We had our boys in private Lutheran school (affiliated with our church)from day one, but when we moved here there was only an interdenominational christian school. We kept them in there for 2-1/2 years thinking it would get better. we were wrong. I never thought I would see the day but last year we put them in public. They were in 8th and 6th. OMG let me just say it was the best move ever made!!!!! Now my oldest is a Freshmen in high school and he is really flourishing! I am soooo happy we switched.
Gee I guess I need to remember this when thinking about my marriage. I can not imagine making a move, but maybe just maybe it will be the best thing ever.
(((hm))) I hope your DD is doing okay, as bad as I feel for us LBS, I feel so much worse for the children.
Me 54 DS19 and DS17 Married 06/1989 Divorced 01/2011
This is a personal thing, and a carryover from when I worked there. There was always a scapegoat for all the problems, and for the last several years I worked there it was me. Eventually they told the pastor enough lies about me that I was forced out. I could do nothing right, even in retrospect; I was "mobbed" and it was very clear workplace bullying. When I left, I heard over and over from the people I worked with (not the staff) that I had been the perfect person for the job, they couldn't imagine the parish without me, etc. I'm getting Christmas cards from folks thanking me and telling me how much I'm missed.
And now it continues with my daughter. I hate to transfer schools; she's been there since she was 4, all her friends are there, it's her whole world and everything else has changed in her life. But I'm seriously considering it, because she's going to be singled out for this kind of nonsense. Not by teachers, but by the principal. And I pay tuition for this kind of treatment.
M60 H52 D20 M14 yrs OW-old gf from 1986 bomb-5/18/08 H filed for D-9/10/08 D final 4/24/09 xH remarried (not OW) 2012
The public schools here are among the worst in the country. Not because of teachers (I work at one, I know) but because of the overall culture in the schools requires the staff to spend more time maintaining order in the classrooms than actually teaching. She has an LD which affects her organization abilities; she just needs help with it, then she's fine. Part of the problem is that even tho she may get to school on time, she's still organizing herself at her locker and not in her seat at the second she's supposed to be. I've asked for help with this, but those emails were never answered. That was weeks ago. But he had the nerve to "reply" to them when announcing that she was late the morning we had sleet and our doors were frozen shut. When I pointed out that he had never given me the courtesy of a reply, he told me I was making excuses--blaming him, the weather, and "my current situation" for her lateness. Ummm--yeah, some of us don't have the advantage of parking in heated attached garages and the weather can be a factor for us. Has he ever--EVER--contacted H about her being late because he's driving across town? Of course not, because he can't bully him.
M60 H52 D20 M14 yrs OW-old gf from 1986 bomb-5/18/08 H filed for D-9/10/08 D final 4/24/09 xH remarried (not OW) 2012
Sometimes it's not 'excuses' it's f**ing 'reasons'. Tell the idiotic principal that! Reasons are usually out of your control, whereas, excuses are something you could've controlled. So, WAH leaves, shattering your and D12's lives = excuse or reason? Ice shuts lock = excuse or reason? He is one dumb principal.
Come live here in Canada, where we need nurses, and you have universal medical aid. That would be one heck of a reboot, 'eh. Just kidding! Well, unless you want to!
Me:57 H:52 M:28 Got another lawyer last year and filed. D35,S/D twins28,D22 EA4/04 End? Who knows? "Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you." — Peace Pilgrim
I love Canada!! I could work there in a heartbeat. A tad cold, tho!
I wrote the principal a scathing note, telling him I was tired of me and D being disrespected (and geve him a list of recent examples related to this sitch). He's just being a jerk because it's okay there to treat me badly. But I draw the line at my daughter.
M60 H52 D20 M14 yrs OW-old gf from 1986 bomb-5/18/08 H filed for D-9/10/08 D final 4/24/09 xH remarried (not OW) 2012
Good for you, Hmama! You might point out that you don't work there anymore, so you don't have to take their disrespect anymore.
Canada is only cold in winter, much like Indiana.
Me:57 H:52 M:28 Got another lawyer last year and filed. D35,S/D twins28,D22 EA4/04 End? Who knows? "Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you." — Peace Pilgrim
I love Canada!! I could work there in a heartbeat. A tad cold, tho!
I wrote the principal a scathing note, telling him I was tired of me and D being disrespected (and geve him a list of recent examples related to this sitch). He's just being a jerk because it's okay there to treat me badly. But I draw the line at my daughter.
I feel the same way as you do. I'm tired of being disrespected too. BTW, if you see my doggie. Please send him home. I lost him last night and I'm lonely. He is like my child.
