Murphy Jnr Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Is the teacher politely trying to get you to have your grandchild checked out by a GP? perhaps because of behaviour issues? ie wont join in PE (asthma?) not doing as told (deafness?), not producing much work (colour blindness?). Are they well behaved or could the teacher be using "illness" to try and get a conversation going about their behaviors? Would it not be easier to request seeing the parents to discuss behaviour if that was the case though ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pottedplant Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Would it not be easier to request seeing the parents to discuss behaviour if that was the case though ? It would ....but parents don't always respond very positively to such requests (especially if child is still quite young) so "easier for teacher to say "do you think Johnny could be a little deaf, do you think Johnny could be........." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy Jnr Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 It would ....but parents don't always respond very positively to such requests (especially if child is still quite young) so "easier for teacher to say "do you think Johnny could be a little deaf, do you think Johnny could be........." I think i'd be compelled to find out what the hell the problem was with a teacher who insists on telling me my kid is a walking disaster zone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bypassblade Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 When I was at school we used to have colour blind tests, where the numbers were hidden amongst coloured dots. Is this still done at schools? I'd sooner have a teacher showing an interest in a kid than just ignoring them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy Jnr Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 When I was at school we used to have colour blind tests, where the numbers were hidden amongst coloured dots. Is this still done at schools? I'd sooner have a teacher showing an interest in a kid than just ignoring them. Not Jeremy Forrest though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pottedplant Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I think i'd be compelled to find out what the hell the problem was with a teacher who insists on telling me my kid is a walking disaster zone As would I . ---------- Post added 22-03-2013 at 20:28 ---------- Not Jeremy Forrest though You are quite right there - every parents nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotfeet Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 Is the teacher politely trying to get you to have your grandchild checked out by a GP? perhaps because of behaviour issues? ie wont join in PE (asthma?) not doing as told (deafness?), not producing much work (colour blindness?). Are they well behaved or could the teacher be using "illness" to try and get a conversation going about their behaviors? The lad does PE, football training and Karate, as for the deafness and colour blindness you could be correct, the teacher does tell us when he has mis-behaved and also today that his group have won the competition for the best behaved group and won a party to be held for them. He has been checked out for everything she has suggested and is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head first Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 In the last couple of months my grandsons teacher has spoken to his mother a few times about his health, she has said she thought he had asthma, was deaf in one ear and the latest one is colour blind, none of these assumptions have been proven to be true but have caused great concern at the time. I know teachers are first in line to spot problems with children but this one has been so far off the mark that we are begining to look at her as a bit of a scatter brain.... In my childs school there is a "SEN" (speciel education needs) person, who I suppose is a paid specialist that has been brought in to be on the look out for children that are having problems and require extra help. Its in her interest to have a constant flow of kids with "problems" to keep her in a job, so I suspect she likes to see problems/issues when they're just not there. She was adamant that my daughter had various issues such as short attention span and poor "motor skills" etc, even saying that her apparent "small head" is indicitive of these sorts of issues, all of which eventually turned out to be bull****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMozzy Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 In my childs school there is a "SEN" (speciel education needs) person, who I suppose is a paid specialist that has been brought in to be on the look out for children that are having problems and require extra help. Its in her interest to have a constant flow of kids with "problems" to keep her in a job, so I suspect she likes to see problems/issues when they're just not there. She was adamant that my daughter had various issues such as short attention span and poor "motor skills" etc, even saying that her apparent "small head" is indicitive of these sorts of issues, all of which eventually turned out to be bull****. I doubt she is a paid specialist "brought in": all schools have a SENCo, one of the existing staff who has that additional responsibility. "Keeping her in a job" is hardly the case then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I would be tempted to ask the Head teacher how qualified the teacher in question is to give such diagnosis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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