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Okay everyone heres a question I'd like to know what you all think.
My daughter as most of you know is in kindergaten this year. I put her into the public school system. Not the best of choices I have discovered.
Heres what is going on. A couple of 5th graders are picking on her. I am pretty sure it is due to the fact that she is blond hair blue eyed, and thin. These other girls have seemed to pick my daughter out and decided to start giving her a hard time. I found out about this and told my daughter to tell a teacher if it happens again. Well she did, and the teacher did nothing except tell her we need to all be friends. Again these girls are in 5th grade and mine is 5 years old.
We ended up going to a private school this afternoon to see about putting her in there. I am 99% sure that we will do this on Monday. The school she is at has a bullying problem and even the school counselor told me that today when I talked to her.
My question is am I over reacting about this?
One other problem is my daughters teacher is 25 years old, going through a bad divorce and works a night job too. I feel she has too much going on and I don't want it to be at my daughters expense. Then there is also a little boy in her class that has had to switch classes at the school twice this year so far due to behavioral problems. Last thing he did was hit a little girl in class. Good thing it wasn't my daughter.
Alright, so let me have it ladies. Should I put her in the private school where I know there won't be so many problems with bullying. Or should I wait it out and see?
For all that don't know private Christian schools cost about 5000.00 a year where as public is pretty much free. Which my family can handle (no more going out to eat as often though).
My daughter as most of you know is in kindergaten this year. I put her into the public school system. Not the best of choices I have discovered.
Heres what is going on. A couple of 5th graders are picking on her. I am pretty sure it is due to the fact that she is blond hair blue eyed, and thin. These other girls have seemed to pick my daughter out and decided to start giving her a hard time. I found out about this and told my daughter to tell a teacher if it happens again. Well she did, and the teacher did nothing except tell her we need to all be friends. Again these girls are in 5th grade and mine is 5 years old.
We ended up going to a private school this afternoon to see about putting her in there. I am 99% sure that we will do this on Monday. The school she is at has a bullying problem and even the school counselor told me that today when I talked to her.
My question is am I over reacting about this?
One other problem is my daughters teacher is 25 years old, going through a bad divorce and works a night job too. I feel she has too much going on and I don't want it to be at my daughters expense. Then there is also a little boy in her class that has had to switch classes at the school twice this year so far due to behavioral problems. Last thing he did was hit a little girl in class. Good thing it wasn't my daughter.
Alright, so let me have it ladies. Should I put her in the private school where I know there won't be so many problems with bullying. Or should I wait it out and see?
For all that don't know private Christian schools cost about 5000.00 a year where as public is pretty much free. Which my family can handle (no more going out to eat as often though).
This private school is the school I went to. I can say one thing about it. They at least let the parents come inside the school to drop off their kids. At the school where she is at now, they do not want parents entering.
The class size at this new school is 9 kids in the kindergaten. Their istep scores are in the 90% of the state where as public school system is 60%.
I understand there are bullys but kids will be kids except when a 10 year old is picking on a 5 year old, that crosses the line. Plus when a teacher sits back and does nothing.
I have been at the school where she attends now. I have helped sell popcorn with PTA on Fridays, and I am member of PTA. I also am room mother for her class. This is the main reason that I know that it was going on.
We live in a world today that bullying is a serious issue, kids get hurt or even killed at the hands of bullies. It is sad that my daughter has only been in school 1 month and has discovered how mean people can truly be. I don't blame the children, I blame the parents of the children that are doing this. I raised my daughters to be respectful to other people and to be nice, and it is sad that many parents these days don't feel that they should teach their children this.
Plus this isn't just about bullying this is about her teacher also. Mayflowers hit it right on the nose about thinking of her future. I pretty much made the decision for sure when I read what she wrote. We as parents have 1 chance to do the best for our children. The other plus is at least she will be allowed to pray in private school. Don't even get me started on school lunches in the public school system, and they wonder why kids are over weight? The food is nothing more then food in the frozen food department of your local store. At this private school the ladies fix things by hand. I really think public school systems must take a stand and work on keeping children safe.
The class size at this new school is 9 kids in the kindergaten. Their istep scores are in the 90% of the state where as public school system is 60%.
I understand there are bullys but kids will be kids except when a 10 year old is picking on a 5 year old, that crosses the line. Plus when a teacher sits back and does nothing.
I have been at the school where she attends now. I have helped sell popcorn with PTA on Fridays, and I am member of PTA. I also am room mother for her class. This is the main reason that I know that it was going on.
We live in a world today that bullying is a serious issue, kids get hurt or even killed at the hands of bullies. It is sad that my daughter has only been in school 1 month and has discovered how mean people can truly be. I don't blame the children, I blame the parents of the children that are doing this. I raised my daughters to be respectful to other people and to be nice, and it is sad that many parents these days don't feel that they should teach their children this.
Plus this isn't just about bullying this is about her teacher also. Mayflowers hit it right on the nose about thinking of her future. I pretty much made the decision for sure when I read what she wrote. We as parents have 1 chance to do the best for our children. The other plus is at least she will be allowed to pray in private school. Don't even get me started on school lunches in the public school system, and they wonder why kids are over weight? The food is nothing more then food in the frozen food department of your local store. At this private school the ladies fix things by hand. I really think public school systems must take a stand and work on keeping children safe.
one thing you have to remember is private school, christian or otherwise will also have bullys and kids with behavoir problems. in my experience you need to be on top of it not letting it go. some teachers are great at nipping it right away and others just say play nice. my son is 9 and has always been the size of the older kids, so he gets picked on. i have gone to the school, and it not been resolved, so i went straight to the source. i told those kids myself to behave and i was going to talk to their parents. i suppose the great thing about private is the student to teacher ratio, at least from what i have heard. im not knocking private, nor am i advocating public, just trying to make sure you realize that all schools can have pros and cons. i have found that being at the school helping in the classroom, after school sports, field trips have made a big impact on how kids can act. make sure you know their disciplinary actions when a bully is mean or a child is out of control. and make sure they stick to it.
I think private school is a wonderful thing. You have to protect your daughter. If the teachers won't help put a stop to the bullying, then you really have no choice. The other advantage is that she will get a great start to a good education. That is so important, even more so than when we were little. Think of her future.
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