??? for homeschooling parents - Page 3

MissBrattified · #21 01-08-2009, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Tina

The meaning must have been lost somewhere in the translation.

(note: In case you missed it, one of her other posts she said she uses a translator to post here)

OHHHH, LOL!! That explains a lot, thanks for the INFO!

Margies3 · #22 01-08-2009, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by HappyTown

As tax payer who pays into your school district in your area you are entitled to having your child tested by the school. I had my son tested by the school in our district to see where he placed, so yes it can and does happen. You got work with the school.

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Okay, first of all if the school isn't working in the best interest of the child, you DON'T have to work with the school.

Anyway, that's fine, if Margie is "entitled" as a taxpayer to have him tested if she WANTS to, but you made it sound like as a taxpayer she's REQUIRED to have him tested. LOL!!!!!

Unfortunately, it seems that in our school district, you are not, as a parent, ENTITLED to have your child tested. That is my big argument with the school counselor right now. I have begged, pleaded, theatened, bent over backwards, stood on my head and done everything else possible just trying to convince them that I want our FIRST step in this process to be testing Keith. But they absolutely refuse!

It doesn't make sense to me to try to all the other tricks to help him get on track (leaving a set of books at home, having me sign his agenda book every day saying that I saw his finished homework, etc., etc.) if there is a valid reason why he has not been able to get the grades. If we test him and find out that he is just goofing off and that there is nothing keeping him from being able to learn, then fine. I'll come down on him like a ton of bricks! but I don't think it's fair to a child to beat them into the ground over grades and then find out years into this that they've been dyslexic or learning disabled in another way all this time. That is the reason I want him to tested. To rule everything else out!

Unfortunately, our school system seems to be useless when it comes to this! They flat out REFUSE to do it. I even asked, "What about the letter that his pediatrician sent to you telling you that she wanted to have it done?" They said that her field is not education it is medicine. So they don't have to do the testing even tho she has requested it!

Unbelievable!!! Do I sound as frustrated as I feel???????

RandyWayne · #23 01-08-2009, 08:00 PM

Remember, homes chool is beneficial to many kids (like it was me) not because of the curriculum, but because of the school environment. I was not good around my peers and had a big target on my front, and back. Once I was able to relax at home I grades soared! (And the home school work was NOT easier than what I had in high school)

MissBrattified · #24 01-08-2009, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Remember, homes chool is beneficial to many kids (like it was me) not because of the curriculum, but because of the school environment. I was not good around my peers and had a big target on my front, and back. Once I was able to relax at home I grades soared! (And the home school work was NOT easier than what I had in high school)

Exactly! Hannah and I were reviewing her science for a test today, and the current topic is DNA, tRNA, mRNA, ribosomes, cells, cell mutation, etc. She's making straight A's in Science right now!

RandyWayne · #25 01-08-2009, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Exactly! Hannah and I were reviewing her science for a test today, and the current topic is DNA, tRNA, mRNA, ribosomes, cells, cell mutation, etc. She's making straight A's in Science right now!

I would expect no less from your daughter!

MissBrattified · #26 01-08-2009, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by RandyWayne

I would expect no less from your daughter!

I'm really enjoying going through her science with her, because it is so much more in depth than what I had--I'm learning a lot!

RandyWayne · #27 01-08-2009, 08:16 PM

Science (and even math -especially probability and statistics) ARE fun.

nahkoe · #28 01-08-2009, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Tina

MISINFORMATION!!! This is not always the case. She needs to go to the HSLDA site and read the laws and requirements for the state she lives in. Some can require testing, others can't.

In some states, if children are registered under an umbrella program operating as a satellite of a registered Christian school program the state can't mandate testing.

She was saying that by law, the school district has to provide testing for learning disabilities if requested by the parent. Which has been true in every single state I have lived in. They have to provide that testing even for homeschooled students.

Margies3 · #29 01-08-2009, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by nahkoe

She was saying that by law, the school district has to provide testing for learning disabilities if requested by the parent. Which has been true in every single state I have lived in. They have to provide that testing even for homeschooled students.

How do I get them to do that???????

nahkoe · #30 01-08-2009, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Margies3

How do I get them to do that???????

Good luck. It's not easy in some places.

I'm going to pm you a link because I don't have time to find information that'll actually help you right now. I'll explain more in my pm.