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[quote=Anonymous]   I have been a teacher and am a SN mom. Yes, there are amazing people in the system, but yes there are burnouts and incompetent people too.

Some faculty and quite a few specialists over the years were too quick to label parents (usually the mom) difficult and crazy and not collaborate effectively. When people warned me about parents I was always quite pleased to say I've had no problems when the teacher who warned me asks me how things are going. I was able to check my ego at the door and hear feedback and use it. Even before I had my own child, I had tremendous empathy for parents, even the angry ones. Usually the "crazy" parents give people the benefit of the doubt and they only get "crazy" when they lose trust in that particular teacher.

There are lousy teachers who never get fired. Parents would complain to me and I could never agree. I had to always tell them to speak with the principal. When they point blank asked me what I thought of the teacher, I lied and said I had not observed the teaching.

Kids were denied services they desperately needed. I could never tell the parents, but I just would try to advocate behind the scenes and this was rarely successful.

There are people on power trips. There are people who play favorites. While there are many good people in the system, I think it would lying to portray a system where we all love everyone, sing kumbuya and hold hands.

The first step to chance is recognizing there is a problem. I think too many people need to pretend everything is OK.
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