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Laane's blog
two septemberweeks
Maybe I shouldn't have applied for a membership of the bagpipes and drumsband.
I had an irresistable urge to crawl back in the past and find my old whistle and flute tunes.
Oh my dear, you don't want a confrontation like that.
I had not enough air, probably thanks to years of asthma.
And my fingers seemed to be wooden twigs... I'm almost 50! Not eighty.
So I decided to take up practicing right away.
After this week I feel better about it now, and it sounds better too.
I'm not yet as fast as I was, but I still have the tabs and rolls and other techniques built in.
That's great with the flutes and tinwhistles here. ((Some are still hidden away somewhere in the attick. I never thought I would be as much of a fool as to start anew.)
But I'm sure I'll have problems when starting all those exercises for the bagpipes on the practice chanter.
Well, we'll see.
It sure is a chance to get some relaxation... and I need that!
Well, did I tell that the youngest boy and the one a year older were attacked on their way home from school by a groupsmember?
That attacking boy is one of those kids that have no proper parental supervision and he's a terrible bother at school. I thought it better to have school handle matters, if they wished, than the cops.
The school kind of jumped on the oppertunity. Problem is that they can't expell him. By law they have to take 8 weeks to find them another school.
Well, we'll see.
My sons were angry and much more, but as far as I could see they had only bruses, a few bumps, and ofcourse hurt egos.
Pulled the straps at the educational coordinator at the school of the girls.
Told her in nice words in a letter to hand over a treatment plan for my dyslectic girl, otherwise I would refer my daughter to a special commission that assesses her to see if she'd better be at a school for children with special needs.
I was invited for a talk on friday, but I rejected it.
I don't want talks, I want everything on paper.
On monday the coordinator had a talk with the teachers.
Hej.....what about that talk on friday? What did they want to tell me then???
In the afternoon they handed me over a treatment plan, which was not enough in my eyes.
As the school doesn't have a remedial teacher nor a pedagogue anymore and the teachers are already overworked, there was none who could give some professional attention. Well, with a 16 months lay-back that's not enough.
So I'm getting the paperwork ready for the special commission.
I don't want to get into discussion anymore where I'm expected to talk in sugary words. They treated me like crap last year, and I deserve better.
And my little lady sure deserves far better.
My other little lady is happy with her new teacher, but I want to have her evaluated too.
She's not as far behind as her dyslectic sister, but she is behind... I'm sure of that. But if it's far enough to get her to another school? I don't know.
Broke another molar.
Well, that makes clear that proper dental care doesn't matter when cracking molars are in your family history.
Asked the dentists for a referall to the surgeon last time, but I haven't heard from them.
Wrote another letter after the newest breakage, asking what they wanted me to do. Move to another dentist or make an appointment with them.
A friend told me there is a quiet dentist nearby. She thinks he's great. But people here think he's far too silent.
Well...I'm far too nervous to deal with dentists, instead of them dealing with respect with me.
Finally bought some new shoes. They were very cheap, in the sales, but they're leader up and under and they fit well.
Problem is that my special inlays don't fit.
Got a call from a psychologist who's going to treat my autistic son.
Made me aware how stupid it is to want to have the intake with parents and the boy in question.
He's not ready to face all the problems he needs to work on all summed up within an hour.
I worked hard to give him some self confidence.
I'm not going to destroy that just because Rogers and others in the 70s thought that being open was far better.
Hej, it's a kid we're talking about, not a grown up.
So let's stir in the world of psychiatry and psychology and ask for research that has proved this the proper and most efficient way of doing an intake. LOL!
I'm sorry if the woman in question is a student. We've not been told. So I'll treat her as a collegue.........
Oh my dear, I feel so sorry for her... because I know I'm right....
I also think it's far better that she has a talk with me and some people from school when assessing the problems he has at school. Nothing better than hearing it from those who are directly involved, instead of treating after getting second hand information.
So I'm rolling....rolling and rolling more....
And I applied for a place at an ADD conference in Dallas, Texas.
I was surprised with myself doing that.
But here we always have two or three places for people who can't afford the travel money and the registration.
So maybe america has the same system (They always tell us america is better, so show it then!!).
I hope I can stay with a friend...
Wouldn't it be great to finally visit some friends and share some experiences on the field of ADD.....
Well folks, that's all for now.
Need to cook and prepare for the parents evenings of this week.
They take so much time..... |
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