the jamaican travels to the foreign land

One of my coworkers has a friend who is Hispanic. She can speak English, but she speaks mainly Spanish at home. Her son is 7 and is struggling with English at school but is otherwise very smart. His teacher told the mom to sign a form that he is “Special Ed”. The mom refused to sign the form and I met her and told her she made the right decision. I am so angry at the teacher and it is not even my son. What a wicked set of people! Next thing they are probably going to want to tell the mom to put her son on medication and I hope she refuses. She only needs to get tutoring for her son or move him to a better school. Can you imagine having that on your record and it follows you through every institution you attend for the rest of your life? What would you do if it were your child? You already know I am going to have to write an angry blog about this!!!#minoritystrugglesinamerica #dontmeknoteachertellyouyourpickneyisretarded #telltheteacherfi@&%¥ #Iamachristiansoprayfortheteacherinstead

Just this week I met another mom who is from India and she was telling me that her son is having problems speaking English and they put on his school record that he has dyslexia. She said he is very smart at Math but has problems with English grammar. The school made him take a test and the school nurse agreed and signed documents and they even sent him to get tested with a psychologist where he had to do a 6 hour test and the psychologist signed that he has dyslexia. They then forced the mom to register the child in a school for children who have learning disabilities. When the mom shared her story with me, I was horrified! I told the mom she needed a friend who was a lawyer who can write a letter to the school superintendent. How can a kid with dyslexia score an A in math? What an evil and corrupt system that persecutes people that speak a different language and forces them to accept and believe that their kids are retarded just because they don’t speak English? Imagine the kids gra