| Subject: I wish I didn't need the money...I'd quit summer school |
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Beth
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Date Posted: 19:36:30 06/16/06 Fri
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The whole Teiguen issue is a mess. Today he was making noise while they were reading out loud and was sent out of the room. He ended up at the safe room again. Well, once he goes there he's there all day. Sharon just won't give him a break. She expects him to sit..just sit...silently for long periods of time.
She brought him to me today around 1 and told me she'd "had it with him". Swell. I kept him until 2:30 then sent a note to his teacher telling her he'd been sitting quietly finishing up a project they started yesterday, then working on a craft and the computer. Well, he couldn't go back until he went back thru Sharon. He finally made it back to class at 3:15.
So, what is my kid learning? If you make noise you get to spend all day doing nothing. Does this seem wrong to anyone else??? I could see if he was hurting kids or himself or doing something major. But, really?!?!
I told his teacher that from now on she should send him directly to me...if I give him something quiet to do he's ready to go back in under 15 minutes! He is just a kid who needs something to do!
I suggested she give him a box outline with tape but she declined to do that...she thinks putting a sticker with his name on it on the floor should be enough of a guideline for him. Um, okay, but he's sitting ON the damned sticker, so it's not a visual reminder, now is it?
Am I the only competent teacher in this district? The only one who understands that the goal is to help kids learn how to control themselves, not to punish them if they can't???
I'm so worn out from all this that you wouldn't believe it!!!
My parent meeting this a.m. went fine. Once I thought about it I realized this was a whole cultural deal. Turns out, the little girl had shorts on under her skirt after all...he was just upset at the angle and told me he assumed I'm a child predator. Nice, eh? But the principal backed me and it all ended calmly. Like I said, once I thought about it...and once I saw dad...I knew what was going on.
Anyway, I was going to put Teiguen into daycare for the next two weeks, then I thought, damn it, I won't! That would cost me $200 in daycare plus he'd lose his $100. You know what, this is a kid who is legal to attend K. They need to deal with it!
One of the preschool teachers (not the one Teiguen had) came up and said they were hassling about 5 of the boys like this...all boys who were in 21C last year, mind you. She said one of the other moms has called her in tears. She also said she went through this with both her sons because, like Teiguen, they are big kids. She said they were always picked on because teachers expected them to act a year or two older than they were. Not that it solves my problem, but I appreciated her coming to me to give me some support! She said she'll be glad to loan me puzzles and toys so if Teiguen comes to my room again he'll have something to work on.
Well, I need to clean the kitchen. I cooked chicken quessadillas and some soup tonight. I don't think Teiguen ate more than a bite of each. Sigh. Do you suppose he'll have an easy phase coming up soon to make up for the one he's going thru right now????
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