AMERIKA seems within reach and I see right-wing media having played an enormous role in this…….how do we ever get it to disappear? Oh,and abolishing the Dept. of Education…..that ought to be helpful! And, and, and……
You're right. It's awful. If you haven't already, download and preserve personal key documentation like this as part of your grab bag contents. You may want to print a copy or two and store separately. Get other affairs in order, e.g. power of attorney, advance directives, other legal and financial instruments needed to avoid probate.
I know this sounds like doom-mongering and I'm sorry. But, if needed, your survivors will appreciate you even more. It's also good to build up some key household supplies since price instability may be growing. Hurricanes and runs on toilet paper are paired this way!
States set the education standards on what needs to be covered in public schools. The individual school districts in the state choose the curriculum that will be taught in their district schools. What math & science programs will be used &@which level: Pre-K thru High School. What reading & writing program will be used @ which grade level. The federal government does not choose those things.
What you don’t seem to understand is that the Department of Education provides funding for Title I schools and for students with disabilities. In addition to funding, they also provide oversight to make sure that these schools and students are treated equitably. I taught, by choice, for 38 years in Title I schools and was proud that students with IEPs were often placed in my classroom because of the teaching methods I used. I know firsthand how much difference this federal funding and oversight make. I also taught children of migrant workers, and my goodness, the success stories I could tell you because of the special programs funded by the DoEd.
Thank you. Teachers are the cornerstone of our very foundation. It's sad and outrageously unfair how badly they are treated and disrespected in this country. And to now have a president leading the assault is an absolute abomination.
My daughter is very disabled (ASD, Schizoaffective Disorder, severe ADHD, a 30% lag in her temporal lobe so executive decision making is both to zero, language processing disorder (probably from her brain lag)…so I’m all too familiar. Our state stinks when it comes to helping children/adults with disabilities. It’ll stink more, now. Plus, she’ll lose her disability and getting her meds will be terribly difficult.
Oh, no! That is terrible. Luckily, I moved to Switzerland 50 years ago and my grandchild who is high on the autism spectrum has good medical support and attends a wonderful special school. Later, he will probably move into a home with professional care. BUT That is what you get if you move to a rotten Marxist country like Switzerland. Ha, ha! I wish my irony was funny, but it is sad.
I did a student work/live in Switzerland many years ago. what a progressive and wonderful country! The educational system was remarkable. The US is beginning to loo like a third-world country, compared to educational and social standards of Switzerland and most European nations.
I’m sorry that Texas does things different than WI, but your response is frankly rude & inappropriate!! Education is DONE BY STATES, they choose how Public Education will be run! I am happy to be born, raised in WI, as my husband & I plus our kids/ grandkids got a great education, as we choose a great school district for them to live in. My grandkids that are in Michigan & their parents chose an area w/ great schools! If Texas schools are ALL so bad, I WOULD MOVE TO ANOTHER STATE OR @ least ANOTHER CITY!!
Texas’ choice of textbooks dictates what textbooks are bought by all the states. Texas is the biggest buyer of textbooks so it controls the market of what is printed and sold throughout the country. I don’t live in TX. I’m willing to bet that textbooks in WI are the same ones sold in TX. And if they’re not, many, many other states and school districts by what Texas buys.
I thought the same thing. My grandkids in MI had different textbooks than the grandkids in WI. When I taught 5th grade we looked at a number of textbooks before we chose the ones we used.
I ‘m not sure why all states would have to buy the textbooks that Texas chooses to print. But as I’m retired & was an elementary teacher, other than the 3 yrs I taught 5th grade we didn’t
I was an elementary school teacher, not the purchaser of textbooks. Elementary children don’t have TEXTBOOKS! The teachers choose paperback reading books for their classroom libraries & to use in reading groups. Our science program was hands on activities - that did NOT REQUIRE TEXTBOOKS! Grades 1-3 had hands on science experiments & we did not teach social studies. That was taught in 4th & 5th grade. And the 3-4 yrs I taught 4th & 5th grade we did have Math, Science & Soc St Textbooks.
I didn’t teach middle or high school so have no idea what textbooks they may or may have not used!!
