If you’re umc and you’re kid is not a good student… how did you parent?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm confused about how this is your field but not your career.

What does that mean!

When I was in college I tutored math and still do if I have time. I’m an actuary

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Anonymous wrote:Op here, she does not have a learning disability!!

You don’t know that. My kid has aspergers/ADHD/Anxiety disorders. Even WE the parents didn’t figure it out until the fifth round of testing (at 3k a pop) back when testing wasn’t as good. You have no idea what she is struggling with but here you are judging. We poured thousands and thousands of dollars into therapists, shrinks, testing and tutors. Fortunately, the tutors were more experienced and less judgmental than you. There are some things that some SN kids cannot do. For our child it was math and writing a paper. I pray you are a troll

You don’t know me. I’ve been tutoring many years and I am in the math field. I have been sought out to tutor kids in affluent areas. I don’t advertise. Parents come to me. It’s laughable you saying I’m not experienced. Hahaha

Seriously girl you sound like you are having a nervous breakdown.

Tutoring math does not qualify you to diagnose LDs and the fact you think so is why you are merely a tutor.

+1. Even credentialed teachers are not allowed to diagnose

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Anonymous wrote:OP is not mature enough to be a tutor.

Yes, I’m sorry, I should’ve gotten a maturity test before parents sought me out to tutor.

That poor student. You are insufferable.

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OP, perhaps you are not much older than the girl you tutor and that is why you don’t understand that it is not professional for a doctor to rant about their patients or lawyers about their clients or tutors about parents who hired them to help their kid, even on the anonymous forum

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Anonymous wrote:The question really is what is wrong with the school that they haven’t caught it? My dyslexic kid went to 4th grade unable to really read. Every year from k-3, I went to the school and expressed concern and they told me she was fine. She only got help when I found $4k to have an assessment done privately.

My other kid was diagnosed with so-called stealth dyslexia after junior year of high school. She is incredibly bright and faked it through FCPS AAP without anyone knowing.

Why do you assume the school hasn't flagged it? I'm a teacher and I cannot tell you how many former students I have whose parents have not agreed to the findings of the IEP team.

I’m a child psychiatrist, and I can’t tell you how many teachers I have talked to who aren’t even aware that a child has an IEP, much less read it.
Sometimes I think I spend more time dealing with a broken educational system than I do actually diagnosing and treating mental illness.

That is the fault of the IEP chairperson. It's his/her job to give copies of each IEP/504 plan to teachers. We have to sign that we received a copy and reviewed it.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you ever heard of the bell curve? Half of all American children have an iq below 100! Math is hard for them.

My DS has an IQ of 130. He is awful at math.

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Anonymous wrote:The question really is what is wrong with the school that they haven’t caught it? My dyslexic kid went to 4th grade unable to really read. Every year from k-3, I went to the school and expressed concern and they told me she was fine. She only got help when I found $4k to have an assessment done privately.

My other kid was diagnosed with so-called stealth dyslexia after junior year of high school. She is incredibly bright and faked it through FCPS AAP without anyone knowing.

Why do you assume the school hasn't flagged it? I'm a teacher and I cannot tell you how many former students I have whose parents have not agreed to the findings of the IEP team.

I’m a child psychiatrist, and I can’t tell you how many teachers I have talked to who aren’t even aware that a child has an IEP, much less read it.
Sometimes I think I spend more time dealing with a broken educational system than I do actually diagnosing and treating mental illness.

That is the fault of the IEP chairperson. It's his/her job to give copies of each IEP/504 plan to teachers. We have to sign that we received a copy and reviewed it.[/quo


Oh please! I can’t tell you how many Langley High School teachers didn’t have a clue about my DD’s IEP.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here, she does not have a learning disability!!

You don’t know that. My kid has aspergers/ADHD/Anxiety disorders. Even WE the parents didn’t figure it out until the fifth round of testing (at 3k a pop) back when testing wasn’t as good. You have no idea what she is struggling with but here you are judging. We poured thousands and thousands of dollars into therapists, shrinks, testing and tutors. Fortunately, the tutors were more experienced and less judgmental than you. There are some things that some SN kids cannot do. For our child it was math and writing a paper. I pray you are a troll

You don’t know me. I’ve been tutoring many years and I am in the math field. I have been sought out to tutor kids in affluent areas. I don’t advertise. Parents come to me. It’s laughable you saying I’m not experienced. Hahaha

Seriously girl you sound like you are having a nervous breakdown.

Tutoring math does not qualify you to diagnose LDs and the fact you think so is why you are merely a tutor.

Merely a tutor. Is this is how you think of tutors? Lol. Fyi I’m an actuary also.

Even better actuaries have no EQ and no interpersonal skills. You should stick with numbers and stay away from children.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here, she does not have a learning disability!!

You don’t know that. My kid has aspergers/ADHD/Anxiety disorders. Even WE the parents didn’t figure it out until the fifth round of testing (at 3k a pop) back when testing wasn’t as good. You have no idea what she is struggling with but here you are judging. We poured thousands and thousands of dollars into therapists, shrinks, testing and tutors. Fortunately, the tutors were more experienced and less judgmental than you. There are some things that some SN kids cannot do. For our child it was math and writing a paper. I pray you are a troll

You don’t know me. I’ve been tutoring many years and I am in the math field. I have been sought out to tutor kids in affluent areas. I don’t advertise. Parents come to me. It’s laughable you saying I’m not experienced. Hahaha

Seriously girl you sound like you are having a nervous breakdown.

