Well, not completely, but I have identified the problem. She has been driving me absolutely buggy for months.<\/p>\n
She screams at me constantly and doesn\u2019t do what I tell her too. Yesterday I figured out why.<\/p>\n
She came into the room late, and I said \u201cTardy Center\u201d. Didn\u2019t blink, didn\u2019t move, \u201cTardy Center\u201d. No blink, no move, \u201cTardy Center\u201d. Then she even said, what did you say?<\/p>\n
When she came back, I wanted to tell her what I told the other kids. I called her name. I did it again. I walked towards her, saying her name.<\/p>\n
Then it dawned on me. <\/p>\n
SHE DIDN\u2019T HEAR ME, and I have been mad at her for the same reason my mother gets mad at me. SHE DIDN\u2019T HEAR ME.<\/p>\n
I wrote her a pass to the nurse with a note to sign her up to evaluate her hearing. I haven\u2019t done that before, in 17 years of teaching I haven\u2019t noticed that a kid was not hearing me. She thought I was being funny. Okay, I\u2019ve been known to send a kid to the library and back to give us both space. BUT SHE DIDN\u2019T HEAR ME.<\/p>\n
And yes, she flunked the hearing test. They were able to determine she had a problem and found her a way to fix it in less than 45 minutes. Finally flunking is a GOOD thing.<\/p>\n
This is a perfectly brilliant child, and there are 8 other teachers that she doesn\u2019t hear. Why did it take me so long and why didn\u2019t the other teachers notice? <\/p>\n
Why didn\u2019t her mom notice \u2013 who did say, no wonder you don\u2019t do well at school, you can\u2019t hear your teachers.<\/p>\n
Score one for Weaver, but why did it take us so long to notice?<\/p>\n
By the way, I had something similar happen to me involving needing glasses and the 2nd grade. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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