Comments | phinnia: deep breaths ... annnnnnnnnnd zen. um no. FAIL.

phinnia

deep breaths ... annnnnnnnnnd zen. um no. FAIL.

Sep 23, 2008 16:27

Okay. Yes. The reading assignment (why do they hand out these 'assignments' when really it's more work for the parents? I do have other things I have to get done during the increasingly shorter part of the day that I'm not sleeping.) I will allow to go by, even though it is somewhat bizarre to be reading to a child that is totally blind and has ( Read more... )

your stupid makes me capslock, big honking case of wtf?

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amy_119 September 23 2008, 23:35:53 UTC

Ugh, that is pretty ridiculous. You coloring will have absolutely no benefit for your son. Hopefully the teacher will understand that.

phinnia September 23 2008, 23:52:32 UTC

Hopefully she will. She seems usually quite reasonable which is why this shocked me so badly.

cindy_lou_who8 September 23 2008, 23:37:08 UTC

Coloring? I can *sort* of see the reading thing, if not for at least perhaps pickups on tone and rhythm.....Are they aware that your child is ummmm visually impaired? Not to say that Sean wouldn't enjoy coloring, if it were the walls perhaps, but . . . . WTF? Christoper liked to color and do anything everyone else was doing it, but he was 11 when I was with him and there is a big difference in age here so.... but then Chris liked to ride his bike into fences as well. So.....

phinnia September 23 2008, 23:51:35 UTC

they SHOULD be aware of this, considering it's all over his file, etc etc etc. The difference between 'should' and 'do' may be pretty big.

cindy_lou_who8 September 24 2008, 00:14:31 UTC

Very true.

My 6th and 7th graders enjoy colouring. :)

ecwoodburn September 23 2008, 23:41:13 UTC

...OK, I realize this is the class for kids with various developmental issues, but really? They have nothing better to give the kids than coloring pages for homework? In first grade?

I'm dangerously close to capslocking myself! *headdesk*

phinnia September 23 2008, 23:50:14 UTC

It's one of those 'find the parrot' and 'how many whatevers can you see', all that. Not entirely coloring, but there is some coloring involved. And it's certainly something that would be ridiculous to expect Sean to do.

ecwoodburn September 23 2008, 23:52:25 UTC

Alright, not totally "uh, he could be doing this at home?", but still rather "uh, I'm sorry, did you miss the most obvious issue this kid has?"

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phinnia September 23 2008, 23:50:35 UTC

They SEEM to be aware of this ... hopefully ...

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phinnia September 23 2008, 23:53:45 UTC

Tomorrow night we meet her in person. <3 I sincerely hope she has a good explanation ... augh.

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nihilistech September 23 2008, 23:53:52 UTC

The fact that Seaners is blind makes the coloring exercise less of an issue than the fact that he's got ... whatever cognitive issues he's got. There are quite a few ways of making coloring exercises useful and fun for blind kids (I know, I was one), and they're good for things like motor control/coordination. I understand your frustration though, since this doesn't quite apply to Sean's issues and the way he processes things, not to mention that it doesn't sound like they gave you raised-line coloring pages for him to use anyway.

phinnia September 24 2008, 00:08:22 UTC

Yes, definitely. If it had been a raised line coloring page I wouldn't have been as ranty - at least that's an attempt at accomodation (and they have access to a kickass TVI - I have absolutely no idea why the HELL she was not consulted on this?!?!) but yes, cognitive issues, communication problems. And the craziest thing with this is that they put so much thought into some of his other stuff (they transcribe books and do 3-d pictures, etc. etc.) that the TOTAL LACK OF THOUGHT that was put into this is just stupefying.