Ooh, you just want to move to *this* distict!

What were you thinking, embarrasing kids like that? It is bad enough dealing with airheaded principals but teachers that are carbon copies of Petie Principal need a taste of their own medicine..as in a lawsuit for defamation of character by destroying the self esteem of children in crisis.

Reminds me to not move to small town CA where Principals of ill repute reside…

I wrote the author thanking her for the piece. Thank-you for sharing it with us.

You’ll have to pardon my French, but what a bunch of assholes! One more indication at how wide spread the ignorance and bigotry against people who are different really is.

I hope the families of these children who were so pathetically ridiculed sue the pants off of the participating teachers, not just professionally (meaning the District for allowing this to go one for 10 years now???) but even more importantly, PERSONALLY, so they can truly understand the magnatude of their sin.

Grrrrrrrr… as if Mondays aren’t dismal enough on their own, I had to read this piece…

Thank you Sue for posting this.

Dennis Shaw, today you make me stand tall and proud in my 4-inch stilettoes!

These awards are so wickedly funny!

Oh, Miss Jones *thanks* for sharing this little doozie with us all. (See, I can use those little * thingies too!) Who would have thought you had such a sense of humor!

This little article sure made my Monday Morning! Who would have thought that such a cute little idea would have originated from the land of fruits and nuts? ANDY, turn on the lights if you’ve got electricity and read the paper! Did you see, this is your state in action! Hee Haw!

My absolute favorite was the high school preparedness kits! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-). I give it 5 (five) smileys! Oh, I bet principal Shaw is a shoe-in for a promotion. I’m so green with envy! (Let me make a mental note to call him and offer my congrats for such awe inspiring leadership. Should be a feather in my cap.)

With less that two weeks left of school I am so inspired. It will be squeeze, but I think I can fit in an awards ceremony at our school.

What do you think! Aren’t these awards so funny! Sue Jones, pattim, Robin Goodall, Anitya, Sara, chime in with your ideas. This will be a fun day for posting.

Dad, chime in with ideas for all my autistic kids.

Announcing the First Annual Peter Principal Awards

*Disposable diapers to those “babies” who wee wee’d in their pants some time this year!

*Buckets to those who barfed sometime during the school year!

*Dunce caps to all those “LD” (labeled dumb) kids who need accommodations or extra help!

*Baby bottles for all those little sissies who complained about being bullied this year!

*Pacifiers to all those whiney parents who tried to “mettle with my stew” this year.

How Can I Be

Peeved

today?

Just call me

Peter Principal

Gee PP,

Thanks for thinking of me :) Can’t begin to thank you for the smiles you generate. Your level of incompetence only is outshined by your generic, run of the mill, typical, mid-level beaurocratic bs that could actually get excited about something as ludicrous as this article.

If I didn’t know any better, Pete, I’d think you were subject to this type of ridicule in your youth and your penchant for distorted revenge is picking on children who simply cannot fight back. Being a big mouthed, beaurocratic, bungling buffoon certainly confirms your intent to bully those you think cannot (or will not) stand up to you. You forget that there are legions of us who are not impressed with your mail order diploma, or your self-serving system that promotes those who cannot function at the teaching level.

I’m most amazed you missed so many opportunities for awards, such as:

* WD 40 (made in San Diego :), to lubricate the bound up wheels of the archaic system you so visciously protect.

* Pitchfork, to heave the piles of administrative manure so easily spread around your schools.

* Casey Toilet, (principal’s office) for where the manure is heaved???

* Back Brace, for the spineless administrators who hide behind the facade of being humans.

* Bed Pan, for the weak of heart (and bladder) administrator who quivers and quakes at the thought of having to face their consciences alone in bed at night.

* Catfish Award, we all know the difference between Peeved Principal and a catfish; one’s a scum sucking bottom dweller, the other is a fish :)

Gas Passer Award, full of hot air, and smells bad to boot. (about as well received as a gascious expulsion in Church).

Tax Fraud, for falsely taking government funds and failing to do your job.

55 gallon drum of tums, for the countless parents who intend on holding you and your kind accountable.

Goodness PP, I wish I had more time to assist in your award’s banquet. Gladly, I have much better things to do with my time… nothing. :) :) :)

Forever smiling when I know it ticks you off.

