My children are number 1 in my book! I do all I can to make them proud of me and to show them that no matter what I am their biggest fan! Each one is different and will have different needs as they grow and I as a mother have to tackle each need as I see fit.
I love my son! HE is my son, he is not perfect. Sometimes he talks to much, that naturally comes from me. Sometimes he is stubborn, he gets that from his dad! But all together Chase is a good boy. He doesn't get in fights, he doesn't start trouble in school, he is fairly simple and simple minded. He doesn't require alot of validation he feels comfortable in his own skin being him.
After a big change in schools half way through the year, Chase was doing well. He adjusted faster and actually better than I thought he would. UNTIL, one teacher started giving him a hard time, doing things like instead of handing Chase a folder he would drop it on the floor for Chase to pick up. Not only his folder but when he handed out papers he would float them to Chase, half the time with them landing on the floor. My first thought was this is disrespectful. What has my child done to deserve this? To be treated like a dog and made to fetch? So my husband and I put together an email and sent it to him requesting a conference. To this day there has been no response. I chose at that time to let it ride so to speak as we only had a short period of time left in school. To be honest I know there are gonna be those teachers who feel like they have to be little or make a show out of certain kids.
Well all those feelings changed when on Monday Chase came home and told us this same teacher said to him in front of his classmates "now maybe you know why your grades were so bad when you came here!" First off Chase had a "B" in this class until TODAY. (I have computed the grades and I can't get less than an 80.25 but the grade portal says 79.5) Which is very interesting because my husband went and had a sit down with the Vice Principal today. Explaining everything and how we felt this was unfair to Chase. NO ONE should have to relive their mistakes. Chase Struggled, the magnet program was too much for him. Does that make him less of a person? Does it make him this teacher's personal punching bag to verbally abuse him? Someone recently told me you are the only one who knows what is best for your child and the only voice they may ever have in the school system. It hurts me to know that there are people like this teaching our children. I don't teach, but I do work in the school system and I could never treat kids that way! There are some that I daily get frustrated with. The mouths on some of them are like sewers! Not to mention how rude they can be, they are harsh to me and sometimes its hard not to take things personally, but then I just think about my kids and how they would never do or say those things and it reminds me that not all kids are cared for the way we care for our children! I am not saying I am a perfect parent but I did teach my kids some respect and manners. With that being said I will fight for Chase. I will do what is right and try to get to the bottom of what is going on. He deserves to be happy about what he has accomplished the second half of the year. Where he did it and who with should not matter. Chase has been much happier at this school. His grades for last nine weeks were great. A's B's and one C. It appears it will be the same this nine weeks too. I am so proud of how hard he has tried to put a good foot forward even when there are still obstacles trying to stand in his way.
I just want to say THANK YOU to all the teachers who do such a wonderful job. The ones who really care abou the kids the ones who go above and beyond the call of duty to make children brighter and well rounded humans! To those who stand in the way, I pity you. To bully a child is just not acceptable in my book!
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