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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 708589" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Me too.</p><p>My son did this for 3 years or more. It worked out good. Then the school district got brutal and stopped it. I pulled him out of school altogether.</p><p> While I am pleased for her (and you) that they love her...their job is to educate her which they are not doing, if she is so anxious she seldom attends, and she is failing near every subject! After all that is the principle reason for school-to educate not to be liked.</p><p></p><p>I do not mean to be snarky, and I do appreciate their caring. But they are abrogating their responsibility if they do not seek any and all means to intervene and correct the situation. Is this idealistic? No. It is the law.</p><p>My dream for her would be to go to a school of the arts. I know that if you live outside of a major city there is unlikely to be such a place, but I am wondering if art school might be a way to motivate her.</p><p></p><p>She is NOT fitting into a cookie cutter curriculum and maybe it is this which needs to be adjusted. Remember. Einstein was it? Did not read until he was 10 or something. Sometimes the highly gifted "square pegs" do not (for very good and wonderful reasons) do not fit into the round holes.</p><p></p><p>What about a hybrid situation?</p><p></p><p>As long as socially she is liked and feels cared for (if indeed she does) perhaps you can go along with the idea that she go to school, but with a changed curriculum that is designed just for her.</p><p></p><p>My son graduated from an "independent learners" school that was exactly this. While some kids attended this physical school, they all studied what interested and motivated them. All studied different stuff, what captured their fancy so to speak.</p><p></p><p>There was also the option of studying independently at home, which is what my son did (ok. Real truth. I did it, along with him.) My son also got 2 years of high school credit for studying overseas (over a year of it, he had failed.) He got credit because he had become fluent in 2 different foreign languages. You get my drift.</p><p></p><p>She could study independently AT SCHOOL, basically studying art. There must be an art teacher there or they could use an online curriculum and she could work independently.</p><p></p><p>The essential subjects like English, a little math, a science, history, she could work with a teacher independently kind of like the home school option that UpandDown describes. But, ideally, for her, this could be done at school. Because it seems she is OK with the school environment, just with the method of teaching.</p><p></p><p>That is the school's responsibility, not hers.</p><p></p><p>A school for independent learners would give her credit for all of her artwork. I do not see why her current school would not/should not do the same. Then she is left with the core subjects. They have the option of working with her independently to catch her up with these. This is their job. I am getting angry here.</p><p></p><p>Why not talk to her about art school? Even if there is not the financial means to pay for college, there are other options. The Department of Rehabilitation could pay....there is Job Corps....she could get free college under some circumstances.</p><p></p><p>If she went to a job corps training, say in illustration/computerized drawing (if there is such a program) it would be free. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps if she saw new ways to do her art, like with computers, this would incentivize her in subjects (like math) that she currently may find dreary--as long as she is taught privately by a teacher, not in a forum which she finds intolerable.</p><p></p><p>If I was her teacher I would let her satisfy her core subjects by way of her interest in manga/anime. This interest could be generalized and used as a focus to inform nearly all of her other work. She could do "report"s on Japanese culture, history, via manga drawings. For US History she could read about the exploitation of Japanese and Chinese labor in California Agriculture, or read about the Japanese internment camps--or really use manga to reflect and represent her learning in almost all of her subjects. For English she could "write" her essays in manga as well as individually through speaking with teachers.</p><p></p><p>This is the job her teachers ARE NOT DOING. Their job is to find a way to allow her to learn and to master and represent her learning in a way that she can do.</p><p></p><p>She is not there for a popularity contest.</p><p></p><p>She needs an accommodation. This is their LEGAL OBLIGATION.</p><p></p><p>I think she COULD flourish in this school with some tweaks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 708589, member: 18958"] Me too. My son did this for 3 years or more. It worked out good. Then the school district got brutal and stopped it. I pulled him out of school altogether. While I am pleased for her (and you) that they love her...their job is to educate her which they are not doing, if she is so anxious she seldom attends, and she is failing near every subject! After all that is the principle reason for school-to educate not to be liked. I do not mean to be snarky, and I do appreciate their caring. But they are abrogating their responsibility if they do not seek any and all means to intervene and correct the situation. Is this idealistic? No. It is the law. My dream for her would be to go to a school of the arts. I know that if you live outside of a major city there is unlikely to be such a place, but I am wondering if art school might be a way to motivate her. She is NOT fitting into a cookie cutter curriculum and maybe it is this which needs to be adjusted. Remember. Einstein was it? Did not read until he was 10 or something. Sometimes the highly gifted "square pegs" do not (for very good and wonderful reasons) do not fit into the round holes. What about a hybrid situation? As long as socially she is liked and feels cared for (if indeed she does) perhaps you can go along with the idea that she go to school, but with a changed curriculum that is designed just for her. My son graduated from an "independent learners" school that was exactly this. While some kids attended this physical school, they all studied what interested and motivated them. All studied different stuff, what captured their fancy so to speak. There was also the option of studying independently at home, which is what my son did (ok. Real truth. I did it, along with him.) My son also got 2 years of high school credit for studying overseas (over a year of it, he had failed.) He got credit because he had become fluent in 2 different foreign languages. You get my drift. She could study independently AT SCHOOL, basically studying art. There must be an art teacher there or they could use an online curriculum and she could work independently. The essential subjects like English, a little math, a science, history, she could work with a teacher independently kind of like the home school option that UpandDown describes. But, ideally, for her, this could be done at school. Because it seems she is OK with the school environment, just with the method of teaching. That is the school's responsibility, not hers. A school for independent learners would give her credit for all of her artwork. I do not see why her current school would not/should not do the same. Then she is left with the core subjects. They have the option of working with her independently to catch her up with these. This is their job. I am getting angry here. Why not talk to her about art school? Even if there is not the financial means to pay for college, there are other options. The Department of Rehabilitation could pay....there is Job Corps....she could get free college under some circumstances. If she went to a job corps training, say in illustration/computerized drawing (if there is such a program) it would be free. Perhaps if she saw new ways to do her art, like with computers, this would incentivize her in subjects (like math) that she currently may find dreary--as long as she is taught privately by a teacher, not in a forum which she finds intolerable. If I was her teacher I would let her satisfy her core subjects by way of her interest in manga/anime. This interest could be generalized and used as a focus to inform nearly all of her other work. She could do "report"s on Japanese culture, history, via manga drawings. For US History she could read about the exploitation of Japanese and Chinese labor in California Agriculture, or read about the Japanese internment camps--or really use manga to reflect and represent her learning in almost all of her subjects. For English she could "write" her essays in manga as well as individually through speaking with teachers. This is the job her teachers ARE NOT DOING. Their job is to find a way to allow her to learn and to master and represent her learning in a way that she can do. She is not there for a popularity contest. She needs an accommodation. This is their LEGAL OBLIGATION. I think she COULD flourish in this school with some tweaks. [/QUOTE]
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