Anonymous wrote:

That's ridiculous. My 7th grader struggles terribly in reading. He's been testing multiple times and we are actually about to go to another specialist in April - $5000. I recognize that we have the resources to do as much as we can. What if a kid struggles. Public resources are just not as good. What if the parent doesn't know what to do. I get sad when I think of parents who just have to accept their kids b/c they can't afford any thing different.

You really just jumped to a conclusion.

Your child does not sound like the scenario above. You have a student who has an IEP, right?

I don't know what you mean by "parents who just have to accept their kids". ?? We all have to accept our kids. They can't afford anything different? You mean money will help? How is money helping your child?

You can't be serious. How is money helping my child???? Special camps, tutors and extra testing is seriously helping my child. If he can't do public, we can afford to do private. If the Lab School is where he needs to be, that is where he will go - $42K.

So you ask, how is money helping my child. Clearly, money is not helping your brain.

I am very sorry your son is struggling.
Sometimes money just will not solve the problem. I taught first grade and, over the years, I taught two boys who were very, very bright—but could not learn to read. I recommended them for testing and both were diagnosed with dyslexia. (This was in two different schools.)
One of the boys was sent to a special lab school and given tons of extra help and support. The other child was given LD help on a daily basis. However, years later, neither child was successfully reading. This was some years ago. I would like to think that today, more has been learned about this problem and the specialists have figured out how to teach these kids.
However, I would suggest you work on your son’s strengths. I have a family member who struggles with reading-and math—but is quite bright. He is one of the most financially successful people I know. He had a knack with sales and made tons of money. He may not read books well—but he is great at reading people.

Anonymous wrote:

That's ridiculous. My 7th grader struggles terribly in reading. He's been testing multiple times and we are actually about to go to another specialist in April - $5000. I recognize that we have the resources to do as much as we can. What if a kid struggles. Public resources are just not as good. What if the parent doesn't know what to do. I get sad when I think of parents who just have to accept their kids b/c they can't afford any thing different.

You really just jumped to a conclusion.

I think I'm misunderstanding you. Do you not accept your child?

That's ridiculous. My 7th grader struggles terribly in reading. He's been testing multiple times and we are actually about to go to another specialist in April - $5000. I recognize that we have the resources to do as much as we can. What if a kid struggles. Public resources are just not as good. What if the parent doesn't know what to do. I get sad when I think of parents who just have to accept their kids b/c they can't afford any thing different.

You really just jumped to a conclusion.

Your child does not sound like the scenario above. You have a student who has an IEP, right?

I don't know what you mean by "parents who just have to accept their kids". ?? We all have to accept our kids. They can't afford anything different? You mean money will help? How is money helping your child?

Anonymous wrote:^^^also, anybody who says, "It's the teachers' fault that students aren't reading on grade level!" is a fool.

+1000

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The 9th grader who is reading at 3rd grade level: Unless he has a bonafide learning deficiency, the chances are pretty good that he's been failed by a half dozen teachers from ES through MS and that's why he's still at a 3rd grade level.

The chances of that are very, very low.

And where is parental and individual responsibility in this scenario?

Where parental responsibility in this scenario is, is nowhere -- unless you think it's acceptable to tell kids that sorry, you don't get to have a good education because you foolishly picked the wrong parents to be born to?

That's ridiculous. My 7th grader struggles terribly in reading. He's been testing multiple times and we are actually about to go to another specialist in April - $5000. I recognize that we have the resources to do as much as we can. What if a kid struggles. Public resources are just not as good. What if the parent doesn't know what to do. I get sad when I think of parents who just have to accept their kids b/c they can't afford any thing different.

You really just jumped to a conclusion.

^ What about individual responsibility? By 9th grade, there should be just a bit of that. If a kid doesn't want to do something, it's going to be hard for anybody (parent or teacher) to make him do it. Most students I see have some enthusiasm for something---anything---and they will read about it during reading time---even if at a 3rd grade level---and build from there. There is more to the student's problem that you are describing. Much more.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The 9th grader who is reading at 3rd grade level: Unless he has a bonafide learning deficiency, the chances are pretty good that he's been failed by a half dozen teachers from ES through MS and that's why he's still at a 3rd grade level.

The chances of that are very, very low.

And where is parental and individual responsibility in this scenario?

Where parental responsibility in this scenario is, is nowhere -- unless you think it's acceptable to tell kids that sorry, you don't get to have a good education because you foolishly picked the wrong parents to be born to?