Tutoring math does not qualify you to diagnose LDs and the fact you think so is why you are merely a tutor.

Merely a tutor. Is this is how you think of tutors? Lol. Fyi I’m an actuary also.

Even better actuaries have no EQ and no interpersonal skills. You should stick with numbers and stay away from children.

You know nothing about being an actuary then. Stick to what you know and stop making assumptions. If you knew anything about it you would know there are many different parts to being an actuary. Your idea of an actuary is outdated. You’re dunce.

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Anonymous wrote:The question really is what is wrong with the school that they haven’t caught it? My dyslexic kid went to 4th grade unable to really read. Every year from k-3, I went to the school and expressed concern and they told me she was fine. She only got help when I found $4k to have an assessment done privately.

My other kid was diagnosed with so-called stealth dyslexia after junior year of high school. She is incredibly bright and faked it through FCPS AAP without anyone knowing.

Why do you assume the school hasn't flagged it? I'm a teacher and I cannot tell you how many former students I have whose parents have not agreed to the findings of the IEP team.

I’m a child psychiatrist, and I can’t tell you how many teachers I have talked to who aren’t even aware that a child has an IEP, much less read it.
Sometimes I think I spend more time dealing with a broken educational system than I do actually diagnosing and treating mental illness.

That is the fault of the IEP chairperson. It's his/her job to give copies of each IEP/504 plan to teachers. We have to sign that we received a copy and reviewed it.

The teachers may sign but still ignore it. You are probably a good teacher who cares about her students. I wish they were all like you. Some teacher the IEPs and seem to have a chip on their shoulders about them. They think they are giving the LD kid an advantage and it’s not fair. It’s so bizarre to me that they don’t get that it is what the LD kid needs to access the curriculum, which is a pretty basic standard. I’d much rather have a neuroptypical kid who doesn’t get the “advantages.”

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Anonymous wrote:Op here, she does not have a learning disability!!

You don’t know that. My kid has aspergers/ADHD/Anxiety disorders. Even WE the parents didn’t figure it out until the fifth round of testing (at 3k a pop) back when testing wasn’t as good. You have no idea what she is struggling with but here you are judging. We poured thousands and thousands of dollars into therapists, shrinks, testing and tutors. Fortunately, the tutors were more experienced and less judgmental than you. There are some things that some SN kids cannot do. For our child it was math and writing a paper. I pray you are a troll

You don’t know me. I’ve been tutoring many years and I am in the math field. I have been sought out to tutor kids in affluent areas. I don’t advertise. Parents come to me. It’s laughable you saying I’m not experienced. Hahaha

Seriously girl you sound like you are having a nervous breakdown.

Tutoring math does not qualify you to diagnose LDs and the fact you think so is why you are merely a tutor.

Merely a tutor. Is this is how you think of tutors? Lol. Fyi I’m an actuary also.

Even better actuaries have no EQ and no interpersonal skills. You should stick with numbers and stay away from children.

You know nothing about being an actuary then. Stick to what you know and stop making assumptions. If you knew anything about it you would know there are many different parts to being an actuary. Your idea of an actuary is outdated. You’re dunce.

But at least I can pull together a three word sentence.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get. How did your student get to her junior year without her teachers noticing her math is at the 3 rd grade level. Are you exaggerating or she attens an awful school?

I wish I was exaggerating. I’m really not. I’m confused how they’re now just coming to me. The school is actually great. I think she does use online help because her homework grade is great but the test scores are really bad.

You sound like a troll, probably the same one complaining about 4.0. daughter who wants to go to community college

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Anonymous wrote:This is a rant/ question. I’m a math tutor. I have this one student who is sooo slow with concepts. She is a junior in high school. I’m talking with negative numbers. I just want to go off on her parents. How can you let your child be this way? She finally started getting tutored but she has the math skills of a 3rd grader. I think there’s no excuse if you’re umc and up. End rant.

How does this rant help anyone? How do you know that the parents didn't try to get help but, the student refused? Unless you know the whole story I wouldn't be so smug as to judge anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Basically, screw you. Some kids have learning disabilities.

+2

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Anonymous wrote:Op here, she does not have a learning disability!!

You don’t know that. My kid has aspergers/ADHD/Anxiety disorders. Even WE the parents didn’t figure it out until the fifth round of testing (at 3k a pop) back when testing wasn’t as good. You have no idea what she is struggling with but here you are judging. We poured thousands and thousands of dollars into therapists, shrinks, testing and tutors. Fortunately, the tutors were more experienced and less judgmental than you. There are some things that some SN kids cannot do. For our child it was math and writing a paper. I pray you are a troll

You don’t know me. I’ve been tutoring many years and I am in the math field. I have been sought out to tutor kids in affluent areas. I don’t advertise. Parents come to me. It’s laughable you saying I’m not experienced. Hahaha

Obviously you’re not very experienced if you don’t know how to deal with UMC kids who struggle with math.

I have two kids like this. They’re not superstar students but have above average IQs. They both have ADHD and one has a slow processing speed. They’re well-rounded, friendly, popular kids who I have no doubt will excel in life and perhaps even have it easier than some kids who are math whizzes and A+ students but lack emotional IQ.

FWIW, I was an average student also until law school and always struggled with math. I’m now a senior level attorney at a large, publicly-traded corporation and have managed to do pretty well for myself.