Problem Child Single Parent

On this journey with my daughter being an Emotionally Impaired student in a Special Education Classroom where I found much discrimination. When she reached the age twelve, it started becoming apparent to me. It seemed she was rejected by her peers who made fun of because of her disability and learning ability but it did help much when she was called LD or the 504 Kid and other names associated with her disability. Kids can be so cruel to each other--not understanding the depth of the...
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On this journey with my daughter being an Emotionally Impaired student in a Special Education Classroom where I found much discrimination. When she reached the age twelve, it started becoming apparent to me. It seemed she was rejected by her peers who made fun of because of her disability and learning ability but it did help much when she was called LD or the 504 Kid and other names associated with her disability. Kids can be so cruel to each other--not understanding the depth of the pain they suffer. This conducted started in her second year in Junior high and lasted through her high school years. Mr. Knight, Principal of Munger Junior High School stated that there had been a significant, rapid change in my daughter's behavior since last year. It is sad that a principal can point out that my daughter was going downhill and he did nothing to fix it until I started writing letters and she was sent to another school, it was as simple as a telephone call. At that time, Mr. Knight stated there was no money in the school district budget to have my daughter moved.The downfall in an EI Special Education Classroom is that everyone suffers with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) which was the biggest of my daughter's problems, those boys who were really hyper. They were in trouble especially when they had nothing to do all day but play games. for the entire day every day. They didn't have a teacher but they did have a babysitter in the classroom who was hired from the Kronk's Boxing Gym to sit in class. This man had no teaching skills. who was sitting in this EI Classroom.I told Mr. Knight I was very disappointed with what was going on in Jemeica's class. I asked him if Mr. Ronald was a certified teacher. He replied no and stated they would be hiring a certified teacher soon. I then asked Mr. Knight where were the books and other learning resources in this classroom that was supposed to be the main teaching tools needed and was supposed to have in the classroom in order for the teacher to teach. I asked how was it possible for my daughter to learn anything without a teacher or any other resources the classroom needed including books. They had not one book in the classroom.There was one black male student who checked in each morning. Saddened by the fact he was learning anything so he just walked right back out of school each day. I would see him leave the school myself and no one seemed to care.The Dearborn Heights-Westwood school district could not find an Emotional Impaired Classroom for my daughter to attend. This left her at home learning nothing for far too many days leading to months. I was sending my daughter to school for an education and that is something she never received-- whether it was discrimination of her disability or her race. Not when her psychiatrist gave the names of three schools she could attend and yet she could not find a school for her to attend.Other books by Sandra Williams Brassell: I have written a book titled, Somewhere Hidden Between the Cracks Part 1, published by iUniverse. This book is about discrimination by my employer, Ford Motor Company and represented by the UAW. Mind Analogy A Positive Change, published by Outskirts Press, which was a dedication for my son who spent years in prison. Now in publication is How Much Did the Blue Collar Worker's Really Lose...' Part 1. It will arrive sometime during the spring of this year and my hopes that Part 2 will soon follow in the fall of this year. Problem Children Single Parent Part I and II should be no later than the fall of this year--all books deals with discrimination in almost every area where I and my daughter endured discrimination in schools, education, workplace, government agencies etc., I have endured and also my daughter.