That was the same problem I had in school, in grade 7 I was reading as an adult would, but I wasn't able to get books in our school library due to the restricted section for the older students, so my mum bought me the books instead.
Censorship rears its ugly head. Sort-of. *SIGH*
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Oh, blargh... People on BYC who know a bit about me know that I teach in an inner city school district. For example, just last Thursday (third day of school), I had to break up a fight between two female students in the hallway. I deal with a lot of the more rotten side of life...drugs, gangs, teen pregnancy, divorce, gang rape, etc. Parents and grandparents come to the school to help their kids fight other kids. We have good parents, too, but the bad often overshadows the good. It frustrates me, and that comes through in my posts. If I taught in a different district, I probably wouldn't frame responses through that lens.
Oh, blargh... People on BYC who know a bit about me know that I teach in an inner city school district. For example, just last Thursday (third day of school), I had to break up a fight between two female students in the hallway. I deal with a lot of the more rotten side of life...drugs, gangs, teen pregnancy, divorce, gang rape, etc. Parents and grandparents come to the school to help their kids fight other kids. We have good parents, too, but the bad often overshadows the good. It frustrates me, and that comes through in my posts. If I taught in a different district, I probably wouldn't frame responses through that lens.
That's insane, I hope they have a good explanation for it.
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Oh, blargh... People on BYC who know a bit about me know that I teach in an inner city school district. For example, just last Thursday (third day of school), I had to break up a fight between two female students in the hallway. I deal with a lot of the more rotten side of life...drugs, gangs, teen pregnancy, divorce, gang rape, etc. Parents and grandparents come to the school to help their kids fight other kids. We have good parents, too, but the bad often overshadows the good. It frustrates me, and that comes through in my posts. If I taught in a different district, I probably wouldn't frame responses through that lens.
I go to a Public High School, I'm sorry but it's nothing to do with the parents, I've met and known many kids who were involved with things like that, and their parents were great, or were alright, when you're a teenager you should use your brain, and act like an adult. Some kids are just stupid.
Oh, blargh... People on BYC who know a bit about me know that I teach in an inner city school district. For example, just last Thursday (third day of school), I had to break up a fight between two female students in the hallway. I deal with a lot of the more rotten side of life...drugs, gangs, teen pregnancy, divorce, gang rape, etc. Parents and grandparents come to the school to help their kids fight other kids. We have good parents, too, but the bad often overshadows the good. It frustrates me, and that comes through in my posts. If I taught in a different district, I probably wouldn't frame responses through that lens.
I go to a Public High School, I'm sorry but it's nothing to do with the parents, I've met and known many kids who were involved with things like that, and their parents were great, or were alright, when you're a teenager you should use your brain, and act like an adult. Some kids are just stupid.
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Oh, blargh... People on BYC who know a bit about me know that I teach in an inner city school district. For example, just last Thursday (third day of school), I had to break up a fight between two female students in the hallway. I deal with a lot of the more rotten side of life...drugs, gangs, teen pregnancy, divorce, gang rape, etc. Parents and grandparents come to the school to help their kids fight other kids. We have good parents, too, but the bad often overshadows the good. It frustrates me, and that comes through in my posts. If I taught in a different district, I probably wouldn't frame responses through that lens.
I go to a Public High School, I'm sorry but it's nothing to do with the parents, I've met and known many kids who were involved with things like that, and their parents were great, or were alright, when you're a teenager you should use your brain, and act like an adult. Some kids are just stupid.
Yes, there are also some parents who have kids who've made bad choices on their own, just as you've pointed out. We get all kinds. However, I refuse to excuse the parents who regularly do drugs in their living room or deny that their children are involved in gangs when the police present them with evidence from responsibility.
The point is that the government expects a school NOT ONLY to teach, BUT ALSO to teach despite any particular problems or baggage kids come to school with, however that baggage was formed or where it came from. Educational research says that kids need to have their physical and emotional needs met before they are ready to learn. Where I teach, the vast majority of kids do not have these basic needs met. It is different at every school because of the population of the district.
I don't want to hijack this thread, nor get into heated debates with anyone on this topic. I sympathize with the OP and hope that her family gets the support they need from the school. It's tough being a gifted kid; I've been there myself and I understand.
That's all I'm going to say about that.
Oh, blargh... People on BYC who know a bit about me know that I teach in an inner city school district. For example, just last Thursday (third day of school), I had to break up a fight between two female students in the hallway. I deal with a lot of the more rotten side of life...drugs, gangs, teen pregnancy, divorce, gang rape, etc. Parents and grandparents come to the school to help their kids fight other kids. We have good parents, too, but the bad often overshadows the good. It frustrates me, and that comes through in my posts. If I taught in a different district, I probably wouldn't frame responses through that lens.
I go to a Public High School, I'm sorry but it's nothing to do with the parents, I've met and known many kids who were involved with things like that, and their parents were great, or were alright, when you're a teenager you should use your brain, and act like an adult. Some kids are just stupid.
Yes, there are also some parents who have kids who've made bad choices on their own, just as you've pointed out. We get all kinds. However, I refuse to excuse the parents who regularly do drugs in their living room or deny that their children are involved in gangs when the police present them with evidence from responsibility.
The point is that the government expects a school NOT ONLY to teach, BUT ALSO to teach despite any particular problems or baggage kids come to school with, however that baggage was formed or where it came from. Educational research says that kids need to have their physical and emotional needs met before they are ready to learn. Where I teach, the vast majority of kids do not have these basic needs met. It is different at every school because of the population of the district.
