous teachers not do something earlier? Surely some sort of support could have been put in place by an earlier years' teacher, to cushion this child? As each year's report was read, I felt the frustration - what took so long, for ANYONE to make the connection and help this child?</p><p></p><p>I have seen too many Teddys and too little support. But I have seen the occasional flash of enlightenment and right now I'm seeing, in a young friend of ours, the joy that comes when she finally is given a chance to express her ability to learn well.</p><p>Teddy had reasons for his problems. But when a bright, capable, obedient child is 'dumbed down' by a teacher whose main motivation seemed to be, "this child is too bright, too big for her boots," and the school permits this to continue after being told about it, then you have a child who is being taught to NOT achieve or she will be victimised.</p><p></p><p>She has been at a new school for two weeks. Already she is blossoming, happy and enthusiastic. I've been asked by her mother to collect her after school today and I'm looking forward to it - I enjoy being around this kid. She is also very good for difficult child 3.</p><p>She is only one child of many. I grieve for this local school which has allowed this to happen, over many years. We now live in a community full of kids like Teddy would have become, if he hadn't been helped.</p><p>It's not pretty.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 17416, member: 1991"] A few things worry me about this. 1) The only people I can send the link to, who would watch it, are already on the campaign trail to make our local teachers more aware of the problems. We seem to have a whole community of Teddys and pre-enlightenment Mrs Thompsons. They would never watch this, except with a curl on their lips. 2) Why did so many of the previous teachers not do something earlier? Surely some sort of support could have been put in place by an earlier years' teacher, to cushion this child? As each year's report was read, I felt the frustration - what took so long, for ANYONE to make the connection and help this child? I have seen too many Teddys and too little support. But I have seen the occasional flash of enlightenment and right now I'm seeing, in a young friend of ours, the joy that comes when she finally is given a chance to express her ability to learn well. Teddy had reasons for his problems. But when a bright, capable, obedient child is 'dumbed down' by a teacher whose main motivation seemed to be, "this child is too bright, too big for her boots," and the school permits this to continue after being told about it, then you have a child who is being taught to NOT achieve or she will be victimised. She has been at a new school for two weeks. Already she is blossoming, happy and enthusiastic. I've been asked by her mother to collect her after school today and I'm looking forward to it - I enjoy being around this kid. She is also very good for difficult child 3. She is only one child of many. I grieve for this local school which has allowed this to happen, over many years. We now live in a community full of kids like Teddy would have become, if he hadn't been helped. It's not pretty. Marg [/QUOTE]
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