Andy

S L O W…. I already left my calling card and Petie…bless your charming *not* soul… you bit hook, line and sinker…Thanks for the laughs PP…Andy, your one liners were great!

The thing that ticked me off about this article was the audacity of teachers doing stuff like this when they were the ones that taught the special education kids. What in the world were they thinking? It must be the result of pesticides in used on the crops in Modesto that would lead anyone to roast a child like that…These teachers need to be put in line ASAP and I won’t mention which line I had in mind…Petie.. You can fill in the blanks…while I play hangman…or was that the Wheels of Misfortune for you and your sick cronies..

U_E_P_OYME_T

:-P

Your little piece reminded me of “A Modest Proposal”.

I am under the assumption that a double negative equals a positive. Personally, I ain’t no good at it.

Pete,

First and foremost, I once again must confess that having this battle of wits with an unarmed idiot is somewhat fruitless… but the ld in me simply can’t let go :)

I’ve always found your sniveling, whimpering, tax (and oxygen) wasting existance to be a bit of a bore, however, the shot you took at Dad really sunk to an all time low. So… without further adieu, here’s a few more for ya:

WHALE TURD, because absolutely nothing sinks lower on earth.

SPHYNX SPHINCTER, what a giant a**hole (old and crusty as well).

ELEPHANT HEMAROID, what a huge pain in the a**.

I suppose you get my drift. Anyway, as always,

wishing you many informed parents who not only know their rights,

but exercise them as well.

May we all keep your diahrea flowing.

Andy

ps/ for you newcomers to the bb, legend on the bb has it that Peeved is actually a pissed off parent in disguise mocking the ultimate insane administrator. Kind of like a sacraficial cow walking into a stream of pirahna with a festering wound. Peeved gives those who need it training in how to deal with an a**hole of an administrator, or a punching bag for those who already have… so (even though most of us have fallen for it in the past), try to maintain a sense of humor (because that really pisses him off), and never let him see you sweat!

To he who would compare my writings to that of Jonathan Swift, never did I imagine that you would exist amongst this rash of festering pustules

How sweet it is to find a kindred spirit, an intellectual.

Surely you have an advanced degree from a prestigious institution. Are you perhaps a principal or a SPED director or a district lawyer?

For you I leave my favorite line of A Modest Proposal:

I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.

Do as I do and ignore swine with rotted minds who feed here as they make but a feeble attempt to nourish their minds this fine morn.

Are you married?

Ralph E. Wilson, Superintendent

1500 Meredith Avenue
Gustine, CA 95322
Phone (209) 854-3784
Fax (209) 854-9164

Want to vent a little on Mr. Ralph Wilson digitally? http://www.gustine.k12.ca.us/

Or perhaps you’d just like to email (with of course a note to please forward to the interested parties at Gustine Middle School) [email protected]

Want to drop a little line to Mr. Wilson’s boss? http://www.mcoe.org/admin/

Or perhaps you’d like to discuss the Merced County’s interpretation of the ADA and IDEA Acts? http://www.mcoe.org/special/welcome.html

Still got a few choice items to express? How about taking it up with Dr. Alice Parker, California’s State Director of Special Education [email protected]

Please remember to keep all correspondance clean and civil, or they just delete it and ignore it. Try not to lower yourself to their level, regardless of how tempting it may be. And by all means, encourage everybody you know to also write and complain about this bigoted practice.

Just so you can be fully informed to what you wish to be compared to…

Jonathan Swift’s essay Andy referenced was a piece of sarcastic satire, meant to illustrate the bitter ironies in the Crown’s policies towards their occupied population, the Catholic Irish in North Ireland. Really, your Cliff’s Notes should have explained this well, or did you buy your way thru that test as well? I guess you should have spent more time actually reading your assignments rather than waste all that time trying to figure out ways to short change the underclassmen in the lunch line and trying to peek up the cheerleaders’ skirts.

But then I guess that a well balanced education and fully developed knowledge base would just be wasted on a public school administrator anyway, huh Peetie old boy?

Andy, did we forget to take our Prozac today? You know they have that in a weekly form now.

I am somewhat concerned about the scatological bent of your posts and encourage you to see your therapist at once.

For those of you who are new to this board, Andy washed out of college years ago and has since had quite a history of mental instability in his home state of California, including delusions of grandeur and paranoia. In other words, folks, he stands out as a the lone coconut the land of walnuts, filberts, and pistachios. And that’s pretty scary.

