all seven seats in first row of classroom assigned to minority students - 3rd grade

[Anonymous]

Well, what do you make of it? How could we possibly know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Just let the teacher do his/her job and land your helicopter already.

The single best piece of advice ever given on DCUM! This really should be used more!

[Anonymous]

The teacher seats alphabetically and that's how it ended up?

[Anonymous]

Probably not done with race in mind.
Some of these children might need this kind of accommodations (my child does, and he's eurasian!), some of them just ended up there.

And is the teacher white?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They may all have IEPs or 504s and it has nothing to do with race. My ASD kid has accommodations even in college that give her front row seating to help focus and concentration.

yeah... and the $400M lottery winner may be my long lost cousin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They may all have IEPs or 504s and it has nothing to do with race. My ASD kid has accommodations even in college that give her front row seating to help focus and concentration.

yeah... and the $400M lottery winner may be my long lost cousin.

OK, so it means something. What do you think it means?

[Anonymous]

If all kids are equal and race doesn't matter, why is this an issue?

Op, did you ask the teacher about it?

[Anonymous]

I never ever in a million years imagined "having all front row seats occupied by minority students making such a headline" in someone's mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never ever in a million years imagined "having all front row seats occupied by minority students making such a headline" in someone's mind.

let me guess - you're white. so we don't exist. got it!

[Anonymous]

WHO CARES.

[Anonymous]

This may be the single dumbest post I've seen on DCUM, and I've seen plenty!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This may be the single dumbest post I've seen on DCUM, and I've seen plenty!

+1

[Anonymous]

Not OP.

We know that the teacher did not seat the kids randomly and yes I notice all sorts of things walking into a class. I don't think it is by last names unless there are quads in the class. I doubt it is by IEP because you would have different races and finally I doubt it was behavior because there would be others races. Ask the teacher because the kids and parents will notice and they may think it is for the wrong reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No (although my law school did). Her accommodations give her certain preferences that fit her disability. It is her obligation to take her disability package to the professor on the first day or meet with the professor with a rep. from the disability services office and say I (self-advocate) need the following (a) seating in the front; (b) copies of your notes; (c) extra time on exams, etc. (d) writing workshop coaching. All of this has to be worked out with the disability office at the college long before the school year begins. To be clear, the IEP or 504 does not apply at the postsecondary level, but you can bring it with you when you meet with disability services. Then disability services and your child figure out from their IEP history and recent testing (yes you have to show up with fresh testing - we picked one off the college's list of preferred testers) and determine what accommodations she will need to succeed in college.

It is encouraging to hear that this can be done. Can you say what college this is?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your 3rd grade classroom sits in rows? Really? That's the most shocking thing about your post.

+100

expand your world a 100 times then you won't be shocking anymore

Honeybuns. Elementary school children sitting in rows is an Industrial Age relic. It's totally backwards. So, contrary to your assertion that I should get out more, which implies that this is the norm, the reality is that it really is an antiquated way of doing things and, as a result, is a bit shocking to hear.