My Beautiful Boy

School started back a couple of days ago and I have been pleasantly surprised that on the third day back Corey has gone to school each day quite happily.  Usually the first couple of days back after holidays are the worst and he doesn’t want to go, so this is probably the first time ever that he’s gone back without a fight.

He does have a really good teacher this year so he is so much happier.  The school enrolment numbers were 1 student down for being eligible for another class and another teacher.  Numbers are counted again at the end of next week and if they get one more enrolment over the next week then they will get another class.  So there is still a chance that he might be moved to a different class.  I’ve made sure that he doesn’t get put into the class of the teacher he’s had so much trouble with, so even if he changes class he should still get a good teacher.

I wasn’t very happy on the first day back at school though as my older son Ben is in year 7 this year and the year 7 teacher at that school left at the end of last year, so we didn’t know who the year 7 teacher would be.  After all the trouble that Corey has had with his teacher last year and the year before, I wasn’t very happy to find that particular teacher is the one that Ben got as his year 7 teacher.

So I am hoping that the school will get the extra class and that the year 7’s still might end up with another teacher.

I know you can’t expect to have 3 kids go through school without having at least one teacher that you don’t like, it just seems this one particular teacher just keeps on hanging around and my kids keep on getting stuck in her classes.  Well, one good thing is that at least Ben will be able to cope much better with her than what Corey could.

I found out the other day that there was another boy at our school with Aspergers who’s parents actually pulled him out of that school because of this particular teacher – so it was good to know that it wasn’t just me imagining the way she treats them.  This boy has come back to our school now on the condition that he doesn’t get her as a teacher again.

It’s not good when a teacher treats a child like he’s an inconvenience just because he has some needs, these kids need teachers that can try to understand their needs and work with them, not treat them like a big inconvenience.

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