When he forgets to take his medicine, he’s known to go off on these long tirades about esteemed educators and administrators and school board politicians (all of whom successfully completed college and for the most part have earned higher degrees) and regurgitates ad nauseum his “battle stories” with the California educational system.

He tends to be delusional. He’s written in length about liens and lawsuits the state has pending against him.

Next he’s going to say that the state is taking pictures of his car at marked intersections when he runs red lights and that Web sites plant cookies to spy on his every move on the Internet and that giant corporations are blasting his brain with microwaves every time he uses his cellphone. I mean, how psychotic can you get?

And most insane of all, he tries to goad me with anatomically incorrect smileys. Anyone knows the proper way to form a smiley is with a colon, an n dash, and a right paren :-). He tends to leave out the n dash, forming a smiley like this :) . Folks, how seriously can you take a college drop out construction worker who makes his smileys without noses?

Do yourselves a favor, folks, just skip Andy’s posts in the future. They’re not worth your time or energy.

Andy tries his best to make me

Peeved.

But I am

Peter Principal

And I have not yet
reached my height
of incompetence.

As if you could really discuss Swift with me, Dad. Get real.

This message was for Ken. I think he’s new here.

All I asked from you are some award suggestions for the autistic kids. When you have them, get back to me. Otherwise, don’t waste my time.

These Clueless Parents
Make Me So

Peeved.

I Educate Your Kids

I am

Peter Principal

Peter, Peter, Peter…

Forgeting the first lesson your dear old Grammy taught you about poker didn’t you? Never let them see you sweat, and never drop the bluff till the hand is won…

Really, you shouldn’t trust the timing of your Risperdal to that cheap watch the district got you for setting the record for most children denied FAPE ina single IEP season…

And though I can easily laugh away your pathetic shots at me, I do think that your attack on Andy below shows just how close he gets to exposing your true self to the rest of the world. Are you like the evil gremlins? destroyed when exposed in the bright light? One can only dream, hmmmm?

Ciao!

I know you all are trying to be funny, and I suppose in a way it really is funny, but at least one of us out here is not laughing.

I think most of those kids will learn from those “awards”, that even with as much effort and ability as they have, giving it “their all”, they will never meet the expectations of their teachers, and these “awards” are the closest they will ever get to attention [even negative attention can be better than NO attention]. Even with their best efforts, their teachers will never be satisfied, because their entire school and district condones these “awards” and even promotes them, so why should they even try? This attention is better than nothing, and if they improve they might lose even THIS attention, without getting anything more desirable, they will never be able to actually receive a REAL award, so they will stop trying at all. Why improve if it means loss of the only thing that brings some attention? These teachers are destroying the will to learn of these children. I feel sorry for their teachers after this year, if those teachers might be any good. But mostly I feel sorry for these kids, who are being taught by their teachers that the best way to survive their school experience is to stop trying, perhaps also becoming the “class clown”, so at least the other kids don’t torture them too, because it is one thing to have teachers torture you, it is quite another to have other kids torture you. And if their parents are also laughing or at least condoning this behavior, then the child may end up like others I know.

Several of my peers, including myself, had experiences similar to this in middle school and high school, teachers treated us as objects of derision, but the other kids also treated us like this, and we now handle our rejection by others with self-abusive behaviors. I am currently trying to stop but so far I am not successful, it is the only thing I have found that helps me deal with so much rejection in my life. No matter how hard I try at anything I do, all my efforts are never acceptable to anyone. When all the adults with authority treat me this way, and my peers too, how am I supposed to believe I am a worthwhile individual? And in fact, I don’t believe that I am.

Then there is my friend John. John was also treated badly by teachers and other kids at school. When we were 16, I sat with him for a long time one night, and we talked about a lot of things that he wanted to say to someone who would listen and understand and actually CARE, I am glad he believed I was such a person. His parents found his body the next day. I think he found the best way out, because when I tried, I was never successful. I am even a failure at that, but John did find one success that even his parents and teachers and other kids had to recognize he did at least one thing right in his life. So John is much better than even I am. I am envious of him many days.