You appear to be incredibly ignorant about what exactly it is that the Department of Education does for the students of this country, regardless of your time spent teaching in elementary school. BTW, Elementary schools generally have math, science and English instructional texts. Teachers aren't picking them out willy nilly. You also don't seem to understand WHY the trump regime wants to kill every federal government agency or department, gut critical funding for education, and hollow out the majority of federal funding in order to benefit the billionaire oligarchs currently destroying the U.S. government. In fact, your idiotic comments repeat rightwing nonsense that only the states are in charge of education. If states lose federal funding, education in that state will suffer as a result. Funding for Special Ed and IEP's will be left up to individual states and those won't be the only cuts-even school lunch programs will be eliminated. Student college loans are also at risk, and many other programs (community colleges), that assist lower income students ability to access a college education. trump's regime wants to replace public education with privatized, extremist approved "Christian" patriotic whitewashed pablum. Educate yourself. It's all in fascist project 2025.
Scroll back up to Betty's comment to see JUST ONE example of what DOE does. Her grandchild deserves the best education , despite her disabilities. Fuck your "rude" remark.
...but on the federal level the education department does much more than that. Do your own homework on that one. The Space NAZI sweeping in and decimating ANY government agency based on some bullshit made-up number is NOT the answer to anything. I WATCHED THE MEETING WHERE ORANGE HITLER TOLD HIS CABINET THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE COST SAVINGS WILL COME.. But of course, he turned to E-Don Muskratshit and in his net breath told him he's doing a great job.
The democrats should have intervened in broadcast licenses a lkng time ago, simply passing a law that you can’t call yourself a “news” channel if you put forth constant untrue statements. It also would help all around if they required “news” channels to be at least 60% actual reporting of events and no more than 30% commentary. Ie faux and friends and hegseth and company wouldn’t be allowed to just opine meaningless bs all day. When CNN started, and for years after, it was largely headline news, sports news, international news, etc, with a handful of prominent analysts and commentators like wolf blitzer … I like MSNBC myself, but they rarely cover day to day non political events, unless some regular presenter show brings them up, usually as part of a general argument on their position. Like Modi is doing bad things in India- that might be covered when he climbs into bed with Trump, but it’s ignored the rest of the time, as a story of its own. It’s messed up that Americans increasingly look at Al Jazera or English sources like the Guardian, BBC, or Canadian news outlets for world general news and information. All the anger around Trump administration security violations- has there been any reporting on the terrible earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand? Almost none.
Dept of Ed is what helps provides special help paying for specialized teachers, therapists, etc for students w/disabilities both physical & cognitive- & teacher’s aides for autistic students that are integrated into the regular classroom. Some autistic students are quiet & some are very studious like Baron. Others can be quite disruptive & can even physically attack classmates & teachers without provocation. I was an elementary teacher for 25 yrs teaching 1st, 3rd & 5th grade in WI. And over those yrs. my classroom was the placement for autistic students. One of my autistic student’s mother was a classroom aide for many yrs in my classroom, after her son was no longer in my class. She was very open w/ things to try to help students adapt to being in regular education classes.
Keep your eye on the ball, folks. The Dept. of Ed, is just a small obstacle being removed from the field of play. The real game is to take over and privatize all of American education. The even larger game is to hollow out the minds of our children and replace them with compliant clones filled with the nonsense of fascist, white supremacist, Christian nationalist hogwash. That makes the dynasties of fascist kings and the Axis of Despots a permanent feature of the American landscape, as each corrupted child's mind grows up and teaches their own children the same. That's how racism has endured for 160 years after the civil war. It's no secret. Blueprints right there in the text of Project 2025. Keep your eyes on Hillsdale College, Patriot Mobile and Academica Educational Mgmt Co. They are the little noticed spearheads of the takeover, already fairly far along in their plans to capture and destroy our public education system.
You've got that right, PRIVATIZE EVERYTHING! That is the essence of Project 2025. Privatize it all, our fire departments, police, prisons, public health, welfare, you name it. Anything that has a name and they can put a $-sign on. Even those little notices of "compassion" in those drug ads that say "If you can't afford this medication, so-and-so can make special arrangements to...blah, blah, blah." That is just a step away from taking over welfare and privatizing decisions about who qualifies and is worthy of special medical support. It leaves a public responsibility in the hands of private individuals, and their profit motives, to decide who qualifies to live, or who will be left to die.
