My oldest son's teacher diagnosed him with ADHD! I went to the school and asked her what qualifications she had to make medical diagnoses? She was about 22 and didn't look bright enough to teach kindergarten! She called security. I was told that if I didn't put my son on medication, he couldn't come back to school... I pulled all my kids out and homeschooled!!!
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I may have been inclined to call their bluff. Are you in Canada or the US, where you go to jail if your kids aren't in their approved cubicle between 7:40-7:44? My 12 yr old would have been all about playing that game. Unfortunately, we just couldn't work homeschooling, so all 3 of our are in the government school. Maybe in another couple years when my wife finishes college, I'll be able to try again w/ the little ones, but we're stuck for now.
Have you started your own blog to document your journey in homeschooling?
I'm in the US and it was a constant fight with CPS! I have a MA so I think that was what saved us. I also taught part time at a local community college while I was working on a book. My school was a lot more difficult than the govt approved ones... my boys were reading Plato & Aristotle at 12!
I expect it was quite a challenge. The GD CPS seems to only ruin good family's lives rather than focusing on the wack jobs murdering kids for their foster care money from the state.
Good in you though, I appreciate you sharing your experience.
Thank you... It was a rewarding experience. It also really opened up my eyes as to how the government really works. I had done my undergrad work in Political Science and it was a profound dichotomy between how govt. works in theory as opposed to in practice!
How ridiculous! Calling security on you?
Good for you for pulling him out and homeschooling!!
I pulled 3 of them out! If you question authority they perceive you as a "threat."
You are the expert on your own children.