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| | From:  Ðày© (Original Message) | Sent: 10/12/2004 11:37 AM |
Dear reader... I'm a little off today  had an appointment to see Katie's teacher yesterday and she had nothing good to say about her. Told me she tried to do Katies reading with her straight after lunch, and Katie was more interested in a crumb on the mat  called her to the board and asked her to write the number 30 Katie wrote 52  She's tries hard to keep up with her peers, but has trouble with number and word recognition, she's only 7 and I'm well aware of this , but what got me was the fact she found it a struggle to say anything nice. Katie's well behaved a bit of a tom boy but quiet, never complains even when she's unwell and always stays to help the teacher clean up after a messy activity. She plays with a little boy after school and they collect bugs, chase frogs or ride their bikes... the guilt has hit me hard, and I feel its my fault. Yours ...went to bed in bad form seriously p*ssed, wrecked with guilt and in need of a good cry! |
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Awwwwww....(((((((hugs)))))))) I'm so glad you feel better hun  |
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| | | From: ghaens | Sent: 10/12/2004 1:19 PM |
Honestly Day, it defies belief that a teacher can be like this in this day and age. Obviously she had teachers previous to this who have taken the time to get to know Katie and given you posivite feedback on her progress. Is there a personality clash do you think? Some teachers just don't 'get' kids do they? I'm sure you feel guilty, what mother wouldn't. But you only feel guilty cause that cow made you feel that way. You have instilled a sense of fun and joy into your children. I know this from what you write. What more could a child want then to be happy and have a loving, caring family around her. You should be bursting with pride that you have given the gift of happiness to your children. |
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| | | From: ßratz | Sent: 10/12/2004 3:58 PM |
Let me tell you a story of a young boy named Josh. After YEARS of trying to get extra help for his son, Josh's mom was called inot the office to hear that "extra help would be a waste of time, because he doesn't care", but they were going to fail him in grade 3 When children feel behind, they are embarrassed, and feel bad, and they dont' try, because it is easier not to try, then to try and then fail Well, Josh's mom felt like a horrid mum, a failure, and worked with him, over the summer, then she decided to homeschool him for a year, thenm two. Now Josh is turning 12 Top of his class He is referred to as "The brain". The moral. Stick with her. AShe will come into her own, she just needs you to know she can This little boy is a friends son, and the most remarkable, lovable little boy.  |
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| | | From: Ðày© | Sent: 10/12/2004 4:15 PM |
What an inspirational story Bratz  your a sweetheart for taking the time to tell me  your spot on with the moral, I agree whole heartily, I'll always be there for her just need to grow a tougher skin and not let people get me down |
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What an utter b*tch that teacher sounds to be! I'd tell the headteacher what you've said here mate. It sounds to me like the teacher needs to be tought a few lessons and not poor Katie, bless her. Huge hugs to you hunny. |
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| | | From: Ðày© | Sent: 10/14/2004 3:18 PM |
Thanks ladies for taking the time to listen, I'm feeling a lot better about it now, hubby thinks she's not stimulated enough, when I did her tens & units homework with her last night she flew through it and your right MC it will all come toghter in her own time her teacher if off to Italy for a couple of weeks, So It'll be interesting to see how she gets on with a new teacher |
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That should help having a different teacher. Its amazing how one persons negativity can hold a child back!! Shes brilliant in her own way! |
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What else can I add, Day, but hugs. You're a great mum and that teacher sounds like a right cow. I'd go in and see her and tell her you're not happy with th previous conversation you had with her. She sounds just like Oliver's teacher.  |
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Sorry it's taken me a while to get onto this we've had a kind of mini inspection in school this week, and everything else has been somewhat abandoned But I'll make up for it in quantity on this post If you are not happy with what was said, and clearly you are not, then you need to air it with the teacher again. Tell her that you are more than willing to give as much help and support as you can through homework, but that you expect Katie to be provided with appropriate activities during school time too - it's what the teacher gets paid for after all! I bet she could tell you everything there is to know about various different bugs, but the work in school is obviously doing nothing to stimulate her. All children have different styles of learning, some learn well from written words, diagrams etc. - visual learners; others from listening to the teacher and hearing things - auditory learners; and others learn through doing, touching, moving things these are known as kinaesthetic learners. Kinaesthetic Learners Kinaesthetic Learners learn effectively through touch and movement and space, and learn skills by imitation and practice. Predominantly kinaesthetic learners can appear slow, in that information is normally not presented in a style that suits their learning methods. Kinaesthetic learners make up around 5% of the population. The sort of child who would rather be out riding her bike and chasing frogs, than sitting down reading about the frogs in a book! The sort of child who enjoys craft activities and likes to tidy up and sort out afterwards I've had a quick look and although this site is aimed at older kids, many of the ideas could easily be adapted to younger ones too - I would suggest that you ask the teacher whether she takes different learning styles into account when planning her lessons! Of course I could be barking up entirely the wrong tree here, or maybe even just barking mad! But my initial reaction from what you said was that this might be the key! Ok I'll shutup now |
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WOW! that rub was great - just what I needed at the end of a long hard week in school - I feel better already  |
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she could be a lot brighter than they are giving her credit for. Most of the kids i knew who took no notice in class were the ones that passed everything with no revision..... 
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