Im in set one and I always get top scores in set one and the most recent one is the only average score I got and I'm set one maths and I got the second best mark in like one hour when everyone has two separated hours to do it so they can basically cheat and I got second and somehow I'm in double award set one and not triple award my school must be racist or something I won't believe other wise.
Hi all,
I’m looking for some outside perspectives on a situation with my child’s primary school, particularly around dyslexia screening and how the school has handled it.
We first raised concerns about possible dyslexia in person around two years ago. We then raised it again by email about 18 months ago. At parents’ evening in October, we were told that dyslexia screening would be arranged, but we heard nothing further after that.
More recently, the school placed us on a TAF process. I understand that TAFs can be useful, but in our case it has felt as though it may have slowed things down rather than moved things forward. Our main concern — dyslexia screening — still did not seem to be progressing.
Last week, after further pushback, I escalated the matter. When I still felt we were not getting anywhere, I passed the issue to the governors. Following that escalation, the screening has finally been done.
However, we are now concerned about how the screening itself has been handled.
As I understand it, my child completed a first screening/test, but the result of that has not yet been shared with us. The following day, a second test was completed. On that second occasion, my child was helped by a teaching assistant to read the questions, understand what was being asked, and work through parts of it.
The school then appeared to present the second test as the relevant/genuine result, despite the fact that assistance had been given. I am concerned that this may not accurately reflect my child’s independent ability, particularly when the whole point is to understand whether there are underlying literacy/dyslexia-related difficulties.
We have also been told that other children appear to have had dyslexia screening more readily, which makes it even more frustrating that we have had to push for so long.
My concern is not about attacking individual staff. I just want my child properly assessed and supported. But after raising this for such a long time, being told it would happen, hearing nothing, having to escalate to governors, and then being given unclear information about two separate tests, I feel trust has been badly damaged.
My questions are:
Is it normal for a dyslexia screener to be repeated the next day?
Should a child be helped to read/understand questions during a dyslexia screening?
Should the school disclose both test results to parents?
What would be the appropriate next step if we feel the process has not been handled properly?
Would you raise this formally through the school/trust complaints process?
I’m trying to be fair and constructive, but I also feel we have been pushing for nearly two years and are only now getting movement because we escalated.
Any thoughts from teachers, SENCOs, parents, or anyone familiar with primary SEND processes would be really appreciated.
Let me share my personal experience. I’m staying anonymous because, based on experience, openly speaking about certain concerns in this school can feel uncomfortable, especially when it comes to how criticism is received or addressed.
This is not written to attack or bring the school down, but to honestly express what some students and alumni may feel but are hesitant to say out loud.
I’m already an alumna of this school, and honestly, all I can say is—it’s incredibly frustrating. The hypocrisy is on another level.
First, there are so many hidden fees. You think your tuition is already fully paid, but by the end of the school year, your clearance still can’t be signed because you suddenly have a remaining balance. On top of that, there are payments being collected almost every week for different events. And when you try to ask the cashier how much you actually need to pay, they get irritated—sometimes even scolding you over the microphone. It’s honestly embarrassing.
Second, some of the staff are just plain rude—especially the cashier and the guard. I can somehow understand the guard being strict since some students can be hard to manage. But the cashier, who’s literally working in an air-conditioned office, still gets annoyed when you ask a simple question. If that’s the attitude, maybe they shouldn’t be working there at all. The school complains about students being disrespectful, but some of their staff act the exact same way.
Third, let’s talk about these so-called “ghost projects.” You pay for so many things, but some of them you can’t even trace anymore. Others, you never even get to use. A good example is the computer lab. I don’t even remember how much we paid back in Grade 12, but we only got to use it once—and we weren’t even allowed to fully utilize it. Like, what was the point? Were we just paying to open our Quipper account for an hour? We paid for it, but didn’t benefit from it at all. Honestly, we would’ve been better off going to a computer shop.
And don’t even get me started on the yearbook. Some alumni batches have already graduated from college, yet they still haven’t received their Grade 10 and Grade 12 yearbooks. Like… seriously? They won’t even allow you to be short by a single peso or let you graduate if you have unpaid balances, but when it comes to what we paid for, it just disappears? It feels like everything just gets buried and forgotten.
Fourth, the schedules are exhausting and poorly handled. Imagine having a competition the next day, but instead of giving you time to practice, they still cram in regular classes. It really feels like they don’t value the effort students put into preparing. They expect so much, but don’t even give enough time for proper practice.
Fifth, there are also instances where a “half day” is announced, but dismissal still happens late in the afternoon. Some students come unprepared, expecting to go home earlier—especially if they’re not part of certain programs—but end up staying the whole day. When concerns are raised, the responses don’t always feel accommodating.
On top of that, students are not allowed to use their phones—even when they’re simply waiting for dismissal. Senior high students already juggle research, performance tasks, and deadlines, and that waiting time could have been used productively. Instead, it becomes hours of just waiting. Time that could’ve been used to rest, help at home, or work on requirements ends up being lost, which causes even more delays.