Yep of some States like Texas, Ohio are really push it as well. Trump first crack pot Secretary Of DOE was pushing for Profit schools DeVoes billionaires from Charter Schools. I find it Disgusting they only think of the upper echelons of society. Take that to states like Mississippi, South Carolina etc there will be No Schools. These people are nothing but greedy self centered asses.
Not quite. They are also thinking of the lower echelons in their schemes to dismantle education and destroy the public education system. The lower echelons are the graduates of their ideological cloning factories which they plan to (have been) stuffing into civil service, legal, medical, teaching and other professions to change the entire character of the country into an extremist, anti-democratic landscape. Vouchers and Charter Schools are just part of that agenda for bleeding public schools of needed funds and capturing or dismantling them. www.poems4change.org/essays/education-end-of-evolution.pdf
People always have the right to send their children to private or parochial schools if that’s what they want to do, although the state is not required to pay for that schooling, the FAMILY pays their child’s tuition!
The voucher , and later 'charter schools', ideas were schemes developed by the far-right after they had hijacked the private religious schools' archipelago and turned it into cloning factories for their extremist ideology. It was a design intended to divert educational funds to their own agenda and bleed the public school systems of badly needed money. It was an effective tactic and still is. www.poems4change.org/essays/education-end-of-evolution.pdf
Ironically, now that the capture and dismantling of public education by the Destructionists appears to be succeeding it may be Progressives and the more enlightened who will need to turn to 'home schooling' and their handful of private schools (Montessori, et al) to protect the minds of their children. We ignored what the Destructionists were doing, and never bothered to really build a private liberal education system.
Could be, we have some knucklehead in WI that’s running for state Superintendent of schools… doesn’t have a WI Teaching License, and wants to change everything to charter schools. For those who want that or parochial schools that’s fine to make that choice, but taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for that!
When I 1st went to college, I chose a state college & in the end didn’t graduate from there as I could never get the classes I needed to become a teacher- so I dropped out & got a job working …. Fast forward after getting married & having 4 kids I chose to go back to college 25 yrs. later, only this time chose a private college - graduated, became a teacher & 10 yrs later went afterschool & weekends & got my Master’s Degree!
Anna is now 38 yo. There was no autistic support in our district
when she was little and in all these years I’ve been her primary teacher and guide. We were told she’d never speak in full sentences, grad high school, or attend college. She communicates fairly well, got her GED, and attended college but it just wasn’t for her. There’s no help. I get no respite. I’ve not had a day off in over 15 yrs and I’m
exhausted. If we could afford to move out we would.
So glad to hear that she is able to communicate now & wish you both the best. In the community that I live in ( West Bend, WI) we have an organization called “The Threshold”. It was started by a number of moms, many years ago that were looking for a respite for family members that were challenged. They have a center for people that are both physically, mentally & verbally challenged. A handicapped bus picks up & takes home those who need assistance, so that their caregiver can have a respite when needed. Not sure where you live, but wondering if there’s something like that in your area.
You are a hero! Do you have the energy to ask online Autism support groups to rally and lobby Congress? Some already do that. Perhaps you already have done so, or are too exhausted. Your story has power and could add significantly to the fight for Autism Awareness and services. Hang in there!
Yep. We have to stop this craziness I know some read state Gov are love this but many aren’t but their scared of this weak man one day confrontation he’d run. As most people like TRUMP THEIR WEAK. MUSK HAS MONEY SO HE HIRES BULLIES. I met these type of people weak have no re
People like you and that mom you spoke of have saved many lives from being blighted by autism. Thank you for all you have done for these very special students.
I keep waiting for him to choke on a hot dog, be hit by lightening on his golf course, or since he doesn’t walk the course, & gets very little physical exercise other than walking to the table/car prolly a massive heart attack!
Then Jay Dee YEHAWW Couchpoker is presuhdint abd the country collapses because he can't threaten anyone on the same level. Best wish the next Big Mac Attack occurs when they are all on the same plane.
