Dealing with...

I just read an article about dealing with a mean teacher.

Maybe I can find an article about helping my child deal with the horrible special needs child in her classroom without being ostracized for standing up for herself...

Sometimes I feel like my daughter is at a disadvantage because I am a teacher in a small town. I cannot voice my opinion (about anything really) without fear of retribution solely on the premise that I am a teacher.

and again...

Seriously... Dealing with this AGAIN this year... My poor child is doomed to be stuck with those kids until she graduates... Or we move...

I wrote a letter to the superintendent a few years back explaining the horrors of having to deal with them in a classroom all day long (since they didn't change classes then) and we got a reprieve last year. It was nice not to have to worry about a student hitting her or spitting on her. With the other issues we had last year, I probably would have had a nervous break down.

I firmly believe that the rights of special education students surpass the rights of regular education and gifted students in the classroom. Which is no politically correct to say, especially since I am in education.

But it is the truth.

And sometimes the truth hurts.