Surviving the System: Seems wrong somehow

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Seems wrong somehow

Today I went to the bank with $1311, mainly in one's and twenty's.

Last week it was $3313 and the week before $2989.

Sort, count, recount, total and recount again.

It makes me feel like I'm involved in selling drugs, but I swear, it's just cookie money.

3 comments:

HeidiNovember 6, 2011 at 8:15 AM
This cracked me up! Just the humor I needed this morning! I've been enjoying your daily posts so far this month!
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Jackie SecorNovember 6, 2011 at 9:26 PM
Loved this post! Cookie money. Man, that gets me.
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Cindy ChoiNovember 15, 2011 at 10:16 PM
BWAAAA HAAA HAA!!! I LOL'd. Being a mom leads you to strange places.
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About this blog

This will be anonymous because schools can be pretty political, but hopefully constructive. My eldest child entered Kindergarten 16 years ago and I figure I've got another 4.5 years until my youngest finishes. By this fall between the three children we've been enrolled in eight different schools. There have been CST meetings, IEP meetings, PTO meetings, PTA meetings, fund raisers and vast quantities of homework. We are in public schools because we believe that justice starts with a decent free education for all and if I want decent public education being personally involved is the first step.

Glossary and Acronym List

Autism Spectrum - the spread of behaviors that define autistics. The primary areas are difficulties with communication, social interactions and change/lack of order. You can see the official diagnosis criteria here.
CST - Child Support Team, a group (including parents) that meets when a student is having difficulties
ESY - Extended School Year. In our experience, related to special needs kids who go to school over breaks because there will be significant regression in skills over the break if they weren't in a school setting.
FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education. This is the right of every American child, but is usually a term about creating or finding a learning environment that works for a special needs student.
IEP - Individualized Education Plan. A written plan of goals and ways to achieve them. Typically for special needs students
PTO & PTA - Parent Teacher Organization & Association
SST - Student Support Team, I guess this is the new term that replaces CST