As a public school teacher I served on a district committee to choose or replace textbooks. Sat through many sales meetings from companies whose actual knowledge and textbook writing seemed a manipulation, distortion, or selective weak construction of questionable purpose or direction of our country's education. And that's the pile from which we could choose. This was decades before the political and national mess in which our country now finds itself. We're in trouble, folks. Maybe we have been... for a very long time.
In that same district, my late father was THE (best, most knowledgeable) U.S.- World - Russian -European history and government teacher for over thirty years. He didn't need a textbook. From his extensive reading he WAS the textbook and taught every class at an A.P. level. He passed away in 2013, but I'm sure his analysis of how things have evolved would have been enlightening....
Our elder child (adult) created quite the dust up when she was in kindergarten. She was a prodigy so keeping up with her was challenging. We taught her the truth. No dumbing down and no skirting issues. So, when Columbus Day rolled around, we received a call from her kindergarten teacher. She asked if what S said was true. It was. The teacher had been fed all the lies and none of the truth. S told her what Columbus and his men did. I was so proud of her. 😉
I do understand that. I’m not discussing all aspects of education! It’s a FB Post, not a book!That would take up lots more than what people want to read on their phone! As u can see many people added more educational info.
I’m so sick of him I could spit fire.
AMERIKA seems within reach and I see right-wing media having played an enormous role in this…….how do we ever get it to disappear? Oh,and abolishing the Dept. of Education…..that ought to be helpful! And, and, and……
I'm terrified, and it's not just because I am worried that Social Security may disappear.
You're right. It's awful. If you haven't already, download and preserve personal key documentation like this as part of your grab bag contents. You may want to print a copy or two and store separately. Get other affairs in order, e.g. power of attorney, advance directives, other legal and financial instruments needed to avoid probate.
I know this sounds like doom-mongering and I'm sorry. But, if needed, your survivors will appreciate you even more. It's also good to build up some key household supplies since price instability may be growing. Hurricanes and runs on toilet paper are paired this way!
States set the education standards on what needs to be covered in public schools. The individual school districts in the state choose the curriculum that will be taught in their district schools. What math & science programs will be used &@which level: Pre-K thru High School. What reading & writing program will be used @ which grade level. The federal government does not choose those things.
What you don’t seem to understand is that the Department of Education provides funding for Title I schools and for students with disabilities. In addition to funding, they also provide oversight to make sure that these schools and students are treated equitably. I taught, by choice, for 38 years in Title I schools and was proud that students with IEPs were often placed in my classroom because of the teaching methods I used. I know firsthand how much difference this federal funding and oversight make. I also taught children of migrant workers, and my goodness, the success stories I could tell you because of the special programs funded by the DoEd.
Thank you. Teachers are the cornerstone of our very foundation. It's sad and outrageously unfair how badly they are treated and disrespected in this country. And to now have a president leading the assault is an absolute abomination.
My daughter is very disabled (ASD, Schizoaffective Disorder, severe ADHD, a 30% lag in her temporal lobe so executive decision making is both to zero, language processing disorder (probably from her brain lag)…so I’m all too familiar. Our state stinks when it comes to helping children/adults with disabilities. It’ll stink more, now. Plus, she’ll lose her disability and getting her meds will be terribly difficult.
Oh, no! That is terrible. Luckily, I moved to Switzerland 50 years ago and my grandchild who is high on the autism spectrum has good medical support and attends a wonderful special school. Later, he will probably move into a home with professional care. BUT That is what you get if you move to a rotten Marxist country like Switzerland. Ha, ha! I wish my irony was funny, but it is sad.
I did a student work/live in Switzerland many years ago. what a progressive and wonderful country! The educational system was remarkable. The US is beginning to loo like a third-world country, compared to educational and social standards of Switzerland and most European nations.
Not sure what state ur in, but why would your state now say she’s not disabled & why would have trouble getting her meds now?
Except that Texas dictates which text books to use - in ALL subjects, including math. Listen to the podcast, “Teaching Texas”.
AND the DOE provides a LOT to the states, especially the poor ones. Please do some research.
$ is provided to the states but the states dictate what’s taught. Texas legislators are idiots so that’s the education Texans get.