So you all can have your fun and I don’t really want to ruin it for you so I won’t intrude on your fun again, but please do be aware that some people out here are not laughing, and neither are the kids who are subjected to the type of thing discussed in this article.

Danielle,

Please don’t ever think no one isn’t listening. I had to reach out here. While Peter Principal is crass,and ignorant,it really is out of fear. He knows all of us really crazy,abnormal,and parranoid parents out there, are closing in on him.
God ,I pray,that I will always be as crazy and mentally challenged as Andy is.
I too,feel for these students,maybe too much. It hurts so much that all that is left ,is ramblings of people hurting. We are hurting so much,and filled with so much frustration. I wish I could almost be one of those parents, because only god would be able to help this principal. One more thing I have in common with Andy,is LD. You can take to the bank my undying quest for justice in a situation like this one. This is the ONE thing I learned about being LD. I never give up. NEVER. Unfortunately there are soo many others. There are soo many more sad stories to tell. It marks the countries inability to be human to one another.It displays the arrogance of people entrusted with our children. It scares us. What can I say? John wasn’t the warrior in this story,Danielle. You are. You are still in the race,fighting everyday. NEVER give up. One day you will make your little peice of the world better for another child. So they might not know the pain you lived with. I would be willing to bet the students in this article will too. This is the thing. I believe our kids,the ones in the IDEA era,will grow up to make the lives better after them. My parents couldn’t give this to me,but they did give it to my kids. My kids,will clear the way for their children.
Keep on fighting. It’s sad,but it’s our reality. We have to fight for what is right.

Danielle,

You do raise a good point about other’s interpretations of some of the bantering that goes on; particularly with Peeved Principal.

Much of the “humor” is born from pain and anguish. Sweat and blood that has poured from many of us from our own experiences, let alone dealing with the trauma of trying to protect our kid(s) from the system that seems hell bent on destroying the family.

Regarding your friend John, I am truly sorry. I would wager many of us know, or at least know of similar circumstances. There have been studies done, and yes, the ld child is a much higher risk of suicide, dropping out, deliquency etc. by the time they reach high school.

There was a boy right here in SD only a few years ago who hung himself from the stair rails in his parents home; he ended his pain. Unfortunately, his parents could not afford to sell or move, and they had to walk under these stairs every day. I can’t even imagine the torture that must have caused them.

A lady I know who fights for ld kids in the juvenile court system has an ongoing list of similar stories, and it truly is heart wrenching.

Our own son wanted to die in 4th grade, and tried to put his head through a window; yes, I know the deepfelt heartache of hearing my own child wish he were dead, instead of having to go back and face “those teachers” who just don’t understand.

No, much of what goes on in the experience of dealing with the world and ld issues is not funny. However, it takes courage and fortitude sometimes to simply hang in there and not give up too. Brad’s post further up the board quotes something to the effect of “success is simply getting up one more time than being knocked down” (paraphrasing from memory, Brad; thanks).

Everyone deals with hurt in different ways. Most of us, I’ll say it again, on this bb have experienced great pain and hurt, which is why we frequent a bb like this where we can hook up with others so we don’t feel so alone. When you feel so alone, and misunderstood, mistreated, abused and tossed aside, it is safe to consider that the by product is depression and low self worth.

I know the rage, as a father, of wanting to walk into the district head quarters and wring our “Peeved Principal’s” neck on many occassions. Trust me, the thought of knowing I could do it somehow got me through those times.

I know what it feels like to be placed year after year in the “slow class” for math, writing, science etc… I know what it’s like to go through school unidentified as ld, yet know that somewhere along the way I simply didn’t learn like the rest. Yet, deep inside, I knew, at least I thought I knew, I wasn’t dumb either. Go figure.

I get teased to this day about poor penmanship, yet I can now type 60+ words per minute. I’m fluent in spanish (all verbal) and I somehow “get by”.

So, for pesky critters like Peeved to actually take pot shots at me, I say “go ahead, just get in line”. I’ve built up a pretty tough skin to not let them get to me, and I try to show our son how to survive the same way. A sense of humor (sometimes dark) is one way of surviving the hurt and the pain, I guess.

I don’t know how old you are, where you live or what you’ve been through, but I can sure sense you are pretty hurt by our attempt at humor in this vein. The Peeved Principal threads do pop up every once in a while, and I gotta tell you, sometimes he really cracks me up when he’s after me.