I don't want to hijack this thread, nor get into heated debates with anyone on this topic. I sympathize with the OP and hope that her family gets the support they need from the school. It's tough being a gifted kid; I've been there myself and I understand.
That's all I'm going to say about that.
when my oldest son was in elementary, not sure but may have been like 3rd grade, they put him in a special reading class. The books they were sending home were obnoxiously simple with pictures to match. He was reading harder books at home so i started sending in the books he was reading at home, and oh my gosh she said hes doing a wonderful job!
No kidding, I tried to tell her
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It is amazing how things work like that. I was actually placed in a special math class in 4th grade because I failed one test (the wrong one to fail it appears). No, math is not my strong point, but this was absurd. I spent 6 months missing out on what I needed to know and being taught how to add tiny numbers.
One of the biggest problems we have had with his learning is figuring out what works with him. He was born a 1 lb 14 oz preemie so we were afraid he could be mentally retarded. He started speaking in full sentences at 12 months old. Clearly speaking in sentences. When he started Kindergarten I had tried everything and had no luck teaching him his alphabet. They tested him and said he had mild mental retardation and might never read beyond a 1st or 2nd grade level. A few months later he picked up a book and read it out loud. He then tried to explain that he had no idea we wanted him to recite the letters, he thought he had to know how to use them. So, until he knew how to form words with them, he insisted he did not know them. Frightening stuff somtimes.
Here is the little cutie in question.
Just can't talk about him this much and not show him.
Wow, this pic is almost a year old...taken last fall. Only difference really is contacts instead of glasses now.
It is amazing how things work like that. I was actually placed in a special math class in 4th grade because I failed one test (the wrong one to fail it appears). No, math is not my strong point, but this was absurd. I spent 6 months missing out on what I needed to know and being taught how to add tiny numbers.
One of the biggest problems we have had with his learning is figuring out what works with him. He was born a 1 lb 14 oz preemie so we were afraid he could be mentally retarded. He started speaking in full sentences at 12 months old. Clearly speaking in sentences. When he started Kindergarten I had tried everything and had no luck teaching him his alphabet. They tested him and said he had mild mental retardation and might never read beyond a 1st or 2nd grade level. A few months later he picked up a book and read it out loud. He then tried to explain that he had no idea we wanted him to recite the letters, he thought he had to know how to use them. So, until he knew how to form words with them, he insisted he did not know them. Frightening stuff somtimes.
Here is the little cutie in question.
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It is amazing how things work like that. I was actually placed in a special math class in 4th grade because I failed one test (the wrong one to fail it appears). No, math is not my strong point, but this was absurd. I spent 6 months missing out on what I needed to know and being taught how to add tiny numbers.
One of the biggest problems we have had with his learning is figuring out what works with him. He was born a 1 lb 14 oz preemie so we were afraid he could be mentally retarded. He started speaking in full sentences at 12 months old. Clearly speaking in sentences. When he started Kindergarten I had tried everything and had no luck teaching him his alphabet. They tested him and said he had mild mental retardation and might never read beyond a 1st or 2nd grade level. A few months later he picked up a book and read it out loud. He then tried to explain that he had no idea we wanted him to recite the letters, he thought he had to know how to use them. So, until he knew how to form words with them, he insisted he did not know them. Frightening stuff somtimes.
Here is the little cutie in question.
Just can't talk about him this much and not show him.
Wow, this pic is almost a year old...taken last fall. Only difference really is contacts instead of glasses now.
http://www.imagehostplus.com/v2/usr/77/fall_4.jpg
Aha, I wish I had contacts but now I've had my glasses so long I just can't be bothered with them! ... My brother is 13, and ADHD, very mild Autism and his teachers were convinced he was mentally retarded, until last year his math teacher discovered he's actually a mathematical genius, unfortunately there are no programs for children like him, and so he has to follow with the mainstream.
My brother has been programming software and games since he was about 6.
It is amazing how things work like that. I was actually placed in a special math class in 4th grade because I failed one test (the wrong one to fail it appears). No, math is not my strong point, but this was absurd. I spent 6 months missing out on what I needed to know and being taught how to add tiny numbers.
One of the biggest problems we have had with his learning is figuring out what works with him. He was born a 1 lb 14 oz preemie so we were afraid he could be mentally retarded. He started speaking in full sentences at 12 months old. Clearly speaking in sentences. When he started Kindergarten I had tried everything and had no luck teaching him his alphabet. They tested him and said he had mild mental retardation and might never read beyond a 1st or 2nd grade level. A few months later he picked up a book and read it out loud. He then tried to explain that he had no idea we wanted him to recite the letters, he thought he had to know how to use them. So, until he knew how to form words with them, he insisted he did not know them. Frightening stuff somtimes.
Here is the little cutie in question.
http://www.imagehostplus.com/v2/usr/77/fall_4.jpg
Aha, I wish I had contacts but now I've had my glasses so long I just can't be bothered with them! ... My brother is 13, and ADHD, very mild Autism and his teachers were convinced he was mentally retarded, until last year his math teacher discovered he's actually a mathematical genius, unfortunately there are no programs for children like him, and so he has to follow with the mainstream.
My brother has been programming software and games since he was about 6.
A school library can prohibit what students can check out besides reference materials that are labeled "in library use only"?
That is one of the oddest things I've heard! I sure know that when I was little and wanted to check out books in foreign languages or books that I wanted read to me, we could get them if we were under our two book limit per time.
luvmychicknkids. What a great Mom you are to instill the love of reading in your kids! People who can read can do anything. If you fail to get answers and results from the school, go to the school board members. Children should be challenged and encouraged, not pigeon-holed and denied.
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