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This story just pisses me off.

posted 17 years ago by myndchanger
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This kid spent 5 years being traumatized and the professionals and his mother are worried about getting his reading level up to his age group. This kid can barely talk, is wildly under socialized, and they're all worried about making sure he catches up his school work. WTF? The social worker wants to shove him into a "special" boarding school so he can catch up academically? I understand that the mother was under pressure to get the kid to perform but the professionals ought to be shot.

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[–] tstrausberg2003 16 years ago

Yeah I can understand what your saying but there was nothing anyone could of done about him being traumatized until Andrew was ready to talk about it. His mom tryed talking to him and He wouldnt open up to her unitl the very end of the movie.

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[–] straw_hat_boy_luffy 16 years ago

So I guess they thought throwing him into a new environment with total strangers would make him perform better cause taking kids away from their families is always the best way to get them to perform better.

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[–] watkins-brenda 16 years ago

It makes me angry too that the only thing social services seemed to be concerned about was his education, when it was so obvious the little boy needed patience and compassion, not to be traumatised even more by having him sent to a place where he knows nobody!! It makes me even angrier that an adult can bring a child into this world and can treat them the way some of them can treat their own blood. I couldn't treat a strangers kid like that much less my own!!! I truly hope the biological father pays in prison!! More than likely that boy will suffer his whole life from emotional scars, i hope not, but i wouldn't be surprised.

[–] rekd 14 years ago

I wondered if it was more for dramatic affect. Most states let people homeschool if they want. They do not threaten to take a child away.

[–] holborne 14 years ago

Yeah, I wouldn't spend too much time being pissed off. The story is likely very, very, VERY fictionalized. Too much of it made no sense anyway.

[–] texasturkey 14 years ago

Seemed outdated to me. Even kids with who are severely emotionally disturbed and behind grade level are allowed to atttend public schools. But, in Special Education classes in the least restrictive environment. If there is no such placement nearby, the state needs to provide a placement under federal law. Home schooling is an option. The Mother didn't have the qualifications which was told to her by the principal. It needed to be regulated by a state credential team. But, each state has its own provisions for homeschooling. The mother who made the remark, "He doesn't belong in public school" was misinformed. He can attend with accommodations he is entitled to by law. Yes, he was disturbed. But, not a bully like her own son. She needs to shut her mouth and be a better parent.

[–] squiffydoodle 13 years ago

What pisses me off is that stupid women who dragged her heels about entering the information about his kidnapping in the computer. All of this could have been avoided if the scumbag had really been pulled over for speeding

I coulda used a little more cowbell

[–] Leiarie 12 years ago

Anyone who graduates high school should be qualified to teach basic education. If the education the person received is so bad that the person, after graduating, cannot teach it to others then that says a lot about the quality of the public education system.

It varies from state to state about homeschooling. Some states will allow anyone to homeschool while others practically don't allow almost anyone to do it.

I tried homeschooling my daughter years back. I have a college degree. I graduated with honors, and people still thought I was too stupid to teach basic elementary subjects to my child. I am better educated than a lot of the school teachers.

When a child has been as traumatized as this boy had been, forcing the child to go to school like nothing had happened is even more traumatizing. It needed to have been done very slowly, over time. Therapy should have been the primary focus. He was in no shape to be educated.

[–] parisel 12 years ago

That part was not true. The state cannot forcibly take a child away because he is not up to standard reading levels... Parents don't have to meet standards for home schooling either...Maybe some of them should have to, but they don't. Also there are home bound teachers who come to the house and teach one on one.

I live in a poor state and all of those options are available here. I think they just did that to create drama.

The mother was having more success than the professionals.

I guess it's like looking at clouds. You see one thing and I see another. Peace.

[–] usersince03 11 years ago

I watched some of this last night and the part that pissed me off was when Andrew was told to apologize to the boy (who started calling him names) who he peed on, that boy should of been told to apologize aswell.

[–] taylorje 9 years ago

They should've sent the brat back to his father. He was an absolute retard.

[–] gasmaskproductionsbooks 9 years ago

The worst part was when one of the doctors says "Andrew is an experiment" - right in front of him! I don't understand why someone in that position would be so ignorant towards a child who was abused like that.

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