U2democrat
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who drives you more crazy...the students...or the parents?
Sherry Darling said:
Final question: the parents always drive me more crazy.
Macfistowannabe said:What is your favorite, most passionate subject to teach about?
U2democrat said:who drives you more crazy...the students...or the parents?
U2democrat said:who drives you more crazy...the students...or the parents?
Sherry Darling said:"Avoiding war is the work of politicians. Establishing peace is the work of educators" ~Maria Montessori
U2Kitten said:Do you think that too many kids are put on Ritalin just for being kids, and that it's overperscribed? In my kids' school it seems like half the kids are going to the clinic for their 'medication' I have volunteered a lot at the school in the past and it seems to me that it's handed out too easily and that maybe only 1 in 10 of these kids really needs it. I don't like it because I fear it leads to a life of chemical dependency. No, my kids are not on it and I wouldn't do it even if they asked me to. What is your opinion on this, hyperactivity and hyper medications?
Dreadsox said:at which point I call home and find out that the child has been put on a drug
martha said:
This is such a pain. To find out the kid has been medicated and the parents don't tell the teacher!
They don't tell the person who is in charge of the child for six hours.
"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. We put Johnny on [stimulants, anti-depressants, Lithium, you-name-it] and we didn't tell you. In case he has a serious reaction to his meds, you won't know that he's on meds and will have no idea that it's a medical emergency."
DUH.
anitram said:Quick question, might seem kind of strange.
Do you guys have stocks of epinephrine pens (needles) in your class?
There was a seminar done recently where an American Immunologist said that some counties have a rule that every child who carries an epi pen must have a double in the classroom and the teacher additionally has to have a number of extras present.
I ask because like Ritalin, this is one of those hotly debated "are we overreacting" topics in pediatric medicine today.
Abomb-baby said:What,s your opinion of uniforms in public schools? Would it make the learning environment better for you?
Dreadsox said:Ani....
I am not sure I agree with the overdiagnosed for the epi pens....