I wrote this and, as I don't have a blog, I thought this would be the best place to share it:
I am sad for my little girl today, sad and worried. She found out yesterday that, from her little group of friends, she is the only one to go in a different class for Year 1. According to her teacher everything was done so that all children moved to their new classes with at least one friend, but that didn’t happen for my daughter and I’ve been told bottom line is nothing will be done about it; they’re sure she’ll be fine as she is a very sociable little girl.
This was not for them to decide. For a 5 year old the step from Reception to Year 1 is a big and daunting one and to know they’re doing it alone, well that must be downright frightening. It’s true, my daughter IS bubbly and sociable and makes friends with ease, but so was I. The socially awkward, introverted loner who feels inadequate and like she doesn’t quite ever fit in is the adult version of me. People knocked the sociable right out of me by bullying me for my weight and taking advantage of my good hearted nature, stepping all over me as they saw fit. I know my daughter isn’t me, but I know what it is like to be my daughter and I am terrified this experience may tarnish some of that bubbly bright light of hers. I am also worried it may spoil her incredible hunger for learning and her love for school in general. So how can her teachers, who see everything I see, just brush off what could turn out to be such a huge influence on everything my daughter is and knows? Maybe she WILL be fine and it is the little girl in me who is stepping into those shoes and is sad and panicked about the situation, because that is how I would have felt in this situation. Either way, it was not something to be taken so lightly and certainly not something to be dismissed so carelessly. I would have not taken such a chance with my daughter’s future and happiness.
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Lolababy30 · 06/07/2016 09:52
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