tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982569191890671859.post4005908882092405462..comments2023-04-06T15:48:13.791+01:00Comments on <center>You dont look sick!</center>: "Are you thick or what"?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982569191890671859.post-53409929943847733862012-05-20T07:11:42.007+01:002012-05-20T07:11:42.007+01:00Oh my goodness I hear you and feel the pain leapin...Oh my goodness I hear you and feel the pain leaping off the page. I totally understabd, Ive never been tested for maths but id bet money im the same as you. I can do some buts of maths link long division but fractions and percentages leave me baffled. <br />What a brilliant teacher, you're right the children who dont need masses of help but enough to keep them going are so often failed. and IFibrogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07271833740620599470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982569191890671859.post-77798045020262176242012-05-19T22:06:02.760+01:002012-05-19T22:06:02.760+01:00i felt this so much. My brother was slow and wasnt...i felt this so much. My brother was slow and wasnt bothered but i felt so much that i wasnt thick but i just couldnt get maths sorted. I was tested for dyslexia but i could read and write ok if very messy. I came from a broken home so i didnt have any parental support or anywhere to do homework. My life consisted of school and looking after my dad who was mentaly ill,taking the place of a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982569191890671859.post-25849462705571688282012-05-18T12:26:35.188+01:002012-05-18T12:26:35.188+01:00I so agree with you. My Son has aspergers and is v...I so agree with you. My Son has aspergers and is visually impaired. He will not qualify for the new 'all singing, all dancing' assessment and it looks as though we will loose the limited ability we have now to monitor progress and access needs. It will be left up to teachers and schools. It's just so 'hit and miss' and could so easily end up with people blaming the child andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982569191890671859.post-73355344811383750092012-05-18T08:26:55.753+01:002012-05-18T08:26:55.753+01:00Thank you Debbie, I hear you - iwasnt diagnosed ti...Thank you Debbie, I hear you - iwasnt diagnosed til i was 39 and my son 18 - although i mentioned it when he was 6 at school it wasnt picked up. Becasue i dont fit the classic form of dyslexia they call its a specific learning disability...they failed him too. Fight hard lovely, makes me so angry that so many children will be left confused and unable when there is absolutely no needFibrogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07271833740620599470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982569191890671859.post-16144005199518599622012-05-17T23:42:08.987+01:002012-05-17T23:42:08.987+01:00Aah, and there it is... after all the work and all...Aah, and there it is... after all the work and all the study... after finding a place and achieving so much, its the voice of the little girl who never seemed as bright or as intelligent, thats what they said... And how they enjoyed that... the tears of shame and the tears of frustration and the incessant feeling that somehow what ever is achieved will never be quite good enough... All so Debbie Sayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05359983164235931752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982569191890671859.post-4992922349576974032012-05-17T19:13:20.735+01:002012-05-17T19:13:20.735+01:00Thank you for a lovely comment - i agree and the n...Thank you for a lovely comment - i agree and the news that this government want to remove nealy half a million children from getting help just condems them - appalling in this day and age.Fibrogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07271833740620599470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982569191890671859.post-30265299180021111352012-05-17T17:45:47.821+01:002012-05-17T17:45:47.821+01:00Your post broke my heart. The education system is ...Your post broke my heart. The education system is only just now starting to learn about how to best educate students with different learning styles and different ways of expressing their intelligence and creativity...and sometimes I wonder if it will ever fully "get it". I hope so, because no one should have to experience what you did. <br /><br />I hope you're feeling better now...GirlWithTheCanehttp://www.girlwiththecane.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982569191890671859.post-66079129551180528742012-05-17T14:13:44.189+01:002012-05-17T14:13:44.189+01:00Thank you :) yeah one of those days better out tha...Thank you :) yeah one of those days better out than in xxFibrogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07271833740620599470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982569191890671859.post-73898991727529181342012-05-17T14:04:34.138+01:002012-05-17T14:04:34.138+01:00*hug* a dip in your self esteem today? We all have...*hug* a dip in your self esteem today? We all have days like that. I love you and think you're clever. You can draw naughty pictures on the blackboard when the teacher turns their back :P xxxEidolichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457901836304676911noreply@blogger.com