Re:Patty's grades!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone!

Some news I wanted to share. We have always fought for Patty to have an

appropriate education for her. Every year we have had to fight to keep her

out of a contained class. This year there has been one teacher who never

showed up for any meetings and even spoke about his belief of Patty's lack

of intellectual abilities. He got reprimanded for this statement. Anyway,

we got Patty's progress report. She is doing fine in her classes, mostly C's

except for this one where she is currently failing. We were not notified of

this problem. When we read this we called to talk to him. His only response

on our answering machine was he could not meet on fridays but would get back

to us. He never did. I had a feeling he was going to " prove " his statement.

If Patty failed he would say " see, told you so, it was too hard for her. "

The funny thing is our next door neighbor is the tutor for that subject.

When the next test came up we had my neighbor study with her here at home for

about 25 minutes. That's all!!! She did nothing different at home except

for my neighbors assistance in discussing what the terms meant. She took the

test yesterday. Guess what, she got a B!!!!! Patty said, " Hey Mom, when he

graded my test and told me I got a B he seemed mad. " Well, no kidding. She

just proved him wrong!!!! Yet again, there is a person who doesn't believe

in Patty and yet again though she suffered she did what was told she

couldn't.

Maybe if this guy attended the meetings and understood her disabilities

he would have had more compassion, understanding, and teaching ability. AND

it just goes to show that with the appropriate techniques she can do things.

She is no genius, and struggles in school to keep up. She has to work twice

as hard as otherst sometimes. But she always has to prove she is not as

limited as they think she is. I am so proud of her.

Bonnie

[Guest guest]

Bonnie,

Give Patty a big pat on the back for the big "B"!!!

I love it when these guys prove ppl wrong!

Mom to Kennedy 2yr old CHARGEr, 10, 8, and wife to GraemeNew Brunswick, CanadaVisit the "Weir homepage" at: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/5716ICQ #1426476

Re:Patty's grades!!!

From: Turk22082@... Hi everyone!Some news I wanted to share. We have always fought for Patty to have an appropriate education for her. Every year we have had to fight to keep her out of a contained class. This year there has been one teacher who never showed up for any meetings and even spoke about his belief of Patty's lack of intellectual abilities. He got reprimanded for this statement. Anyway, we got Patty's progress report. She is doing fine in her classes, mostly C's except for this one where she is currently failing. We were not notified of this problem. When we read this we called to talk to him. His only response on our answering machine was he could not meet on fridays but would get back to us. He never did. I had a feeling he was going to "prove" his statement. If Patty failed he would say "see, told you so, it was too hard for her." The funny thing is our next door neighbor is the tutor for that subject. When the next test came up we had my neighbor study with her here at home for about 25 minutes. That's all!!! She did nothing different at home except for my neighbors assistance in discussing what the terms meant. She took the test yesterday. Guess what, she got a B!!!!! Patty said, "Hey Mom, when he graded my test and told me I got a B he seemed mad." Well, no kidding. She just proved him wrong!!!! Yet again, there is a person who doesn't believe in Patty and yet again though she suffered she did what was told she couldn't. Maybe if this guy attended the meetings and understood her disabilities he would have had more compassion, understanding, and teaching ability. AND it just goes to show that with the appropriate techniques she can do things. She is no genius, and struggles in school to keep up. She has to work twice as hard as otherst sometimes. But she always has to prove she is not as limited as they think she is. I am so proud of her. Bonnie

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