This may come off as a rant but I'm annoyed by how infantilizing everything in the world is today.
Story time. My wife and I had another child a few months ago. When we take our daughter to her checkups the receptionist hands us this tablet and we have to answer a bunch of questions before we can even go back. It proceeds to ask us questions like:
Do you have any guns in the house? (None of your fucking business)
If so, how are they stored? (Again, none of your fucking business)
Name three things you love about your child (Why am I having to answer open response questions?)
What makes this organization think they have the right to ask me these invasive questions? It feels like everything is this way now. Every company or organization treats you with this infantilizing tone like they have to guide you through life.
I don't remember it being this way when I was younger. Has anyone else noticed this shift?
Boy, you couldn't be more right. I do occasional work as a substitute (mostly just to spy on the education system) and it's an absolute trainwreck. I am not exaggerating when I say that putting your kid in public school is child abuse.
Share some stories please
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Then you should know the user you replied to is describing the results of abusing FAPE. Putting kids that don't belong on general education for accounting reasons will never get fixed if you blame the kids that should be in special ed for the situation.
I don't think anyone is blaming the kids in this situation. Obviously the failure is an administrative one but that doesn't change the fact it isn't an environment to put your own children in.
Remember the switch boy? They absolutely blamed him. If you didn't know that the woman who stole his devise had never even seen or discussed the boy's IEP. That boy was doing everything he was supposed to be doing, the woman who stole his device ended up getting fired, and blacklisted.
But, not before she ruined that boys life. Words have power.