( . . . just kidding, before Child Protective gets after me . . . )
Posted on 08/03/2006 11:38:51 AM PDT by neverdem
I am SO lucky . . . all my babies slept through the night very early. Except for occasional bouts with a bug, we've slept pretty peacefully (my husband reminds me that our eldest was in a bassinet in the bedroom for the first three months. HE didn't have to get up to feed her though!)
We do?!?!?!
I teach special education in VA and I can tell you will 100% certainty that no, teachers do NOT get a bonus for every special education student.
What you might be talking about is that there is no Fed $$ to the school system for 504 plan students. School systems get about 20% of what it costs to educate the typical special education system. They lose money on the deal, which is one reason my county is finding children not-eligible if at all possible.
It depends on the school largely--when I taught 6th grade, my students were always at their IEP's. I have been at a handful of transitioning 5th graders who attended theirs also.
But, I've taught high school Juniors who had never sat at their IEP before coming to this county. So it can vary.
In my dreams! We have Vlad (6 months) and James (2-1/2) sharing a room with us. Then Pat (4), gets up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and decides to rummage the house. (Part of his plan to take over the galaxy, I'm sure).
One way or another, there's always the opportunity for reading in the wee hours. Eight kids, and I've never had one who let me sleep peaceable. That's probably how I've ended up so weird at this point in life!
The feds don't pay much of the cost of special ed, but they do fund Title 1 for poor kids (most of whom are illegal in California).
I am so thankful that kids that are not legally here can get all sorts of help when my daughter whose parents are legally in this country and have paid thousands and thousands of dollars to fund education cannot get the help she needs.
It's not even like she needs a whole lot of help. At the private school, the reading program is going to cost $1400 for the whole year.
She doesn't need a one on one aid. She is not severely retarded. She merely needs a multi-sensory reading program.
Thanks for pointing out the word. I was looking for something that was a little more satirical based on the word "homophobic," which actually means "fear of humanity" or "fear of mankind." Still, I appreciate having a synonym available for my admittedly make-believe word.
( . . . just kidding, before Child Protective gets after me . . . )
Juice of the grape, and an occasional fermented sugar-cane beverage. I'll celebrate with the latter when Fidel Castro gets his long-awaited reward!
And good evening, we have an early start for a run tomorrow.
If it is more, that might explain the push for getting kids out of sped and into some of that NCLB $$.
We just found a tooth on Vlad today. He may be the earliest in our family (I'm looking at the records on Tom, but I may not have noted each tooth in my journal.)
I have a bottle of vintage Taylor Fladgate Port that is going to be brought out and exercised when Fidelito es finito . . .
We may get champagne; I could get smashed with Bacardi and not know what hit me until way too late!
My mother saved some wine in case President Nixon ever came to dinner, but it turned to vinegar, symbolically :-0>. She always wanted to meet Henry Kissinger, too. Time marches on ...
The only thing I use it for is to make Bananas Foster (and of course that's flamed, so the rum burns right off). I don't DRINK the stuff, because it does tend to tip-toe up behind you and then hit you over the head with a large heavy object.
I do love champagne, but there is something about a really good old port . . . it's like drinking rubies. . . smooth, delicious, tart rubies.
My pleasure. Why does everyone seem to know what misogyny means, but not misandry? Even the FR post spell checker doesn't recognize the word.
Current Google hits on misogyny: 2,320,000
Current Google hits on misandry: 116,000
In my life I have seen far more misandry than misogyny, yet our culture doesn't seem willing or able to confront the subject.
I haven't read Stalky in years, and it's right on my own shelf. Note to self to read it again when back from vacation.
Very good slice-of-school-life book. You'll find that Harry Potter is spookily similar in spots . . .
I tried to find out how much schools get for Title 1 funding, and I cannot find out.
I would be very curious to know.
However, I think it is all a waste of money. I'm sure you do not get a good bang for the buck.
Geometry. Start with a water level, a 3-4-5 triangle and a plumb bob. Build an object that will be essentially intact 5000 years later.
Good point, but geometry is a stand-alone concept - it works whether the Egyptians used it or not. Same for astronomy.
Excellent...been saying this for years. Thanks for sending me the info.
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