Thank you Socks for the kind words.

One thing I know, having dealt with creeps like Peeved and worse… the more they come after you for something, the closer you hit the target and really pissed them off; and I really like that! Having battled with our district for well over 6 years, before the internet and on our own, I know what it feels like to get the living crap kicked out of me and yet I still kept waking up the next day. What do you do? Give up? I say never, at least not for me and mine.

My wife used to end up laughing at me, over the most dreaded statement made at the end of many a meeting, or on our way to the car after a good throttling: “but wait!” I would still need to know, or question, or badger or whatever, because it still didn’t make sense.

It still comes down to ld and comprehension, and the proverbial square peg simply cannot fit in the round hole.

I’m so sorry if feelings were/are hurt over this thread, that is not the intention. If you think that those of us goofing here are not sensitive, or have not experienced deep and great pain here, on that note you are mistaken.

Please know our thoughts and prayers are with you and yours, and know that you aren’t alone. You didn’t make any mistake by checking out, it’s obvious God still has much good for you to do, so be strong and hang in there.

This is just one thread of many that go on this bb, don’t misinterpret all the good that does go on here.

Take care,

Andy

Peter Principal wrote:
>
> Andy, did we forget to take our Prozac today? You know they
> have that in a weekly form now.

Gee Peeved, odds are you’ve already filled your prescription already, I hadn’t heard. If you do pass down to TJ for an extra large dose, please just go to jail quietly and don’t call for help. Unless you opt to go on a hunger strike, then we can watch you slowly wither.
>
> I am somewhat concerned about the scatological bent of your
> posts and encourage you to see your therapist at once.
>

I beleive your concern stems from the accuracy of all the awards mentioned that you know you are a shoe in for. I’ve no need for therapy, as I don’t need to justify my day to anyone. I am well paid for a job well done, no need for union or other protections for tenure; unlike yourself.

> For those of you who are new to this board, Andy washed out
> of college years ago and has since had quite a history of
> mental instability in his home state of California, including
> delusions of grandeur and paranoia. In other words, folks,
> he stands out as a the lone coconut the land of walnuts,
> filberts, and pistachios. And that’s pretty scary.

Golly Peeved, when are you going to get over the fact that for those of us who bailed on your crappy system? Many of us are extremely successful without you and yours. Regarding the vegitation out here, I think the local market and economy speaks for itself (sadly, the electrical issues, gas issues somewhat skew the national perception). Come talk to me at Christmas, when we have to open windows when burning the yule log, cause it’s 70 degrees and beautiful!

>
> When he forgets to take his medicine, he’s known to go off on
> these long tirades about esteemed educators and
> administrators and school board politicians (all of whom
> successfully completed college and for the most part have
> earned higher degrees) and regurgitates ad nauseum his
> “battle stories” with the California educational system.
>
Ah Peeved, here you go trying to bait me. Not to worry, I’ll just sit here and smile ;)

> He tends to be delusional. He’s written in length about
> liens and lawsuits the state has pending against him.

Peeved, you’ve been busted for perjury, tampering with records, failing to comply with the law and countless other transgresisons. You’d think one would be embarressed of such a professional history; instead you prove the point that your arrogance is only exceeded by your stupidity.

>
> Next he’s going to say that the state is taking pictures of
> his car at marked intersections when he runs red lights and
> that Web sites plant cookies to spy on his every move on the
> Internet and that giant corporations are blasting his brain
> with microwaves every time he uses his cellphone. I mean,
> how psychotic can you get?

Funny you should mention the photos at stop lights. Before they were terminated (last week), they had busted the companies who make them for not giving tickets to government employees with license plates marked with an “E”. Gee, go figure. As far as your cookie spies are concerned, I have nothing to hide, I’d just as soon say to your face (and theirs if they are reading :) “kiss my a**”, ok?

>
> And most insane of all, he tries to goad me with anatomically
> incorrect smileys. Anyone knows the proper way to form a
> smiley is with a colon, an n dash, and a right paren :-). He
> tends to leave out the n dash, forming a smiley like this :)
> . Folks, how seriously can you take a college drop out
> construction worker who makes his smileys without noses?

