[blparent] Rebecca's question over the top; encouragement for Dianna

Sun Feb 22 23:23:18 UTC 2015

I had a similar situation with our eldest daughter, when I found out that in 
second grade she was the most advanced reader in the LOWER reading group, I 
really delved in to the reason she should be in the lower group in the first 
place.  We read all the time at home.  Come to find out, she had been in 
this group for quite some time with not a word from the teacher, even during 
our parent-teacher conferences.

We ended up going to the principal, explaining my concern, and I felt that, 
although the teacher was well liked by both students and parents as a 
person, she was not a good classroom teacher, in that she did not challenge 
the kids to strive for their best.  She was more of a live and let live, 
even with parent help in the classroom, her nature wasn't to push for 
results.

Anyway, we ended up taking our daughter out of the school, put her in Sylvan 
Learning Center for a few months to catch up, and by the time of her next 
school year, herj reading had come way up.  When she was in 5-6 grade, her 
reading comprehension was that of a high schooler.

Judy

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dianna via blparent
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 9:04 PM
To: 'Steve Jacobson' ; 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] Rebecca's question over the top;encouragement for 
Dianna

I have not been  reading the negative posts because I am living life and
doing the best I can to educate my child in a way I feel is right for her.
My theory is if you can't send positive thoughts just keep your thoughts to
yourself and do not send them to me either.  I have made my choice regarding
my child and there are challenges, but I will get through them.  At this
moment most of the stuff she  needs is online and offline so she helps find
the book she needs that goes along with her subjects and I use jaws to read
the screen.  I also use my scanning program on my computer.  She also goes
to an after school program and they are going to help as well.  I would like
more access to books, but I also realize that is not going to come quickly.
I feel where there is a  wheel there is a way.  I don't mind putting on list
why my child left her old school  She was not getting the education I felt
she should get and the school is very segregated.  She would have been
better if she were white, Spanish, or bilingual. My child is biracial.  I
also was not being told about her progress in school.  All I was ever told
about was her bad behavior which does not occur anywhere else but that
school.  I also did not like the fact there are 30 students to one class. I
also feel my child needs one on one attention her old school could not give
her.  She is doing very well academically.  I was not going to wait till her
academics matched her behavior she was supposedly having.  We got lucky and
the Chicago virtual charter school accepted our application so here we are
taking one of the biggest chances of our life.   I think it will be
positive, but very much a learning experience for all involved.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve
Jacobson via blparent
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 9:18 PM
To: Eric Calhoun via blparent
Subject: Re: [blparent] Rebecca's question over the top; encouragement for
Dianna

Eric,

This is primarily between you and she and should not be taken up on the
list.  If you have a complaint and can't deal with her directly, then you
should raise it with me.  I do not want us to get off on a long and
emotional discussion on individual styles.  I do not know Diana's situation,
and she may well have had good reasons for her choices.  However, it also
seems reasonable to me to consider when changing to a home school that one
has to look at the entire picture, including how one is going to get books.
In Diana's case, she is where she is now and we need to help her sort it out
as well as we can, but others facing the same decisions need to consider all
of this as well, and there may be some valuable information here.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:27:20 -0600, Eric Calhoun via blparent wrote:

>I love you, Rebecca, but you put your foot in your mouth without you
>even knowing it.  You act like Dianna should tell blparent why Dianna's
>daughter shouldn't be home-schooled by asking the question: "What
>caused your daughter to leave her former school?"  Shouldn't you be
>asking that question off-list?  Let's ask questions, but not ask them to be
personal.
>Do I have a witness here?

>Dianna, it's Eric.  Hold on tight to your ideas on your daughter's
>education.  Let her learn, but let her learning last a lifetime.

>Eric:

>9168894809 at myboostmobile.com; eric at pmpmail.com, 916-889-4809 ..

>Eric from Los Angeles reminds you to remember to try to be good to each
>other.  eric at pmpmail.com; also on Facebook.
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