troubled student, good student.

[Anonymous]

So my son was a fairly troubled ninth grader, with mediocre grades. A few years later and my son is healthy, happy and getting very good grades.

Funny (not really) how much nicer and friendlier the school is to me now that I don't actually need their services.


Anyone else have this experience?

[Anonymous]

What changed for you son, Op?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What changed for you son, Op?

He got over his illness. Nothing the school did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So my son was a fairly troubled ninth grader, with mediocre grades. A few years later and my son is healthy, happy and getting very good grades.

Funny (not really) how much nicer and friendlier the school is to me now that I don't actually need their services.


Anyone else have this experience?

To be fair, he was probably a monumental PITA and so were you. Of course they are more relaxed and friendly now that you've both improved. What do you expect people to say?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So my son was a fairly troubled ninth grader, with mediocre grades. A few years later and my son is healthy, happy and getting very good grades.

Funny (not really) how much nicer and friendlier the school is to me now that I don't actually need their services.


Anyone else have this experience?

To be fair, he was probably a monumental PITA and so were you. Of course they are more relaxed and friendly now that you've both improved. What do you expect people to say?

aren't you a gem.

Maybe I was a PITA or maybe my kid had one of the perfectly normal problems that kids somethings have.

But when I needed things, like 504 paper work, they hemmed and hawed and some teachers never turned in the materials. People stood me up for meetings they arranged. Now all he ever needs is a reference letter or two, and they bend over backwards to get it in on time. The difference is marked.

I expect most people to say nothing, but I thought those who may have seen both how their school treats the needy and the not-so-needy (perhaps due to two children) might tell me if their experience was similar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So my son was a fairly troubled ninth grader, with mediocre grades. A few years later and my son is healthy, happy and getting very good grades.

Funny (not really) how much nicer and friendlier the school is to me now that I don't actually need their services.


Anyone else have this experience?

To be fair, he was probably a monumental PITA and so were you. Of course they are more relaxed and friendly now that you've both improved. What do you expect people to say?

aren't you a gem.

Maybe I was a PITA or maybe my kid had one of the perfectly normal problems that kids somethings have.

But when I needed things, like 504 paper work, they hemmed and hawed and some teachers never turned in the materials. People stood me up for meetings they arranged. Now all he ever needs is a reference letter or two, and they bend over backwards to get it in on time. The difference is marked.

I expect most people to say nothing, but I thought those who may have seen both how their school treats the needy and the not-so-needy (perhaps due to two children) might tell me if their experience was similar.

Why are you even here? To wring your hands over something which happened several years ago? Honestly you'd think you'd be happy life had improved and move on.

So tedious.

[Anonymous]

I've been there, done that, OP, and experienced the same thing.

I think it's human nature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I've been there, done that, OP, and experienced the same thing.

I think it's human nature.

Thanks. Sorry your child ran into tough times, and glad they passed.