Funniest of all, it really does bug you, doesn’t it? :) :) :) :) Worse, that a college drop out construction worker can not only piss you off, but get the best of you on numerous occassions. You forget Peeved, it’s us who build your schools, houses and highways. Typically, one would bury a dead rat in the wall to make your place smell, with you it wasn’t neccessary. The rat is you, and the odor is self-explanitory.

>
> Do yourselves a favor, folks, just skip Andy’s posts in the
> future. They’re not worth your time or energy.
>
One of your kinder compliments. As you end up on more and more dart boards, I can only say thanks for the laughs.

> Andy tries his best to make me
>
> Peeved.

What keeps me living, breathing, and laughing (let alone smiling :) :) :) :) :) all the way…

>
> But I am
>
> Peter Principal
>
> And I have not yet
> reached my height
> of incompetence.

I know you haven’t, keep striving, one day you will achieve maximum incompetence and probably run for public office.

As always,

Andy

You know, it is interesting how a little dash would get to someone isn’t it?
hmm,wonder what Freud would do with this?

It reminds me of something I heard recently. When looking at a person’s life,it isn’t the day they were born or the day they died that matters. People are born and die everyday. It’s the dash in between that makes the difference. …

Is it possible Peter,that you are missing so much of what a truelly valuable life is,that not having this dash makes your life really ,well, not worth much?

I do believe that xanax can help with this anxiety. Of course you could actually start doing the right thing,this would make a smiley without a dash not so scarey for you.
All just possible suggestions.

The awards:

What about:
1. the the “golden Other Case of Retailiation award.” short for the golden OCR.

2. the “Indecent Evidence of Persecution award”.short for the IEP.

3. the “Incredibly Disgusting Exposed Amendment award.” short for the IDEA

4. the” Fact is Anyone Participating is Excluded award”. short for F.A.P.E.

5. the “Americans Discriminated Against award”. short for ADA.

6. the ” 504 ways to humiliate award”.

7. the Longest Restrictive Education award.” short for LRE

okay I’m done.

(Socks) Someone’s Other Crazy Kind of Suggestion.
(Peter) People Educated To Eventually React.
(Andy) And never disturbing you.
now I’m done.

Well, my friends call me Bubba…..but an angel, a young hippie angel put a book in my hands - boy, did she look good. Blind Date - funny named dude wrote it…..Jerzy Kozinski….well, damn that was one funny book. Got another by him - The Painted Bird…..knowing the woods and all, it made sense…..but damned, it wasn’t funny like Blind Date at all. Married?? Of course. Aren’t everybody??

Don’t let yourselves get upset by Peter Principal. He’s not even a principal, not really. What he really does for a living, I don’t know, but I do know that he posts these comments to play devil’s advocate, and thus give everyone frustrated by the real “PP”s who’ve hurt them and their children someone to take their rage and frustration out on. He’s good at it, too; he does an excellent job of satirizing and spoofing the real evil administrations so many parents have to battle with! Hopefully, after having it out with him, a parent will be recharged to resume the real battle he or she is faced with. PP, you’ve missed your calling; you should be an actor. =)

Yours truly,
Kathy G.

Dad wrote:
>
> Just so you can be fully informed to what you wish to be
> compared to…
>
> Jonathan Swift’s essay Andy referenced was a piece of
> sarcastic satire, meant to illustrate the bitter ironies in
> the Crown’s policies towards their occupied population, the
> Catholic Irish in North Ireland. Really, your Cliff’s Notes
> should have explained this well, or did you buy your way thru
> that test as well? I guess you should have spent more time
> actually reading your assignments rather than waste all that
> time trying to figure out ways to short change the
> underclassmen in the lunch line and trying to peek up the
> cheerleaders’ skirts.
>
> But then I guess that a well balanced education and fully
> developed knowledge base would just be wasted on a public
> school administrator anyway, huh Peetie old boy?

Oh, PP. Modest Proposal? I got it. ….and I’m sure you did. Kind of nice you looked up the good parts for me. Did you ever read Lolita? Lady Chatterly’s Lover? and….that dirty book in the Bible….Song of Solomon??
You know, you could make a lot of money by using those editorial skills to find the good parts of dirty books from all Creation and putting them into one gigantic big fun book for teenies……or has Larry F. beat us to the punch??
Anyway - just playin along with the ruse - kinda like ridin Kesey’s bus - after reading his 2nd novel, forgot the name, but the one about lumberjacks - me and Russ went and cut down the biggest tree in the forest….and you know what - it made one hell of a THUNK! Happy Trails.