I’m sorry that Texas does things different than WI, but your response is frankly rude & inappropriate!! Education is DONE BY STATES, they choose how Public Education will be run! I am happy to be born, raised in WI, as my husband & I plus our kids/ grandkids got a great education, as we choose a great school district for them to live in. My grandkids that are in Michigan & their parents chose an area w/ great schools! If Texas schools are ALL so bad, I WOULD MOVE TO ANOTHER STATE OR @ least ANOTHER CITY!!
Texas’ choice of textbooks dictates what textbooks are bought by all the states. Texas is the biggest buyer of textbooks so it controls the market of what is printed and sold throughout the country. I don’t live in TX. I’m willing to bet that textbooks in WI are the same ones sold in TX. And if they’re not, many, many other states and school districts by what Texas buys.
Not Ca Texas doesn’t Dictate where we get our Books for our School District.
Where did you get this Type information? I find that as odd Statement.
I thought the same thing. My grandkids in MI had different textbooks than the grandkids in WI. When I taught 5th grade we looked at a number of textbooks before we chose the ones we used.
I ‘m not sure why all states would have to buy the textbooks that Texas chooses to print. But as I’m retired & was an elementary teacher, other than the 3 yrs I taught 5th grade we didn’t
I was an elementary school teacher, not the purchaser of textbooks. Elementary children don’t have TEXTBOOKS! The teachers choose paperback reading books for their classroom libraries & to use in reading groups. Our science program was hands on activities - that did NOT REQUIRE TEXTBOOKS! Grades 1-3 had hands on science experiments & we did not teach social studies. That was taught in 4th & 5th grade. And the 3-4 yrs I taught 4th & 5th grade we did have Math, Science & Soc St Textbooks.
I didn’t teach middle or high school so have no idea what textbooks they may or may have not used!!
You appear to be incredibly ignorant about what exactly it is that the Department of Education does for the students of this country, regardless of your time spent teaching in elementary school. BTW, Elementary schools generally have math, science and English instructional texts. Teachers aren't picking them out willy nilly. You also don't seem to understand WHY the trump regime wants to kill every federal government agency or department, gut critical funding for education, and hollow out the majority of federal funding in order to benefit the billionaire oligarchs currently destroying the U.S. government. In fact, your idiotic comments repeat rightwing nonsense that only the states are in charge of education. If states lose federal funding, education in that state will suffer as a result. Funding for Special Ed and IEP's will be left up to individual states and those won't be the only cuts-even school lunch programs will be eliminated. Student college loans are also at risk, and many other programs (community colleges), that assist lower income students ability to access a college education. trump's regime wants to replace public education with privatized, extremist approved "Christian" patriotic whitewashed pablum. Educate yourself. It's all in fascist project 2025.
Scroll back up to Betty's comment to see JUST ONE example of what DOE does. Her grandchild deserves the best education , despite her disabilities. Fuck your "rude" remark.
Right back @ yah, only person on the Thread to use the “f” word- surprised they didn’t bump
U off as they’ve been doing that lately👋
There was nothing "rude or inappropriate" about stating a fact about the demise of education in texas.
Good for you! You win!
...but on the federal level the education department does much more than that. Do your own homework on that one. The Space NAZI sweeping in and decimating ANY government agency based on some bullshit made-up number is NOT the answer to anything. I WATCHED THE MEETING WHERE ORANGE HITLER TOLD HIS CABINET THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE COST SAVINGS WILL COME.. But of course, he turned to E-Don Muskratshit and in his net breath told him he's doing a great job.
So true. The states do in fact set the rules for their schools.
That's why we need to get involved in the school boards. No more MAGA in there.
Exactly.
what about how limited funding is dispersed?
The democrats should have intervened in broadcast licenses a lkng time ago, simply passing a law that you can’t call yourself a “news” channel if you put forth constant untrue statements. It also would help all around if they required “news” channels to be at least 60% actual reporting of events and no more than 30% commentary. Ie faux and friends and hegseth and company wouldn’t be allowed to just opine meaningless bs all day. When CNN started, and for years after, it was largely headline news, sports news, international news, etc, with a handful of prominent analysts and commentators like wolf blitzer … I like MSNBC myself, but they rarely cover day to day non political events, unless some regular presenter show brings them up, usually as part of a general argument on their position. Like Modi is doing bad things in India- that might be covered when he climbs into bed with Trump, but it’s ignored the rest of the time, as a story of its own. It’s messed up that Americans increasingly look at Al Jazera or English sources like the Guardian, BBC, or Canadian news outlets for world general news and information. All the anger around Trump administration security violations- has there been any reporting on the terrible earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand? Almost none.
