The hardest thing to watch was the way they treated my son with a disability. I know there will be people who will disagree with the way I feel but those are my experiences and everyone has their own. Every school district is different. There are horrible teachers that have tenure and you can't get rid of them no matter what. My kids did occasionally have an exceptional understanding loving teacher and I always hoped each year they could at least get one good teacher. My heart would drop when they'd come home and I would ask them how they liked their new teacher or how was their day. They would say things like, all my teacher did was yell all day. She's always screaming at everyone. What kind of learning environment is that? There was a few teachers in High School that my son had a hard time getting to the class on time because it was on the other side of the school from his last class. The teacher had a policy if you get to class late she would lock the door. I understand it's disruptive to have kids show up late but locking them out only leaves the kids with nothing to do and opens them up to find trouble. My husband works for the school district in HVAC and whenever he's walking through the halls and sees kids locked out of their class he unlocks the door for them and lets them in. Teachers get mad. LOL. My kids are graduated now, thank the Lord, but we won't forget the negative experiences our kids had. If my DH can help a kid get into class instead of wandering the halls and finding trouble he's going to do it. I could go on and on about the bad experiences my kids have had. We would go right to the principal several times and have countless meetings. All we ever got was teachers, principals and staff all defending each other therefore making any problem the parents and child fault. They never took any responsibility for issues. I know, I sound like 'one of those' parents. But people who are gaga over supporting teachers, you have no idea. The next time teachers are on strike, waving their signs for a raise on the street corner, I'm going to run them over.
