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Originally Posted by delilahjed44  HI Daquan..
Hey you cant be accountable for something you were not aware of..dont beat yourself up here..but..look at this as a subtle reminder of the things to come in regards to the children..Maybe the Lord is gently putting apples of gold in your heart to make you aware of children even more in need..see my point? You are evidently without question in an area of progression with learning as are these children..so take something good away from something un-fortunate and apply it with knowledge for future references. You understand to look beyond the childs life..you already look into the heart..now you have been prompted to look otherwise, and with good reason.
My thoughts are with the mom situation, if the child is fully capable outside of hearing issues, she will not bring his deafness to attention, reason giving because she may be trying to preserve the childs feelings in the long run..One slip of the tongue to the wrong teacher and a another child hears it..that outcome may be futile. It may begin to have a domino affect on the children and they may bring into light his deafness. Now some children will be considerate..others will make fun of him. It happens all the time.
Even a teacher could say..now children we need to be respectful of this child with this hearing problem..< and she totally means well, but there is always a bad apple in the group..you know what that means..
However the mother probably should validate his deaf issue with the teachers and stress that is should not be communicated with him or the other children..by no means and say it very clearly..so if and there are any slip ups with..somebody ( teacher ) mainly..then they will pay..
Sherri |
Hi. Thanx for your concern!
That's what I'm now so concerned about when you said that some of the other children might have pity and heart-felt consideration for him like I now do. That part is good.
But I'm more worried about the children who won't pass up the pure chance to "knife him in the back or purely put him on the chopping block", so to speak, poke pure fun at him and just make his life there and elsewhere a pure living hell!!
That could have a dangerous psycological effect on this child, and either one of two things could very well happen. Don't want it to, but the other children could wake up a sleeping monster!!!
The child may end up dangerously hurting or killing someone, or killing himself (suicide), OR EVEN WORST, COME TO SCHOOL ONE DAY WITH A WEAPON AND START ASSAUTING AND KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE!!! Like a Columbine-style attack!!
This, I don't want, neither do others. If any of the other children start making fun of him while the child is in my presence, I WILL immediately defend him, and kindly ask them not to poke at him. That type of behavior will not be tolerated my me!! Just like I'll immediately defend my little buddy if the other kids try to poke fun at him because he has a reading problem. I will not yell or hit them at all, but I WILL let them know that they shouldn't do those things.
They must be made to understand that it's not nice to make fun of, embarrass or shame others because they are suffering from a health issue. I can feel this boy's "pain" because I suffer from health problems as well, and it's not an easy thing to have to struggle with everyday life when you have impairments with your body. I just hope that the boy gets or is getting the care that he needs to help him deal with these issues.
We hear a lot about school children going bonkers and turning into raging little monsters, maiming and killing innocent people. A lot of these children vent their anger at the wrong people because of this! Two little boys there already lashed out at me and were trying to hurt me because they were angry with someone or something.!! They really didn't hurt me, but what if they were 12 or 13?!!
One might take this very lightly and think absolutely NOTHING about a 12 or 13-year-old boy threatening them, but I don't, since I might not have the strength enough to fight them off if they were to come at me! A little boy can have the strength and power of a fully grown man when he's mad or angry and wants to take his anger and frustration out on you!!
Some of them are nice and treat you with the utmost respect, while other 13-year-old boys are just mean and downright nasty!!! And he doesn't care if he hurts or kills you!