You're not alone in that.
Dept of Ed is what helps provides special help paying for specialized teachers, therapists, etc for students w/disabilities both physical & cognitive- & teacher’s aides for autistic students that are integrated into the regular classroom. Some autistic students are quiet & some are very studious like Baron. Others can be quite disruptive & can even physically attack classmates & teachers without provocation. I was an elementary teacher for 25 yrs teaching 1st, 3rd & 5th grade in WI. And over those yrs. my classroom was the placement for autistic students. One of my autistic student’s mother was a classroom aide for many yrs in my classroom, after her son was no longer in my class. She was very open w/ things to try to help students adapt to being in regular education classes.
Keep your eye on the ball, folks. The Dept. of Ed, is just a small obstacle being removed from the field of play. The real game is to take over and privatize all of American education. The even larger game is to hollow out the minds of our children and replace them with compliant clones filled with the nonsense of fascist, white supremacist, Christian nationalist hogwash. That makes the dynasties of fascist kings and the Axis of Despots a permanent feature of the American landscape, as each corrupted child's mind grows up and teaches their own children the same. That's how racism has endured for 160 years after the civil war. It's no secret. Blueprints right there in the text of Project 2025. Keep your eyes on Hillsdale College, Patriot Mobile and Academica Educational Mgmt Co. They are the little noticed spearheads of the takeover, already fairly far along in their plans to capture and destroy our public education system.
The goal is to privatize everything they can so they can get richer off the backs of the poor and middle class
You've got that right, PRIVATIZE EVERYTHING! That is the essence of Project 2025. Privatize it all, our fire departments, police, prisons, public health, welfare, you name it. Anything that has a name and they can put a $-sign on. Even those little notices of "compassion" in those drug ads that say "If you can't afford this medication, so-and-so can make special arrangements to...blah, blah, blah." That is just a step away from taking over welfare and privatizing decisions about who qualifies and is worthy of special medical support. It leaves a public responsibility in the hands of private individuals, and their profit motives, to decide who qualifies to live, or who will be left to die.
Yep of some States like Texas, Ohio are really push it as well. Trump first crack pot Secretary Of DOE was pushing for Profit schools DeVoes billionaires from Charter Schools. I find it Disgusting they only think of the upper echelons of society. Take that to states like Mississippi, South Carolina etc there will be No Schools. These people are nothing but greedy self centered asses.
Not quite. They are also thinking of the lower echelons in their schemes to dismantle education and destroy the public education system. The lower echelons are the graduates of their ideological cloning factories which they plan to (have been) stuffing into civil service, legal, medical, teaching and other professions to change the entire character of the country into an extremist, anti-democratic landscape. Vouchers and Charter Schools are just part of that agenda for bleeding public schools of needed funds and capturing or dismantling them. www.poems4change.org/essays/education-end-of-evolution.pdf
People always have the right to send their children to private or parochial schools if that’s what they want to do, although the state is not required to pay for that schooling, the FAMILY pays their child’s tuition!
That changed some time ago, because of court decisions eroding the separation of church and state.
"Billions in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/03/tax-dollars-religious-schools/
That’s what school vouchers are being used for, at least here in Florida.
The voucher , and later 'charter schools', ideas were schemes developed by the far-right after they had hijacked the private religious schools' archipelago and turned it into cloning factories for their extremist ideology. It was a design intended to divert educational funds to their own agenda and bleed the public school systems of badly needed money. It was an effective tactic and still is. www.poems4change.org/essays/education-end-of-evolution.pdf
Ironically, now that the capture and dismantling of public education by the Destructionists appears to be succeeding it may be Progressives and the more enlightened who will need to turn to 'home schooling' and their handful of private schools (Montessori, et al) to protect the minds of their children. We ignored what the Destructionists were doing, and never bothered to really build a private liberal education system.
