Anonymous
Post 01/16/2015 16:39     Subject: Re:Your worst experience with a school or school system

A top tier private. My DS was in 1st grade and, no joke, three girls held him against the wall (outside recess) while one girl kissed him. His friends told me about it. I asked my DS how he felt about it and he said, "well what do you think, I hated it." I asked him if he was able to get out of their grips and he said, "of course not, there were three of them." The girls were playing and being silly and I do believe it didn't traumatize DS. In fact, I think he forgot about it pretty quickly. Anyway, I talked to the principal and they basically swept it under the carpet. Had my son been a girl, I'm sure it would have been a different story.


Absolutely, would have been a different story. Interesting to think about.




Anonymous
Post 01/16/2015 15:33     Subject: Your worst experience with a school or school system
Anonymous wrote:We had a FCPS lower elementary teacher who spent every day ranting, yelling, and melting down in the classroom, losing the kids' work, keeping the entire class on continuous punishments, never allowing recess, and getting kids mixed up. She eventually had her single classroom job taken away, and was placed as a co-teacher in a language immersion classroom.

Our kid learned nothing academically that year. The kid did learn how to handle cruel and crazy teachers, which can come in handy later in life, but you hope for more when they're just little kids.

Going through this right now in K in MCPS extremely emotional teacher, picks on a couple of little boys in class, quick to punish and to yell. Hopefully, my DC will come out with some resilience out of this!
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2015 14:05     Subject: Your worst experience with a school or school system
Anonymous wrote:FCPS no child left behind beurocracy


sorry you were left behind
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2015 14:03     Subject: Your worst experience with a school or school system
FCPS no child left behind beurocracy
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2015 13:33     Subject: Your worst experience with a school or school system
We had a FCPS lower elementary teacher who spent every day ranting, yelling, and melting down in the classroom, losing the kids' work, keeping the entire class on continuous punishments, never allowing recess, and getting kids mixed up. She eventually had her single classroom job taken away, and was placed as a co-teacher in a language immersion classroom.

Our kid learned nothing academically that year. The kid did learn how to handle cruel and crazy teachers, which can come in handy later in life, but you hope for more when they're just little kids.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2015 12:57     Subject: Re:Your worst experience with a school or school system
Going through two months without receiving one piece of work home. Going through an entire year without receiving any written work. Elementary FCPS.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2015 12:31     Subject: Your worst experience with a school or school system
When we didn't get into our preferred special because my child was sick the day of registration and it was full by the next day! We had to do our second choice. Oh the humanity. This has been our worst experience. I can only hope we continue to get off so easy.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2015 12:31     Subject: Re:Your worst experience with a school or school system
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The whole process when dealing with a SN child- especially the IEP process. I have PSTD from it. Seriously.


don't tell me... it was in MCPS?


FCPS


ugh. sorry to hear that. we are in MCPS and facing similar challenges.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2015 12:26     Subject: Your worst experience with a school or school system
A top tier private. My DS was in 1st grade and, no joke, three girls held him against the wall (outside recess) while one girl kissed him. His friends told me about it. I asked my DS how he felt about it and he said, "well what do you think, I hated it." I asked him if he was able to get out of their grips and he said, "of course not, there were three of them." The girls were playing and being silly and I do believe it didn't traumatize DS. In fact, I think he forgot about it pretty quickly. Anyway, I talked to the principal and they basically swept it under the carpet. Had my son been a girl, I'm sure it would have been a different story.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2015 11:26     Subject: Re:Your worst experience with a school or school system
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The whole process when dealing with a SN child- especially the IEP process. I have PSTD from it. Seriously.


don't tell me... it was in MCPS?


FCPS
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2015 10:51     Subject: Re:Your worst experience with a school or school system
Anonymous wrote:The whole process when dealing with a SN child- especially the IEP process. I have PSTD from it. Seriously.


don't tell me... it was in MCPS?
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2015 09:20     Subject: Re:Your worst experience with a school or school system

Bullying in ES. The school acted as though it was t happening and totally ignored it. Such a relief to hit MS.


Worst experience--but our school tried to help. Did acknowledge it. Efforts were fruitless the year it started, but it got better because counselor handpicked the classes of DD.




Anonymous
Post 01/16/2015 08:52     Subject: Re:Your worst experience with a school or school system
Bullying in ES. The school acted as though it was t happening and totally ignored it. Such a relief to hit MS.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2015 06:44     Subject: Re:Your worst experience with a school or school system
The whole process when dealing with a SN child- especially the IEP process. I have PSTD from it. Seriously.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2015 23:20     Subject: Your worst experience with a school or school system
What has been your worst experience with a school or school system ?