sick of high school

Hate to jump on my soap-box but the door has been opened.

The School System, overall, in this country is broken! I was born, raised and schooled in NY. I felt I had a challenging and stringent education in the 1980's to mid 1990's. I moved to Indiana upon graduation from college.. now with 2 elementary aged children I can tell you that the "No Child Left Behind Act" has totally and undeniably SCREWED the system. Teach to the dumbest kid in the room- while the kids who "get it" have to suffer through the pain of repetition over and OVER and OVER again.

This leads to children who become agitated, bored and unruly.. what is the school systems answer? MEDICATE THEM! I am currently battling my children's school who believes that even though my son is reading at a 7th grade level (he is in 3rd grade) and his NWEA scores are far and above the school average AND district average.. he has issues with sitting still and being bored. Their uneducated and short-cut solution "Take him to his doctor and get him medicated"

OVER MY DEAD BODY!

They refuse to challenge themselves to learn different children and the best ways to assist and nurture them.. they would prefer medicated, robot and complacent children- makes their jobs and lives easier.

I was recently told by someone "in the know" that the schools hope to build a case of the amount of children that are medicated so that they can "PROVE" that the system is broken and utilize that to change the system. So all the children they have sent down that road are basically collateral damage for the cause. Not in my house, not my child- no way in hell!



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