littleWMN Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Watch this: Please, no offense meant. I know there are many wonderful, caring people in special education. But this made me laugh so hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Very funny. The sad part, though, is one of the commenters who thought that the parents pushed for too high of a goal--for a 3rd grader to be able to read!:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Oh man.....that reminds me of SO many conversations I had about my dd. :lol: I am so happy to no longer be dealing with IEP's and the "smart" people at the school! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdalley Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I didn't make this but I could have. Times three. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleWMN Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 Yes, my dd with sn is only in public preK and this made me laugh my head off (and then want to cry). I think she's going to end up homeschooled, like my others. I put her in school b/c I thought they could help her more than I can. It's coming back to haunt me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobela Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I am a former public school special ed teacher. I wasn't the school person in that video but boy, did I work with them! I stayed frustrated with the administrators and principals most of the time. I remember one conference where the psychologist told the parents that the only thing wrong with their son was that he was just a weird kid. His recommendation was for them to make him be normal! :001_huh::001_huh: Oh, I did find the video amusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwilliams Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I worked in the school system providing OT services for years. This video was too funny!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Too funny. Dh is a special ed admnistrator, and his job is basically to go around and fix problems (abuse, neglect, lack of appropriate challenge, etc.) that special ed teachers and social workers cause for children with special needs and their families (or children who are being pushed into special ed even though they aren't, because their regular ed teacher doesn't like them.) He's seen plenty of this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykdsmomy Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 "Dr. Johnson has a beard" :lol: Hilarious! I've heard all of those things at my ds's iep's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Uh, yeah - it's so funny because it's so darn true!!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 "It's almost summer" I died at that line. So, so true. We've lived in 3 school districts and this completely applies to the first 2. I am so grateful that our current district is nothing like this. We have an amazing administrative team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Oh MAN!!! Dh and I laughed soooooo hard. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendylee Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 THANK YOU for posting this. We have a special needs child in the school district right now and we're pulling him out because of many things; bullying by other special needs kids, no instruction most days, full length movies EVERY SINGLE DAY, etc. It's a glorified babysitting service. I've been fighting for the most basic services for years and have been completely ignored; I guess they'll stop ignoring me when I pull him out and they lose all that lovely special education money.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 My 9yo thought this was hilarious. Pretty sad when a kid can see how true this is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSheep Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 "But first you must sign many papers." :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleWMN Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 "I'll come tomorrow." "No! Don't do that. You won't waste enough time." :lol: I'm still laughing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleWMN Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 "It's almost summer" I died at that line. So, so true. We've lived in 3 school districts and this completely applies to the first 2. I am so grateful that our current district is nothing like this. We have an amazing administrative team. Good to hear! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Ay I know it's funny, but I couldn't laugh. I had that same experience trying to get an IEP for my dd the one year that she went to school. It was like talking to a brick wall. I never did get the IEP. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matchpenalty_2 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 This is so hilarious! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeLovePassion Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 so funny, so true and so sad all at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Hilarious (and yet so sad)... The "final straw" that led to our decision to homeschool was the IEP meeting I had with 12 (!!! :001_huh:) administrators and staff from our local school elementary school. My son did not yet have a diagnosis but he had struggled significantly enough in preschool that we went through the district's "Child Find" program and qualified for an IEP for his entry into Kindergarten. All 13 of us crowded around a conference table - a couple more school staff members showed up but were turned away because they had run out of chairs (standing room only at my child's one and only IEP meeting - I guess I should be proud!! :tongue_smilie:). The whole thing was so incredibly ridiculous and surreal (and of course came with reams of paperwork). As I walked out to my car afterwards, still stunned, I decided I couldn't go through that again and called my DH and informed him we were going to homeschool. We never looked back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhg Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I laughed and had tears and all after that one! :lol:GUFFAW!!!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnL Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I loved the speech teachers at the public school that worked with my DS. However, when it came time to start kindergarden and I knew he would need additional assistance, it was not productive at all. That was our only meeting for more than speech therapy. We knew we'd likely homeschool, but the IEP meeting really set it in stone for us. That clip was hilarious, sad, and all too true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee in NC Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 :lol: Ours went like this: "Your son is fine. There is nothing wrong with him. He is just like other first graders." "He is 8.5!" "He is fine. Look at how good his writing is. He is on grade level in writing." "He copied that from somewhere." "No, he wrote it independently." "He couldn't have - he doesn't even know his letter names, so someone couldn't even spell it orally for him to write. He doesn't know his letter sounds, so he couldn't have written it on his own. He can only copy." *crickets chirping* "He is fine. He doesn't have a language disability. He doesn't qualify for speech therapy." Sheesh....4 months later I am getting weekly notes from his teacher: "I am worried about Logan's reading. He works very hard but is not progressing. We may need to look into more help for him":tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murmer Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 That would be funny....if it wasn't so true. I am grateful for the SpEd people that are working with my daughter but I have worked with the ones that are JUST LIKE THAT...I hated referring kids because even after 1 on 1 instruction on reading they still didn't make it past the Kindergarten level at the end of 1st grade...yet they knew their alphabet letters because I worked on that like crazy so they didn't qualify...it was AWFUL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldonstone Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Thank you for posting. I laughed and cried. It makes me sad that parents are still going through this uphill battle. I am also so happy that I no longer have to be my childs advocate through the public school system. It is such a hard and lonely journey (ours was 12 years and 4 school districts, not all in same state). Homeschool gets hard sometimes but never lonely! Thank you to all of you and SWB. The light is always on at the WTM Forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiMomNP Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I'm so glad I homeschool now. I do not miss the IEP meetings and/or trying to get the plan enforced. I do not miss the not so subtle vibe that my son's issues were my fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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