Will it ever be "how may I help you?" We seem to be stuck in a world of "sorry, we can't help you unless you insist". She even admitted that we will have to fight for what we want or we won't get it (at the end when she acknowledged we wouldn't be steam rolled). And she wants to the be the point person for us to "fight" with. I told her I don't want to fight and that I was sure that any caring teacher would be happy to help our child have access to the education the teacher is eager to provide. And she said, "you will have to fight".
THIS ^
This is exactly the roadblock we are up against.
I don't understand why the parents have to come up with all the ideas and come to the table with specifics when it should be the education professionals that put forth some effort and ideas! Shouldn't the school be stoked to see how far they can go with these students? Shouldn't the teachers see these students as a professional challenge and be excited to push them? Why is it such a huge ordeal when you have a student that wants to learn and is capable of learning more than what is being offered? Why are they squashed down instead of lifted up?
