tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post258455250128850266..comments2024-03-28T15:26:50.884-07:00Comments on Laws of Gravity: Missed the BusLiz A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-31253483975907635382016-06-15T08:02:24.917-07:002016-06-15T08:02:24.917-07:00Thanks, but all I do is watch them while their tea...Thanks, but all I do is watch them while their teacher is away...Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-33520693152420927532016-06-15T06:13:58.452-07:002016-06-15T06:13:58.452-07:00I certainly did some things in my youth that baffl...I certainly did some things in my youth that baffle me now. ~sigh~ May he find a healthy, productive path in life. Thanks for all you do to guide these kids.Darla M Sandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212760625717298992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-82968030584609056972016-06-13T11:50:28.422-07:002016-06-13T11:50:28.422-07:00"Mysterious impulses and inclinations..."..."Mysterious impulses and inclinations..." Yeah. So true. Sometimes I have no idea where they come up with some of the stuff they do.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-28537129552374773052016-06-13T11:49:25.818-07:002016-06-13T11:49:25.818-07:00Why won't his mom just let him walk home? Good...Why won't his mom just let him walk home? Good question. She can give permission. I have no idea why she wouldn't.<br /><br />On Thursday, the administrator probably got talking to someone else about something else when he went by (she's busy with all the students' misbehaviors). Considering how dismissal went that day, I can see how she missed him.<br /><br />As for the school not being able to handle him--I don't think they're there yet. There is a point where students do get alternative placements, but all sorts of hoops need to be jumped through before it gets to that point.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-41422330690316180852016-06-13T11:46:37.205-07:002016-06-13T11:46:37.205-07:00Ah, the girl's parents... Now, that's an i...Ah, the girl's parents... Now, that's an idea.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-8009916180423639282016-06-13T11:46:12.660-07:002016-06-13T11:46:12.660-07:00I've heard that excuse myself more than once.I've heard that excuse myself more than once.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-91756928760890337242016-06-13T11:45:52.606-07:002016-06-13T11:45:52.606-07:00It can go both ways, that's for sure.It can go both ways, that's for sure.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-67301181797749952832016-06-13T11:45:05.707-07:002016-06-13T11:45:05.707-07:00Me too.Me too.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-74274942197849782012016-06-13T11:44:45.624-07:002016-06-13T11:44:45.624-07:00At a certain point, it would get old. At a certain point, it would get old. Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-35156307502189470672016-06-13T11:44:13.478-07:002016-06-13T11:44:13.478-07:00I have no idea what sorts of services he's rec...I have no idea what sorts of services he's receiving. They're all doing the best they can.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-16130150861222378972016-06-13T07:48:03.497-07:002016-06-13T07:48:03.497-07:00One of my sisters has been teaching special ed for...One of my sisters has been teaching special ed for 32 years. I swear she is a saint but she loves her kids. These kids can be moved by mysterious impulses and inclinations. They get ideas in their heads from seemingly nowhere and they come and go.<br /><br />They'll probably all grow up to be writers. ;)<br /><br />@Kathleen01930 <a href="http://www.kathleenvalentineblog.com/" rel="nofollow">Blog</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15964712984479525970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-22817141232599342652016-06-13T05:35:22.354-07:002016-06-13T05:35:22.354-07:00I don't understand why, if he's close enou...I don't understand why, if he's close enough to walk home and he's doing it anyway, why his mom doesn't just let him? Then again, I see it from the mom's/school's perspective too: why doesn't he just ride the bus like he's being asked to? Is it really that big of a deal?<br /><br />And why on Thursday did the administration just let him walk past them and allow him to miss his bus again? Was there nothing they could do to make him get on the bus?<br /><br />At what point does the school tell the mom that they just can't handle her child? Is it enough that he is actually making an effort to be in school even if he refuses to ride the bus?Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415510811585368037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-86169802919488487952016-06-12T19:49:23.114-07:002016-06-12T19:49:23.114-07:00Text to mother about the missed bus and let him ge...Text to mother about the missed bus and let him get on with the girl....Maybe text to girl's parents too? No stopping a hormonal teen. