tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post922077676788087957..comments2023-10-24T16:16:29.095+01:00Comments on Club 166: I'm Number 1!Club 166http://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-1061889457188194472007-04-04T23:10:00.000+01:002007-04-04T23:10:00.000+01:00So the school bond thing passed, which is good. W...So the school bond thing passed, which is good. We'll get some new renovations over the next 5 years,<BR/><BR/>If only it was so easy to upgrade personnel.Club 166https://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-55876477270421739462007-04-04T06:30:00.000+01:002007-04-04T06:30:00.000+01:00It sounds like parents are as prone to PTSD-like e...It sounds like parents are as prone to PTSD-like episodes as we are.<BR/><BR/>I guess it's comforting, but mostly, I think it's just very sad.Zaecus Celestishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560402588548561182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-75525519401491855222007-04-04T04:13:00.000+01:002007-04-04T04:13:00.000+01:00I know I have touched on the discipline issue, at ...I know I have touched on the discipline issue, at least as far as a child being aggressive not doing with an intent of harm, but out of sheer desperation to get his point across----Let's just say, when I got our new home ABA consultant to observe Charlie in his own public school placement (this was a year and three-quarters ago), Charlie had an accident in circle time and then in OT: He wanted OUT. This was the classroom in which the brilliant solution to Charlie taking off his shoes was to have me put him in hiking boots with long laces so he couldn't take them off----don't get me started.<BR/><BR/>I can't really drive past the building where the board of ed in our old town is located......5 minutes from our old house.kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104388229716638534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-23154456006098448422007-04-03T22:24:00.000+01:002007-04-03T22:24:00.000+01:00MWAM, keep the faith, baby!Things are better for u...MWAM, keep the faith, baby!<BR/><BR/>Things are better for us this year (so far), though the bad taste in our mouths over last year remains.<BR/><BR/>I don't realistically expect that everything will be roses from here on out. But I don't expect our lives to be the same as Sisyphus, pushing a rock up a mountain, only to have it roll down again for us to do it all over again.<BR/><BR/>But I do think in terms of what schools seem to place high value on (conformance, non-aggression, self-control) that as our kids age they (like all kids) get better at these things. Buddy Boy seems to be in a place now where he is in control enough to not do anything to get himself expelled, and the teachers he is working with are not trying to purposely goad him into acting out.Club 166https://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-75017291145220507162007-04-03T21:55:00.000+01:002007-04-03T21:55:00.000+01:00I understand your pain. I just get really anxious...I understand your pain. <BR/><BR/>I just get really anxious when I think about all the years ahead of us. I am already exhausted and we aren't even technically in school yet. (We start Kindergarten next year) We have so many more years to work with these people! I just really hope that it will get easier?<BR/><BR/>I can dream--right?Mom without a manualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03419516888941518587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-1975501572931677622007-04-03T17:18:00.000+01:002007-04-03T17:18:00.000+01:00Hmm, no e-mail! Shall I, shan't I?Well, I'm in a ...Hmm, no e-mail! Shall I, shan't I?<BR/><BR/>Well, I'm in a quandary. I understand the school district's need to provide a safe environment for all the children and everyone [adult's included] need discipline, so I think it comes down to how you define 'discipline.'<BR/> <BR/>I think Kristina blogged on this definition recently.<BR/><BR/>In your case, or Buddy Boys, it should be wide. In my case, or my sons, it should be wider still after this mornings biting, kicking, punching session - but of course that was before he even got to school.<BR/>Best wishesMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828186178060722812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-85387053508919330462007-04-03T15:03:00.000+01:002007-04-03T15:03:00.000+01:00I have felt this kind of pain - including voting d...I have felt this kind of pain - including voting day in a former place of, er, employment. No matter how challenging, all children deserve an education. Unskilled staff is no excuse.Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647906900944224234noreply@blogger.com