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horrid old bag! Rant (sorry)

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fullmoonfiend · 25/11/2006 11:47

..my ds is rarely ill (in 5 years has been sent home once from school). Yesterday he complained repeatedly to his teacher (who doesn't like him) that he felt sick, had a bad headache and in fact, had been sick. She told him ''nonsense, you look fine to me, you're not going home''.
When I picked him up at home time, he was white as a sheet with black circles under his eyes and very warm to touch. He was also sick on the way home.
I know it must be hard for teachers sometimes and that there are some children who do swing the lead, but FFS!!
I really feel like saying something to this woman, but don't want to poison her against my boy any more than she already is (I had a small difference of opinion with her at parents' evening - she thinks his dyslexic struggles are 'behavioural.'..)

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lulumama · 25/11/2006 11:56

train him to puke on her shoes next time ! or in her handbag..then she'll believe him!

fullmoonfiend · 25/11/2006 11:57

I did suggest that to him...

wouldn't mind but she let a girl go home who is always off sick with minor snuffles etc

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lulumama · 25/11/2006 12:02

so unproffesional having favourites!

Fattymumma · 25/11/2006 12:03

put a formal complaint in that she is taking out her annoyance with you one your son.

how on earth can dyslexia be considered behavioural?? stupid woman

fullmoonfiend · 25/11/2006 12:09

FM, she said ''He can do it perfectly well when he tries..sniff..I'm afraid you'll find me an 'old school' teacher..he needs to knuckle down..etc''

Well, yesss....one of the characteristics of dyslexia is an inconsistancy of perfromance.

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Froglette · 25/11/2006 12:49

Way back in the olden days when I was a school girl. One day I was feeling ver sick and the teacher wouldn't listen. She had told me off for getting out of my seat for some reason and said I couldn't move again without her permission.

I felt sicker and sicker. So put up my hand to tell her I needed to be sick in the toilet.

She ignored me most of the lesson but I kept putting my hand up. Finally she shouted at me "WHAT DO YOU WANT". My respons was "I feel ....." and puked up on the desk.

My poor 7 year old brain couldn't understand why she then told me off for not going to the * toilet. sigh*

Dyslexia behavioural?? She needs some educating.

lak114 · 29/11/2006 21:46

i cant believe your sons teacher acted this way as a teacher myself i always end a child to medical if they say they feel ill and let them decide!
And to say dyslexia is a behavioural disorder is disgusting!

lak114 · 29/11/2006 21:46

send not end lol

kid · 29/11/2006 21:51

I normally send a child that tells me they feel sick to get some water. I also feel their head to check for a temperature. The way a child looks and acts is enough to know if they are ill or are just pulling a fast one. If she doesn't know your son well enough, she shouldn't take the chance in not believing him. I bet if he was sick in the class and she had to clean it up, she would never doubt him again!
Hope he is feeling better soon.

Miaou · 29/11/2006 21:52

Froglette, that reminds me of a story dh likes to tell: he has a milk allergy and was at school back in the dark ages when kids got free milk. Substitute teacher would not believe that dh was allergic to milk and insisted that he stood at the teacher's desk whilst he drank it. Which he duly did.

You can imagine what happened next ... [evil grin]

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