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128774435912323133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-7361871046327192072016-06-12T15:31:24.931-07:002016-06-12T15:31:24.931-07:00Oh, yes. I totally believe that "trucker"...Oh, yes. I totally believe that "trucker" line. Clever try.cleemckenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456109243453726483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-60535653166668836192016-06-11T19:28:45.800-07:002016-06-11T19:28:45.800-07:00I've seen parents who didn't parents, and ...I've seen parents who didn't parents, and years later there kids are functioning adults...Believe me I don't think I was overly strict but my kids had bounds...One was they went to school to learn and they better not act up. That it got me involved...Coffee is on peppylady (Dora)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01649272822470007714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-2204518444817828562016-06-11T17:48:39.841-07:002016-06-11T17:48:39.841-07:00Hmmm I'm betting she didn't mishear lol!Hmmm I'm betting she didn't mishear lol!LilyElementhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04791827655749184355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-3071202513526814382016-06-11T16:36:45.222-07:002016-06-11T16:36:45.222-07:00I don't think I'd pick up the phone if I w...I don't think I'd pick up the phone if I was his mother either. Mother-trucker... lol.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174682655234764319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-5667349218208820142016-06-11T14:02:52.921-07:002016-06-11T14:02:52.921-07:00I agree with one of your commenters - both of thes...I agree with one of your commenters - both of these parties (the mother and the boy) need counseling. I think I am witnessing a mother burnt out over many years of trying to work with her son and other parties working with her son. Now, the hormones are raging and whatever control she had is gone. I can only hope there are good mental health services out there where you live, because they are lacking in many parts of the country. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.combookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-21570883222798520112016-06-10T23:39:09.393-07:002016-06-10T23:39:09.393-07:00Then I was only with them for one more day, so it ...Then I was only with them for one more day, so it wasn't too bad.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-40051242016268484042016-06-10T16:17:16.548-07:002016-06-10T16:17:16.548-07:00That's not a fun problem to have, and at a cer...That's not a fun problem to have, and at a certain point "kids" are simply too big to control. They can be as problematic as they choose. Not nice being in that position. Sorry it was only a one-day break.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-60390516474877337382016-06-10T11:41:07.930-07:002016-06-10T11:41:07.930-07:00Ideally, that's what was happening. But it'...Ideally, that's what was happening. But it's hard to know.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-11112477762827504082016-06-10T11:40:14.089-07:002016-06-10T11:40:14.089-07:00Yeah, that sounds good. I hope that's what the...Yeah, that sounds good. I hope that's what they're doing.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-81646572850779183752016-06-10T11:39:46.356-07:002016-06-10T11:39:46.356-07:00Apparently he was behaving better than usual that ...Apparently he was behaving better than usual that week, so progress is being made. Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-38818420573736222242016-06-10T10:54:37.935-07:002016-06-10T10:54:37.935-07:00The mom is getting tired of a lifetime of trying t...The mom is getting tired of a lifetime of trying to get Devion to see his problems and to keep him there. She probably sees the end of the time when she has any sort of control over him, and he plummets into bad decisions. I feel badly for Devion and for his mother.<br />I'd suggest a strict regimen of heavy duty counseling for the both of them. This problem has a source.Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-28259012146508439932016-06-10T10:01:08.199-07:002016-06-10T10:01:08.199-07:00I can totally understand the mother not answering ...I can totally understand the mother not answering . If she had already told them he was to ride the bus and not to call wny was the school continuing to call. It is the mom's job to dole out the discipline. If the kid doesn't get on the bus then their job should be complete. Sounds to me like NO ONE can control this kid. They just need to get a jail cell ready for him. That is where he'll end up! I am sure she has already told the kid what she expects from him!!Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17406717262345866373noreply@blogger.com