'What breaks my heart is the fact that I know my daughter tries her absolute best in school, but, because of the way her mind works, she may be regarded by her teachers and classmates as unintelligent, lazy, and disrespectful.'
As I walk into Target, I immediately see the gigantic “Back To School” signs and can practically smell all of the #2 pencils. I see kids with their parents going over their school supply list, making sure they got the correct number of notebooks and folders and the right brand of markers. The kids I see look happy and excited about doing their back-to-school shopping and do you know what? So do their parents. Without realizing it, I am staring at them and smiling, too. I can’t help it.
My child is very smart, sometimes too smart, and I am not just saying that because I am her mother. My child was talking in full sentences before she could walk and she hasn’t stopped since. She says some of the most profound things I have ever heard, and she thinks outside the box. She is one of the most imaginative and creative people I know. Although her teachers have recognized these characteristics in her, they are not going to be measured, graded, or accounted for in school.
What breaks my heart is the fact that I know my daughter tries her absolute best in school, but, because of the way her mind works, she may be regarded by her teachers and classmates as unintelligent,, and disrespectful. If she is treated like she is stupid, a troublemaker, or a bad kid, she will start believing it and begin behaving like it on purpose, because it’s the easier route. I would never describe my child as any of those words, but that is because I understand her mind and behaviors.
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