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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
But at some point, your aunt might need to start pushing the district as hard as she can and fear of lawsuits seems to drive most districts.
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I completely agree, but at this point, I don't know how feasible that is. The help my cousin has gotten up to this point was because my aunt pushed for it. She pushed the doctors to diagnose him, and she pushed for him to get the help he needed while in school. But now it just seems likes she is content with the help he's getting. It doesn't matter if I, or any other teacher in the family (like my mom or my other aunt) think that the district/school should do much more, my aunt has to want it....and it doesn't seem like she's all that worried.
I hate to say it, but this aunt is not very focused on education. To her, as long as the kids are passing, it's fine. If her daughter just wants a "day off" from school, my aunt gives it to her because "sometimes you just need a break." Before I left to Phoenix this weekend I was at her house. I asked my cousin to tell me what 6x4 was (he had a multiplication poster board in view) but he couldn't. My aunt had to count it out for him. But what was he doing before and after I talked to him? Looking at music videos on youtube. He can't tell me what exactly PLORE is, but he can tell me what kind of antics he pulled in class. But like I said, he's not failing--yet--so to my aunt, all is fine right now. If my cousin ever fails, then of course she'll start throwing fits, but until then all I can do is try my best to help my cousin understand the material he's learning, whenever I see him.