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That only does so much. My 11yr old is in taeKwonDo and she still has to deal with the things people say... you dont have to hit someone to make them feel like crap.
Have him Maui Thai classes. Problem solved. Seriously, the kids need to be educated. Bullying is a way of life with little kids and lessons are learned. If you son can solve the problem with your help and teacher's help or even by himself, it will be valuable for his future. Sometimes tough things happen and one becomes stronger from it.
I agree that things shouldn't bother him and that the size of the bus should be irrelevant. But they do, and it's not. I'm working on educating him, but these local do-nothings are fuelling the fire using their kids as accelerant.
My first goal is to protect the well being of my child. That is first. Then I'll educate him about the rest of it. But I don't want him to grow up with PTSD or psychological problems because I was busy trying to make him think this doesn't matter. It does matter.
Ya know...I am just scratching my head. The idea of "the short bus" hasn't been at any of the schools my kids have attended, and there are a lot of them. Or anyone I went to. The closest is the pre-k bus our last district used. I only heard the term on TV...
I'm thinking teasing and ostracizing a child the kids think has developmental or health issues is the real problem...well, ya know...if it was actually happening.
Ya know...I am just scratching my head. The idea of "the short bus" hasn't been at any of the schools my kids have attended, and there are a lot of them. Or anyone I went to. The closest is the pre-k bus our last district used. I only heard the term on TV...
I'm thinking teasing and ostracizing a child the kids think has developmental or health issues is the real problem...well, ya know...if it was actually happening.
You must live somewhere where there are either no disabled children or the school is not in compliance with the IDEA. Special needs children ride a special needs bus from door to door in every public school I know of. It's called the short bus because it is a small bus or van and only picks up special needs children. These kids do not wait at a bus stop with the other kids usually because it is too chaotic for them.
She got what she wanted at the moment. It won't go her way next time, believe me. I thought walking away was the more adult choice (compared with punching that slattern in the face, which is what she deserves). Given that it took place on school property, I thought it was the right choice.
Schoolbus123... seriously... you can handle this B-word.
Why didn't you laugh in her face and call her on her "source" of information right then and there? Gotta sharpen up those retorts and quick thinking. Sad but true.
So exactly -- "Happened to my son, and why do YOU think you know anything at all about my family, Darlin'? "My son is important, and that is why he gets his own bus -- NOT that it is any of your concern how my child arrives to school every day."
All with a big ole smile and laughing the entire time. Get tough with these step ford wife nasty mean girls. Stand up and don't take any of that nastiness. Turn the tables.
And your child needs to speak up. Believe it or not, this is a great lesson for future "unfairness" that will befall him in the path of life. Speak up for yourself, or the bullies will run you over.
As for the nasty B-word, Someone needs to put that trash where she belongs.
You must live somewhere where there are either no disabled children or the school is not in compliance with the IDEA. Special needs children ride a special needs bus from door to door in every public school I know of. It's called the short bus because it is a small bus or van and only picks up special needs children. These kids do not wait at a bus stop with the other kids usually because it is too chaotic for them.
I think it depends. The special education buses, in my district, are normal size.
I'm a SPED teacher, and I promise most SPED students don't require a SPED bus. They are for children with more severe needs. The goal is independence, that means riding a regular bus. General education students can also ride the bus with their SPED sibling.
You must live somewhere where there are either no disabled children or the school is not in compliance with the IDEA. Special needs children ride a special needs bus from door to door in every public school I know of. It's called the short bus because it is a small bus or van and only picks up special needs children. These kids do not wait at a bus stop with the other kids usually because it is too chaotic for them.
Quite the opposite. Most kids with disabilities in my current district, severe enough to need a lift, etc, ride in a van. Others have an aid ride with them on a traditional bus. Some traditional busses have w/c lifts. The only smaller busses here are for head start.
I don't know how the other districts did it, but it wasn't some sort of "short bus" of kids targeted for bullying.
When I was a kid, they segregated intellectually disabled children more, and it was a small town. They used a couple large busses with aids on them.
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