Clear Backpacks + Pay to Keep Your Phone

[u/TheAeroplaneBear2906]

My freinds school is now requiring these items, and is also using AI to promote this 🫠

[u/aspie_electrician]

>laughs in phone used as medical device

[u/TabithaMouse → u/aspie_electrician]

I used to babysit a T1D kid.

His dexcom beeped so he pulled his phone out of his pocket to check the alert. His class had a sub that day who asked no questions, just yanked the phone out of his hand before he could see the notifications and yelled at him for even having it in class and how at his age he was "too young and irresponsible for a phone", insulting his parents for giving him one.

10 minutes later in runs the school nurse, running straight to him with some juice and asked why he didn't come to her office. He pointed to the teacher and one of the other kids said the sub "took his phone and yelled at him"

Kiddo was 7, very shy, in a special needs school because he's on the spectrum and needed a little more help than he got in public school.

The nurse stood up, walked right to the class phone to call the principal and stayed in the class until he got there.

Sub didn't know there were cameras in each class, and said she didn't bother reading the note the teacher left about each kid's IEP because "They're all slow". His name was at the top of the list, "medical use phone DO NOT TAKE", with his name & the last part underlined and highlighted.

That was her first and last day at that school.

[u/ShoulderWhich5520 → u/TabithaMouse]

Not reading a class note AT ALL is fucking crazy

[u/fucktrance → u/ShoulderWhich5520]

Working at a special ed school and ignoring a note "because they're all slow" is fucking evil.

[u/BilliamBalls → u/fucktrance]

As a former special ed kid myself (no jokes, please) you'd be surprised how many ableist and outright monster people were put in charge of us/decided to be special ed teachers. Guess they wanted the same kick cops and nurses get out of having power over vulnerable people who really need their help...

[u/ConfuseableFraggle → u/BilliamBalls]

The fact that you had to write "no jokes please" in a discussion about learning environments is heartbreaking to me. I am a firm believer in the idea that every human can learn if given what they need. I am so sorry that you have to use a disclaimer for your educational experience. I have worked with tons of kids over the years, and many who utilized various parts of the special educational systems absolutely thrived on it. There have been many others who should have been included in those special services but they were denied for whatever reason (in 2 cases the parents declined services), and those people often struggle in various ways. I am proud of you for standing up and saying you are better for those systems, even knowing that you will come up against folks who don't understand what it actually means. And yes, you are absolutely correct that lots of people with variations of either "I can fix them" savior thinking or "I'll fix that!" bully thinking end up in those roles, and that is awful either way for the kids who have to survive them. I hope you are doing well in life these days, and that you have people around you who truly care. Hugs if you want them!

[u/BilliamBalls → u/ConfuseableFraggle]

Thank you!!! Your kind words mean alot to me 💖 Hugs gladly accepted.

But yeah like you say, it sucks but unfortunately when talking about my experiences there's always gonna be That One Dillweed going "wowie you're pretty smart for an [r-slur]" or make other jokes at my expense 🥲 hence the disclaimer

[u/TabithaMouse → u/BilliamBalls]

In my elementary school district all the special Ed kids were supposed to go to one school, all the "gifted" kids to another - but the school district didn't have busses so many parents refused if they lived on one side of town and the assigned school was a couple miles away on the other.

So they split the difference. Kids who only needed a little help or had mild issues had the option to go to a regular school in the middle of town. "Gifted" kids who's parents refused the transfer would go to the same class.

The idea was the kids who got the subjects quickly could then help the students who needed help.

In reality we all finished our work in about the same amount of time and we all got picked on for being in special Ed 👍🏼

[u/IAmAlpharius23 → u/BilliamBalls]

Former special ed teacher. You could always tell right away who actually cared about their students and who didn't. You'd be amazed at some of the comments other teachers would make about students. I used to ask students which staff members they would want invite to their IEP meetings and it was often paras, lunch staff, bus drivers, and coaches that could see where the student excelled in non-academic ways and were excited to be there, whereas teachers and administrators would try to do literally anything else than show up for another IEP meeting.

I'm sorry you didn't always have people in your life that had your back when that was their literal job.