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<blockquote data-quote="somerset" data-source="post: 513580" data-attributes="member: 13320"><p>I think all she knows about "Special Education" is that it's used as an insult in movies, along with the "short bus" jokes. I've only come to understand what it really means because I've been researching 504s and IEPs for 2 years, and have read a lot of detailed accounts on this board. It's always hard for me not to laugh when she makes these dramatic statements, and it makes it really hard for me to take whatever she's saying seriously. She wouldn't even listen to me when I tried to explain what Special Education really is, that it can address a wide variety of problems kids have, and it isn't the same for everyone. Maybe she herself has even made of fun of "Special Education" kids or used it as an insult, and the idea that she might actually be in it herself is a shock. </p><p></p><p> I guess what I really need to take into account is the fact that she has a horror of standing out and being noticed anyway, and she probably thinks the other kids and her friends will figure out somehow that she's in Special Education. Maybe if the school's willing and able to do everything she needs through a 504, we could try it that way, but she will still have more absences than usual and I have to be sure that whatever we do, it will cover ME so I don't have to worry about truancy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="somerset, post: 513580, member: 13320"] I think all she knows about "Special Education" is that it's used as an insult in movies, along with the "short bus" jokes. I've only come to understand what it really means because I've been researching 504s and IEPs for 2 years, and have read a lot of detailed accounts on this board. It's always hard for me not to laugh when she makes these dramatic statements, and it makes it really hard for me to take whatever she's saying seriously. She wouldn't even listen to me when I tried to explain what Special Education really is, that it can address a wide variety of problems kids have, and it isn't the same for everyone. Maybe she herself has even made of fun of "Special Education" kids or used it as an insult, and the idea that she might actually be in it herself is a shock. I guess what I really need to take into account is the fact that she has a horror of standing out and being noticed anyway, and she probably thinks the other kids and her friends will figure out somehow that she's in Special Education. Maybe if the school's willing and able to do everything she needs through a 504, we could try it that way, but she will still have more absences than usual and I have to be sure that whatever we do, it will cover ME so I don't have to worry about truancy. [/QUOTE]
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