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December 13, 2006, 5:23 am PST
i do know
Quote From: easternnc As a teacher, I admit you are right about us not knowing how to deal with all our students' problems. Sir, are you also aware that ,due to privacy laws, we are often not allowed to even be told about these problems? My daughter is bipolar and I have learned as much about it as I can, but as a teacher, I am not qualified to "treat" these students. In my class alone last year (8th grade), I had a pregnant student (second child by her step-father!), I had several physically abused children-yes, we reported it-, and a student living in a trailer with 23 other people. You know what? The only thing my students and I are being "held accountable for" is the score on one test. No exceptions-are the schools stressed? You bet! i do know, or should i say i have recently found that out that teachers don't know all about kids disabilities. that was one thing brought up in an iep meeting.i made it a point that i wanted all of my sons teachers to know what his disabilities were because i told them they all needed to know because they needed to know how to deal with him. all teachers should be made aware of childrens disabilities to make sure that they are treated fairly.
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