Monday, August 15, 2011

Tomorrow is the first day of school(I think)

Today is open house. We still don't know if school will start tomorrow because the building might not be ready. The school changed locations and they are under construction. We have 30 minutes to meet with the teacher before open house. I hope that is enough. How do you condense her life into 30 minutes? How do you prepare her without sounding like you are telling her what to do? From my past experience with teachers, they are all on the defensive. Her teacher sounded young, which to me is a good thing because she can't claim to know it all. Her pre-school teacher thought she had seen it all and that there was nothing else to learn. They are so flexible, so if they do what they say they will, it should all work out.Isn't that why you go to a private school? I hope and pray that this will work. She deserves a chance, just like any child. I wanted to write this on S's fact sheet to the teacher, but can't find a diplomatic way to write it. S is not a case study, she's not a child with a label, she's not an experiment. She has parents who are doing everything possible for her. Please treat her as an individual, unique child that she is. A sweet, smart, loving child. MY child, who I love more than I ever thought possible.

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