Danielle

I was one of the ridiculed kids, the brunt of everyone’s jokes because I didn’t hear things. I am a scrapper more or less and I was just too ornery to give up and let nasty people and kids steam roll me. We just act crazy now and then but it is all in fun please accept my apologies. With these crazy posts we hone our repartee and have a few laughs. Please hang in there and if we can help you let us know..

I apologize that my posts as Peter Principal offended you. The last thing I wanted to do was to cause you any more pain that what you’ve already been through. These posts are just my way of blowing off steam and making fun of some of the idiots I have to deal with. Peter combines the worst of several administrators and teachers that I’d like to forget. And yes, Andy, one of them wore stilettoes and was as condescending as…as…well as Peter is.

Your post was so eloquent and touching, but don’t stop here.

Whether or not you realize it, you’ve got a powerful message to spread. And a lot of people need to hear what you have to say. Don’t let John be forgotten. You should send copies of your post to the addresses that Dad included somewhere further up on this thread. Let Dennis Shaw and all the others in Modesto read your words. They need to know about you and they need to know about what happened to John. Just maybe, it it will help them to see that the awards are not funny at all and maybe they will stop giving them and stop laughing at these people and get them the help that they need. And maybe in the end, all of our children will benefit.

I am Peeved Peter’s Alter Ego

Just Sign Me

Incognito

P.S. I know they don’t need to be reminded, but Dad and Andy are often my targets because they are much wiser than I. And they have been through the wringer just like I have and know where I’m coming from. pattim, you are truly inspiring, so Peeved Peter can’t stand you and will never hire you. You’re too much of a threat. Don’t even try kissing up. Kathy G., you help keep things sane around here.

I DO want to thank you for including me in such distinguished company and I would ADORE the opportunity to assist you, as you attempt to claw, crawl and conceal your way through another year… but I have work to do. Ta:)

Robin

Aren’t you the one who comes to the IEP meetings dressed in leather? The one with the attitude and thigh high boots? I’ve heard about you. Well honey, even with those t-shirts of yours and the bananas you bring to the meetings, you’re no match for my 4-inch stilettoes and my advanced degree. And don’t you ever forget that. My hair is higher and blonder than yours. Always will be.

Just

Peeved

to You.

So what brings you to this board? You don’t seem to be typical of the parents who come here. Perhaps you are an administrator with an advanced degree?

Dr. Principal

I appreciate all the replies here. I know you are all just having some fun and exaggerating the bad school people out there because they are frustrating and make you mad. And I actually think most of it is very funny. But maybe it was just the context that hit me so badly.

I was in regular classes without any help all through my school years and people just thought I was slow and strange and stupid in some things, but I discovered after I was adult that I am autistic. When I was in 7th grade, I was supposed to receive some type of award at an award assembly at the end of the school year, but I don’t even remember now what it was for. I just remember that I was told on the morning of the assembly that they were taking away the award and I could not have it any more, and I could not even attend the assembly, because I had written in one of my books and I did not pay the 50 cents fine. Well I never write in my books but I would pay the money anyway, but noone ever told me until just that morning that there was a fine I did not pay, and I did not have 50 cents so I asked if I could call my mother and get it, but they said no because it was already the day of the assembly and it was too late. So I was sent to a classroom with three other kids who also were not allowed to attend the assembly, they were playing games and stuff but I found a pin and I decided to write my name on my arm. I got blood all over the desk and the teacher got mad at me and made me clean it up and she did not care about me but she told me if I did not clean it all up so the school property was not damaged, then I would have to pay more money to replace it. So this was my first time with pins, and now I use pins and blades and stuff when I am frustrated or sad or mad at myself but noone seems to care. I am trying to stop but sometimes nothing else works.

Anyway I think it is because this article is an award assembly at a middle school that just made it that I could not see what was so funny that you all were trying to do. I think you should still be funny when you want to, because if I really try to push away the bad memories then I can see how you are being funny and releasing your frustration at the schools. So that is good.

And thank you for all the nice words. I don’t think I want to send this to that school myself, but if you want to, you can copy it and send it to them.

Dear Danielle,

You poor girl you have sooooooo much pain. Please find someone nice and kind to listen and talk to you. You did it for John and should be proud of that.