Could be, we have some knucklehead in WI that’s running for state Superintendent of schools… doesn’t have a WI Teaching License, and wants to change everything to charter schools. For those who want that or parochial schools that’s fine to make that choice, but taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for that!
When I 1st went to college, I chose a state college & in the end didn’t graduate from there as I could never get the classes I needed to become a teacher- so I dropped out & got a job working …. Fast forward after getting married & having 4 kids I chose to go back to college 25 yrs. later, only this time chose a private college - graduated, became a teacher & 10 yrs later went afterschool & weekends & got my Master’s Degree!
Anna is now 38 yo. There was no autistic support in our district
when she was little and in all these years I’ve been her primary teacher and guide. We were told she’d never speak in full sentences, grad high school, or attend college. She communicates fairly well, got her GED, and attended college but it just wasn’t for her. There’s no help. I get no respite. I’ve not had a day off in over 15 yrs and I’m
exhausted. If we could afford to move out we would.
Oh Chaiah🙏
So glad to hear that she is able to communicate now & wish you both the best. In the community that I live in ( West Bend, WI) we have an organization called “The Threshold”. It was started by a number of moms, many years ago that were looking for a respite for family members that were challenged. They have a center for people that are both physically, mentally & verbally challenged. A handicapped bus picks up & takes home those who need assistance, so that their caregiver can have a respite when needed. Not sure where you live, but wondering if there’s something like that in your area.
You are a hero! Do you have the energy to ask online Autism support groups to rally and lobby Congress? Some already do that. Perhaps you already have done so, or are too exhausted. Your story has power and could add significantly to the fight for Autism Awareness and services. Hang in there!
This makes America Great Again?😬
Threshold is here but it’s terrible.
Alot of people that I know will lose their jobs and parents of special needs students will be left holding an empty bag!😥😡💩💩💩💩💩
Yep. We have to stop this craziness I know some read state Gov are love this but many aren’t but their scared of this weak man one day confrontation he’d run. As most people like TRUMP THEIR WEAK. MUSK HAS MONEY SO HE HIRES BULLIES. I met these type of people weak have no re
People like you and that mom you spoke of have saved many lives from being blighted by autism. Thank you for all you have done for these very special students.
I keep waiting for him to choke on a hot dog, be hit by lightening on his golf course, or since he doesn’t walk the course, & gets very little physical exercise other than walking to the table/car prolly a massive heart attack!
Then Jay Dee YEHAWW Couchpoker is presuhdint abd the country collapses because he can't threaten anyone on the same level. Best wish the next Big Mac Attack occurs when they are all on the same plane.
Oh I’ve thought something what was it I read someone need to take one for good of America
& then what? A shrewder, smarter, more callous Vance? And then...& then, & then....
Then we would get President Vance. He seems even more cruel.
Would like to flip the House so the 3rd in line would be a Democrat!
Yes. Thoughts and prayers
As a public school teacher I served on a district committee to choose or replace textbooks. Sat through many sales meetings from companies whose actual knowledge and textbook writing seemed a manipulation, distortion, or selective weak construction of questionable purpose or direction of our country's education. And that's the pile from which we could choose. This was decades before the political and national mess in which our country now finds itself. We're in trouble, folks. Maybe we have been... for a very long time.
Dropping Civics classes from high school curriculum was one of the dumbest moves ever.
In that same district, my late father was THE (best, most knowledgeable) U.S.- World - Russian -European history and government teacher for over thirty years. He didn't need a textbook. From his extensive reading he WAS the textbook and taught every class at an A.P. level. He passed away in 2013, but I'm sure his analysis of how things have evolved would have been enlightening....
Oh, I’m sure he’d have some things to say! 😂
Our elder child (adult) created quite the dust up when she was in kindergarten. She was a prodigy so keeping up with her was challenging. We taught her the truth. No dumbing down and no skirting issues. So, when Columbus Day rolled around, we received a call from her kindergarten teacher. She asked if what S said was true. It was. The teacher had been fed all the lies and none of the truth. S told her what Columbus and his men did. I was so proud of her. 😉
I do understand that. I’m not discussing all aspects of education! It’s a FB Post, not a book!That would take up lots more than what people want to read on their phone! As u can see many people added more educational info.
Maybe don’t bring a stupid FB post here.