I admit it! I am tired. Physically: My body is tired from kneeling in wet cold barns and the hard, cold cement floor (laying tile in the mudroom). Tensely dealing with angry bees who are naturally defensive and protective of their queen, also makes the muscles sore. Also took advantage of the weather yesterday and raked the back yard. The physical fatigue is not helping me emotionally either.
Mentally: I have spent the last two hours pouring over my daughter's school records and researching what our options are for her education. Why is it I can see that there is an issue, yet so few others see it? Every grade report from the very first marking period of kindergarten mentions her difficulties with either grammar, reading or writing. The non-school "learning specialists" which I have spoken to won't even consider working with us until the public school has performed certain tests. Or I pay through the nose to have a private agency test her. And then the fees they charge per hour to "educate" her could feed my family for a week!
"I have yet begun to fight!"
1 comment:
Don't let the jerks win the tug o war.
I know how exhausting it is. As I said when she blatantly fails the CMT's you will have the only weapon they will recognize. Then it is lawyer time. For now leave a long paper trail. Work with the teachers and reading folks at the school. But write letters and send copies to all the executive branch and the school board so it will take little in the way of legal pressure to get the help needed. There is only so much one can do at any given time. Your time will come. Leave those pebbles instead of bread crumbs so the trail easy to follow.
In the long run it is your child who will benefit. It is hard in todays society that demands instant gratification to follow the prehistoric protocols of an obsolete education system.
It is of little help but know you are not alone in the quest. Find strength in that angel face of your child and just be patient with all those involved including ME!
By the way I'm pretty gal durn tired myself!
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