Stop punishing yourself for things beyond your control. You have lots of reason to be angry but anger feeds on all of us until we find a way to let it go.

God bless you and help you.

Although I’m not LD, I can relate to your horrible treatment at the hands of those school officials who snatched an award away from you so callously. My own son is LD and ADD, so I am familiar with the primary subject matter of this forum, but I too experienced emotional suffering in public school because I was extremely overweight. Something very similar to what happened to you occured when I tried out for the eighth grade basketball team. Even though I was very fat, I was always good at sports as a youngster and I had an excellent tryout (this was a one day, two hour tryout for everyone after school). When the coach called my name as one of the 12 players chosen to be on the upcoming season’s team, I was about as overjoyed as I’ve ever been in my life. To make a long story short, that weekend was sheer bliss for me (the tryouts were on a Friday), and I told everyone how I’d made the basketball team. Some kid (who was a good athlete) even rode his bike to my house that weekend (for the first and only time) to tell me how surprised everyone was over my making the team and he acted about as kind as one 12 year old can act towards another as he sincerely contragulated me. That Monday afternoon during Gym class, the basketball coach called me in his office and told me there’d been a mistake. He had actually meant to call the name of another boy with a similar last name. I don’t have to tell you how I felt afterwards. Anyway, to this day, even though I lost a lot of weight the next year and have never been really fat since then, I still think of that experience. I’m sure it would come up if I went to regular therapy sessions. I just thought I’d let you know of my experience and wish you the best of luck.

Danielle,

As a father, husband, human, I feel compelled to encourage you to seek someone whom you can trust and talk to the way you made yourself available to your friend John. You really should seek someone who can help you learn how to love yourself regardless of what anyone else says or does.

Hurting yourself for what ever the reason or end goal is cannot have any positive result in your life. It seems abundantly clear to me that you are hurting badly from your experiences and you need someone to help you understand not only how to cope with these things, but to learn from it and move forward. I feel wholey unqualified and helpless to solve your problems, but cannot sit quietly by and know that you are doing these things to yourself. I can’t figure if it’s to let pain out, see if you can feel pain, punish yourself for whatever reason or what ever it is. The point is, the negative impact of your experiences have led you to cause pain and harm to yourself, compounding the pain and hurt others have already caused you.

The cruel, uncaring, selfish, self-centered a**holes (for lack of a better word) at your school who pulled the crap on you that they did will ultimately reap their own just reward. At least that is what I firmly beleive. I hope and pray they get the opportunity to experience your pain and anguish and know that this was directly caused by their inconsiderate actions to a child.

If your parents are not able to help you, or a close relative, I suggest you try contact an advocacy agency like LDA and see if they can steer you towards a counselor who understands what is going on. I’m a little leery of suggesting you go to a school counselor as what you have experienced at school is something that is both tolerated and enforced; I want to make it perfectly clear that I am disgusted with the “adults” at the school you attended. I am having a bit of trouble figuring out if you are still in school, or this experience is a memory from times past. If you are an adult now, please still go seek help so you can ultimately understand how to deal with what has happened.

I’m sure I speak for most parents on this bb, when I tell you how badly I feel for you and your pain. Take care of yourself.

Andy

I am blushing…you know PP I still haven’t figured out who you are but my Pandora’s box will remain closed for awhile…until we spar words again in jest…
Thanks for the repartee…we really need to write a book…all of us…tales of Ld-Online BB’s….think about it…

I am letting my daughter back into the district, had my IEP meeting with them and survived…got the transportation, speech services, she even is getting electives in computers and art…I am going to be tutoring her in english/social studies and she still is going to have both subjects at school. I am reteaching her curriculum and doing more vocabulary development during what is zero period and driving her to school. She is going to have her academic classes in the morning when she is fresh and alert. She gets speech services and a teacher who is OG trained!…as my husband says, “You have to keep your eye on them to make sure that they do what they say….You betcha..I got my eyes on it…I remain ever watchful like a mother bear with her cub…. The best thing about this is I am starting to see an end in sight, I don’t have to drive 100 miles a day to the learning center infact tomorrow is my last day there and her last day at the lab class… She is excited about going to middle school to be with her peers and be a normal kid…she will make it…I feel it in my bones..

:-P