tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661407942753728954.post6282332687531418619..comments2023-10-21T06:59:15.545-07:00Comments on Deployment (again): Moving to AustraliaGailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583013954989522924noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661407942753728954.post-47611580176536964532010-04-21T08:46:42.522-07:002010-04-21T08:46:42.522-07:00I have a fabulous son, joined the marine cadets at...I have a fabulous son, joined the marine cadets at age 11, enlisted at age 17, has been serving in Her Majesty's armed Forces for 11 years now and is facing his fourth deployment... never one days trouble in his life and I seriously mean that. He is super disciplined yet can let his hair down with the best of them. Okay that's him.<br /><br />My daughter on the other hand? Frack!! She is driving me crazy... failing all of her classes, gets distracted even by a dust particle floating in the air, can text while walking and chewing gum yet still can't solve the most basic math problems and she will be 15 next week. Her friends either have juvi warrants or are in treatment for this or that... but that's half the town we live in... Oh biy, I can feel my blood pressure rising.<br /><br />Suffice to say, fabulous post, I hear you loud and clear, and feel like I'm the President of that club!!PTSD, A Caregiver's Perspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880657272299182629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661407942753728954.post-26458480262690317602010-04-21T07:44:58.154-07:002010-04-21T07:44:58.154-07:00Oh my goodness! Having raised 2 BONEHEADS - I comp...Oh my goodness! Having raised 2 BONEHEADS - I completely can relate! There was always one thing after another ~ we "barely" got them to graduation day. Now, looking back on those days I am sooo glad Pook didn't let me smother them with their pillows when I wanted to! They've actually turned out okay!<br /><br />I hope the school system can work with him and keep him there! Keep us posted!Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14942517050388383188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661407942753728954.post-79584018672706134542010-04-20T20:51:13.359-07:002010-04-20T20:51:13.359-07:00Reading this, I was instantly reminded of my husba...Reading this, I was instantly reminded of my husband. I wouldn't say he has AS (he was never analyzed for it and obviously he's in the military). Anyways, he was technically "special ed" in high school as well. <br />Not because he was actually dumb or even special needs, but because he was a "problem child". <br />I met him after he had already dropped out, but when we were sitting down with the recruiter his old school records were faxed over and I saw them. He spent the first 2 years of high school failing EVERY SINGLE CLASS. He had all F's. He skipped school and if he had owned a knife, he probably would be the kid who would have taken it to school...just to be "practical", or as a "memento" or something. <br />Yet he's incredibly smart. He could bore someone for ages about the string theory or the mathematics behind black holes. He also taught himself how to play guitar. He just has trouble applying that knowledge to things that he deems "childish". School is one such thing. High school was "childish" and because the school refused to move him out of special ed, he was intellectually insulted by the menial class work they gave him just to keep him busy. <br />Damn school system. <br />Anyways, I don't really know what to tell you, except I can kind of "identify" with his plight just by listening to my husband tell me about his, and being in a world where you know you're "smarter" (academically speaking) than the stuff you are being forced to learn and do in school. <br />But I hope he doesn't get expelled, as I can only imagine that causes unecessary stress.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894607049309943090noreply@blogger.com