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Oneironaut

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16. Teachers can't do anything without getting sued, and, get blamed for kids who put no effort in.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 11:52 AM

Dec 19

They’re even blamed by that kid’s parents, despite being the cause of the kid’s problems themselves, and, the school administration takes the parents’ side.

If the kids are in charge of the school and have no meaningful punishment for not putting any effort in, no wonder the system sucks.

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She graduated without learning to read. Now she's suing her school. [View all] Zorro Dec 19 OP

. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 19 #1

"It's not my fault I never made the effort to learn to read"? WTF? Did *you* read the article? Ocelot II Dec 19 #2

So much for the quality of education in this Country. Why didn't someone catch her, or, is she fibbing and tried to SWBTATTReg Dec 19 #3

What doesn't ring true? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 19 #4

She knows how to use a computer Zorro Dec 19 #12

Being illiterate doesn't mean you don't recognize some words or you're unaware of what a letter is. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 19 #14

Are you sure you understand what a reading disability is? yardwork Dec 19 #18

Of course there are details I don't know Zorro Dec 19 #22

So I can remember what you said. Iggo Dec 19 #5

Why, thank you Zorro Dec 19 #13

This happened in Connecticut and not in a state like Alabama? Omnipresent Dec 19 #6

Per the article, she graduated despite not being taught to read. She could have learned - Solly Mack Dec 19 #7

In this modern time of technology mymomwasright Dec 19 #8

She uses voice to text to write things and she's attending UConn. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 19 #11

Archive link Celerity Dec 19 #20

Rest of the article is paywalled Blue_Tires Dec 19 #9

Archive link Celerity Dec 19 #19

Wow... Holy freaking damn... Blue_Tires Dec 19 #23

It rings true to me. In the late '60s when I was in college, the school had a program where we would provide Wonder Why Dec 19 #10

Retired High School Special Ed. teacher here indigovalley Dec 19 #15

Teachers can't do anything without getting sued, and, get blamed for kids who put no effort in. Oneironaut Dec 19 #16

There is a lot going on here, for the most part, cachukis Dec 19 #17

She has a disability. We're not in a position to comment on how much effort she put in. meadowlander Dec 19 #21