Patty's SKANK-A-PALOOZA Train for Hellions, Humanoids, Skanks & HOBNOOBS!(FULL)

[ccmp1974]

Hi all!! Thanks Patty will try.

[Patty Smyth]

OK getting butt in gear. Later.

[KK7]

Kim have you spoken to the principal?
My sister was bullied in school, and the teachers were awful to her because they constantly asked her why she couldn't be more like me. I liked school, I had friends, I did well in class etc. She was behind a lot because of medical issues she needed time off for, kids wouldnt sit next to her because she had excema etc, one teacher even gave her detention for using her asthma inhaler without asking permission.

The school had no idea until my mum went in there and freaked out on them

Just got of the phone with the vice principal called her this morning and just got back to me she is going to set up a meeting with herself the teacher and me. So I am going to make sure I write down all the points.

[KK7]

Im so sorry your daughter is going thru that Kim!
You know what...tell her that those popular kids one day will not be popular and there so called "friends" will sooner or later all be gone. I was not popular by any means in HS...I had friends yes but let me tell you once I got to college I met some amazing ppl. I don't have 100's of friends now but I do have a handful of friends and I would rather have 4 good friends then 100 blah friends! Kids can be so cruel...but you know what is always the "outcasts" that go on to accomplish great things!

I try to tell her that even her brother who is in gr 11 isn't friends with the same as elementary school I think it just becomes overwhelming which right now it is due to it being school work and friends that is all she can see right now is how much life sucks

Can she go to a different school?

I know when I was in school I was the RJECT because I looked awkward and I always had an A+ average. Not to mention my school at 138 students from K-11 so once the 'cliques' were made it lasted until I graduated HS.

I was miserable and depressed as a kid until I changed schools where I got a frsh start and made friends. Mind you I was never part of the "in" crowd but I didn't care. My geeky friends were real friends and I'd never had any before I was in Gr9.

It's no way to go through school when everyone hates you for reasons you don't control.

I'd seriously consider it if I were you. Probably the best thing you could do for her.

She will be going to gr 9 so I am praying highschool will be better for her there is about 5 different schools that go to this highschool so a whole different batch of people she can hopefully clique with one!

Oh boy sister do I here ya! In the last few weeks I have been considering starting up a petition to the government to get rid of this bloody system we have.

Kim I hate to say it but all we can do is try to keep things as positive as possible. Find the spec of good in every situation and try to keep her going. I am at the point right now where I just want him to get through high school without becoming another drop out statistic and then after that we can figure out where he will get his education It certainly won't be from the system we have now. I don't care what anyone says and this is not just my opinion but one that many of my friends share. They do NOTHING in school. Just ask the kids what they do all day.

Thanks Patty I know I just get very stressed out and understand you saying you don't want Kevin to be a stastistic of dropping out for I don't want Kayla to be like her mother was at her age will Pm lol

[MercyEhm]

Oh boy sister do I here ya! In the last few weeks I have been considering starting up a petition to the government to get rid of this bloody system we have.

Kim I hate to say it but all we can do is try to keep things as positive as possible. Find the spec of good in every situation and try to keep her going. I am at the point right now where I just want him to get through high school without becoming another drop out statistic and then after that we can figure out where he will get his education It certainly won't be from the system we have now. I don't care what anyone says and this is not just my opinion but one that many of my friends share. They do NOTHING in school. Just ask the kids what they do all day.

She's right. What scares me is that they don't "fail" kids anymore.

BF's son is actually illiterate and is in Gr6. He still can only read a picture book and is ALWAYS asking me to read him words from his text books, and i mean words that he should be able to read.

He can't write to save his life. He should have been failed twice over. Last year he only passed astronomy and that being with a 61% yet they still put him in Gr6.

Once he gets to HS where they do fail you I think he'll be there for a while if he doesn't drop out.

The education system in Qc is laughable. The teachers are jaded and the principles are disconnected. The school boards are unfortunately more about politics than the kids.

As parents, you're left holding holding the pieces of a broken child all too often and it's heartbreaking because most times it could be avoided.

[win-star]

good morning

[FallenPixels]

That is so sad

Hope you can get things resolved with the VP Kim, sometimes just them being aware is all it takes

Does she do any after school activities, I made better 'real' friends at my swim club than any school stuff

[win-star]

I just took this picture ... so cute hehe ... i want to keep it as a pet

[MercyEhm]

lol no you don't! i found a baby squirrel once. It fell out of it's nest and mommy lft him to die.

After about a week it started to get around on it's own and 3 weeks after that he destroyed the house!

I brought him to a rehab center when they taught him to survive in the wild.

[win-star]

oh wow .... I'd freak out if a "pet" destroy my house haha

[FallenPixels]

pfft Quincy has already ripped my newspaper to pieces and broken a cup and thats only topday!

[MercyEhm]

it's a rodent by nature and you can't tame it like you can tame a rat

[FallenPixels]

oooh New York Fries in Mapleview has that nasty butter chicken poutine

[MercyEhm]

Swiffer decided last night she didn't like the plant she's been growling at all month and just ripped it out of the pot and ate it.

STOOPID STOOPID cat. If it weren't for the fact I'd NEVER hear the end of it, I'd get rid of her.

She's growling at the baby now. Makes me REALLY nervous. She touches him ONCE and I'm making her into slippers!

[MercyEhm]

yuk