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Hooray for T!!!!! Good News!!! Shameless brag!!!!
Oh, you guys, I'm just...beside myself with delight. I'm just so
darned happy. I mentioned yesterday that T had had the misfortune to hear some pretty unprofessional remarks that hurt her, by a teacher. Well, this morning, I left a message for the teacher to call back and I also talked with the counsellor. T is waitlisted for a residential intensive treatment programme at the Children's Hospital, to help her with the eating disorder. It's optional and she's choosing to do it. So we don't know when she'll get in, but it's going to be close to the end of the school year in one direction or another, so I needed to fill the counsellors in on that and on the fall, and how we'd liaise with the school until she's back home. So while we were doing that, I of course asked how she was doing..... At home, she's generally sad and angry. So I sure didn't have my hopes up. But of course, at home they give you what they can't dump anywhere else. So. She's.....she's passing everything. She has ***eighty one percent*** in English. My dyslexic daughter, who's studying Macbeth, has EIGHTY ONE PERCENT!!!! I flippin' near died. Made him double check. When I told her, she was sure it had to be some other kid with her name. Then we reviewed her behaviour marks. There are four. She got three "goods" and a "satisfactory." Holy cow. Then he said there were no problems with her, and he admires her for facing her problems with strength, and that of course the school will liaise with the hospital, and whenever she gets in, there should be no problem at this late stage with her getting through her courses. So I'm just....stunned. And then, the teacher with the mike calls back. He's a keener, and he immediately launched into how Thad heard him make some very unprofessional remarks over the mike, and that he regretted it very much, and as soon as he'd finished teaching the class he'd gone straight to his principal and told him what had happened and said he'd "definitely crossed a line that shouldn't be crossed," and apologised. Then he told me he'd actually been talking about a completely different situation than what T thought, and that the concern in fact is that there are several girls, whom he very appropriately didn't identify, but T's not one of them, who are behaving very rudely and very badly in class, and are quite resistant to strategies to address this, and he's frustrated because he has four kids who are in Learning Assistance (of whom T is one) in there whose "opportunity to learn is suffering because of these girls." But the parents of several of these kids (there are six of the kids, it seems) are on the PAC and powerful, and think their darlings can do no wrong, so he's having a hard time. Anyway, it turned out he'd already called T and apologised and explained that what she'd understood was different from what his concerns were, and both of them were now fine, which T later confirmed. So I then went into professional mode and pretty much did a little consultation on this problem, and I think he's going to take my main suggestion to heart which will definitely help the problem. But THEN, he said, in discussing how T's doing, that she's a "model student" and earing her marks and doing well. A "model student". My girl, who last year, they couldn't tell me often enough what a pain and a problem she was, and who, once they saw a real trauma rage, they figured just *had* to be on drugs because, well, yeah, that's pretty much what trauma rage looks like to the uninitiated.... My girl is a model student, with 81% in English. She's got her problems, but she's on 'em. And she's gonna make it. She really is. Hooray!!!!! Cele |
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Hooray for T!!!!! Good News!!! Shameless brag!!!!
"Cele" wrote in message ... Oh, you guys, I'm just...beside myself with delight. I'm just so darned happy. Awesome! Good news around here is always a nice relief! T |
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Hooray for T!!!!! Good News!!! Shameless brag!!!!
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:51:54 -0500, 'Kate wrote:
My girl is a model student, with 81% in English. She's got her problems, but she's on 'em. And she's gonna make it. She really is. Hooray!!!!! Cele Wow.. that's awesome. You guys have come so far in such a short time. Congratulations to T on her wonderful grade! That's a major accomplishment. I hope she continues to build on her success. 'Kate Thanks, Kate, my friend. :-) She will, 'cause she's really, really DETERMINED. Take care. Cele |
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Hooray for T!!!!! Good News!!! Shameless brag!!!!
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:03:56 -0400, "Tiffany"
wrote: "Cele" wrote in message .. . Oh, you guys, I'm just...beside myself with delight. I'm just so darned happy. Awesome! Good news around here is always a nice relief! Around here, too. ;-) Thanks. Cele |
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Hooray for T!!!!! Good News!!! Shameless brag!!!!
Glad things are looking better.
Joelle The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page - St Augustine Joelle |
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Hooray for T!!!!! Good News!!! Shameless brag!!!!
On 22 Apr 2004 09:29:27 GMT, oaway (Joelle) wrote:
Glad things are looking better. Thanks. :-) Cele |
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Hooray for T!!!!! Good News!!! Shameless brag!!!!
"Cele" wrote in message
... snip My girl is a model student, with 81% in English. She's got her problems, but she's on 'em. And she's gonna make it. She really is. Excellent news, something else I'm very glad to be reading in here. Hooray!!!!! At least. :-)) |
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Hooray for T!!!!! Good News!!! Shameless brag!!!!
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:32:41 +0100, "Paul Griffiths"
wrote: "Cele" wrote in message .. . snip My girl is a model student, with 81% in English. She's got her problems, but she's on 'em. And she's gonna make it. She really is. Excellent news, something else I'm very glad to be reading in here. Hooray!!!!! At least. :-)) Thanks! :-) Cele |
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Hooray for T!!!!! Good News!!! Shameless brag!!!!
"Cele" wrote in message ... Oh, you guys, I'm just...beside myself with delight. I'm just so darned happy. ssnip She's got her problems, but she's on 'em. And she's gonna make it. She really is. Hooray!!!!! Cele Cele, it is so good! Keep the group posted. =) V |
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