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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 495142" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I don't know how advanced the assignment is, mostly because my strange kiddoes do things like that for fun now and again. Jess did one at about age 10. yes, odd, but she also had HUGE meltdowns when she first learned that there was a summer break. She didn't WANT a break, she wanted school all summer. I have probably the only kid who begged for summer school for several years. So I admit to not having a clue. My 3rd gr niece does bibliographies, etc... - we are nuts, I know. The paper my niece turned in before the holidays was supposed to be a few paragraphs and a list of sources. Ended up two typed pages plus cover sheet and bibliography. None of us finds that odd, but we know the rest of the world does. Gfgbro and I were the ones reading the encyclopedia on Sat mornings while Dad watched Bugs Bunny. No joke. Was routine. Biggest war between gfgbro and myself as kids? He took the book of Shakespeare sonnets from me because I wasn't "old enough" to understand it. I hid his latin textbook for a semester - in his own room. He NEVER took a book away from me by force again - he was terrified what I would do next. (I was mostly easy child, but could go difficult child if pushed enough - and had a LOT more creativity and less rigid thinking than he did. </p><p></p><p>Still makes me laugh and my mother cringe.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, the issue here isn't the assignment. It is that your daughter is not ready to do this and the teacher doesn't seem to care. I drove teachers NUTS for years, esp in the library because it was like herding a cat to get me to do what I didn't want to do with-o a dang good reason. Libraries were MY space and the teacher was supposed to shut up and go away and leave me ALONE with my BOOKS. Yeah. Odd. I know.</p><p></p><p>In your case, make them break it down into smaller assignemnts. If they come together as a bigger assignment later, cool. If not, tough for the teacher. Your daughter needs education on her level, not on someone else's. An IEP is a legal document and isn't option for the teacher. If teacher won't modify, do it for her and elt her gripe. </p><p></p><p>In the long run the assignment won't mean much to you or your daughter. What WILL mean a lot is that she will know you will stick up for her and make her school give her what she needs (not wants, but understanding that comes much, much, much later).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 495142, member: 1233"] I don't know how advanced the assignment is, mostly because my strange kiddoes do things like that for fun now and again. Jess did one at about age 10. yes, odd, but she also had HUGE meltdowns when she first learned that there was a summer break. She didn't WANT a break, she wanted school all summer. I have probably the only kid who begged for summer school for several years. So I admit to not having a clue. My 3rd gr niece does bibliographies, etc... - we are nuts, I know. The paper my niece turned in before the holidays was supposed to be a few paragraphs and a list of sources. Ended up two typed pages plus cover sheet and bibliography. None of us finds that odd, but we know the rest of the world does. Gfgbro and I were the ones reading the encyclopedia on Sat mornings while Dad watched Bugs Bunny. No joke. Was routine. Biggest war between gfgbro and myself as kids? He took the book of Shakespeare sonnets from me because I wasn't "old enough" to understand it. I hid his latin textbook for a semester - in his own room. He NEVER took a book away from me by force again - he was terrified what I would do next. (I was mostly easy child, but could go difficult child if pushed enough - and had a LOT more creativity and less rigid thinking than he did. Still makes me laugh and my mother cringe. Anyway, the issue here isn't the assignment. It is that your daughter is not ready to do this and the teacher doesn't seem to care. I drove teachers NUTS for years, esp in the library because it was like herding a cat to get me to do what I didn't want to do with-o a dang good reason. Libraries were MY space and the teacher was supposed to shut up and go away and leave me ALONE with my BOOKS. Yeah. Odd. I know. In your case, make them break it down into smaller assignemnts. If they come together as a bigger assignment later, cool. If not, tough for the teacher. Your daughter needs education on her level, not on someone else's. An IEP is a legal document and isn't option for the teacher. If teacher won't modify, do it for her and elt her gripe. In the long run the assignment won't mean much to you or your daughter. What WILL mean a lot is that she will know you will stick up for her and make her school give her what she needs (not wants, but understanding that comes much, much, much later). [/QUOTE]
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