Overall, it’s just frustrating. These are real experiences that I hope can bring more awareness and, hopefully, improvement.
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Skimming through a school handbook and came across this….thoughts?
So for my final English grade I’ve decided to do a project on “The history of portable computers “ and lowkey I need some people to tell me if I picked a not so interesting theme or not, I tried to do something i actually like and am interested in,I find computers really cool , I’m quite into these “techy” things ,but now looking back I feel like it’s a boring theme, and yea I don’t want to get laughed at.I was thinking I could also somehow include cyberdecks in my presentation, give it something less “boring” , my teacher said it’s a interesting one, tho I don’t believe her.If anyone has any tips to make my presentation, and anything else I can add to make it better?
I am making a school project about the educational system and its flaws. I’m looking for personal opinions on what people think are the biggest problems with schools, the school system, and the way we approach learning. What do you think the main flaws are, and how can they affect a person?
I’m not referring to student-related issues such as smoking, vaping, or bullying.
(Mostly Europe if possible)
I accidentally left my sweatshirt in the school bathroom because I’m pretty forgetful sometimes. Later, after class, I heard someone say there was a black sweatshirt in the trash can, so I checked and it was mine. It was soaking wet because apparently it had been put in the urinal before being thrown away.
A kid at school said he didn’t do it and that he only took it out of the urinal and put it in the trash. But my friend was in the bathroom at the same time and said the sweatshirt was dry when the kid was holding it. My friend went into a stall, and when he came back out, the sweatshirt was suddenly wet, and then the kid handed it to another kid who threw it away.
This sweatshirt means a lot to me because it’s from a special ski trip my parents save up for every year, and they only sell that design once, so I probably can’t replace it.
During gym later that day, I got really angry and got mad at the kid at because I thought even throwing it away instead of telling a teacher was messed up. Some people said I overreacted and that he “wasn’t going to carry it to lost and found,” but I feel like there were way better options than putting it in the trash.
But my friend was in the bathroom was the same time he was he didn’t know it was my sweatshirt, but he’s pretty sure that he saw it dry when they had it and then he went into the stall he came out and it was wet and then he gave it to another kid but then he left the bath and everyone else is super biased cause I’m one of the loser kids three friends sits at the Lamo table. Meanwhile, there are the football kids, and everyone believes them.
So am I the jerk?
Update my friend was in the bathroom at the time and he said that he saw them pee on it too, so I had to bring it home and detox it and clean it about three times
Yes these are actually the people we entrust to teach our children
Hey fam!
I'm conducting a small side-research in my school for what things can be done in a school. I want you to describe i) your problems you face in school (maybe duration of lessons, water prob etc.) and optionally any solution you have in mind ii) things you want to get rid of in school (any specific system, infra etc.) iii) any new things you want to implement (any event, any series of events, any particular system), anything which you want to see in your school. no need to mention your school name or city or anything but if the issue(s) require context, just give enough of it! thanks! ✌🏻
not sure if this fits this subreddit but any sort of help would mean a lot i just need really people to sign this petition , thank you and have a great day!
Hey guys, just a Saturday night thought.
I was looking at my grades and realized they do a terrible job at actually motivating me. We spend thousands of hours studying for a GPA or a number that gives us zero value in the real world.
I’m working on a project to change this. I want to build a bridge between school effort and actual, real-world rewards (not just useless digital badges).
I made a super short 8-question survey to gather some data and prove to the "grown-ups" that the system is broken.
• 100% anonymous (name/email are optional).
• Takes about 90 seconds.
Link here: https://forms.gle/MTjKxLXXwbjDXots6
If you're tired of the grind and want our time to actually be worth something, help me out. Let's see if we can shake things up. 🚀
I would like some feedback/opinions.
Is it inappropriate for a middle school teacher to tell a group of students aged 11-13,
"Whats a ghosts favorite bee?" and the answer being
"A boo-bee" which sounds like booby. This same teacher has made the 'joke'
"Whats it called when an orphan takes a selfie?"
"A family photo"
Which I just find to be severely insensitive and highly disrespectful, especially to those who suffer from not having parents, being orphans, etc. This same teacher marks student points down if they use profanity, which, WOULD be understandable... If the staff members didn't also use profanity around the students during class, passing periods, and at lunch.
I'd love to know if I'm being overly dramatic, or if this is inappropriate behavior.
Thank you!
>!^((This happened at Natomas Middle School in Sacramento, CA.))!<
In my history class we are learning about the civil war. My teacher decided to help us learn and understand what different people went through with making us create an ai generated story of a "character" who experienced the pre, during, and post civil war. I feel like this was an insensitive and wrong thing to do. Why not just make us learn about real people and what they went through instead of making something up? This teacher has done other things throughout the year that I want to write to their supervisor about. I was wondering if I should include this, or am I just overacting about this assignment?
Notice how the most important things in life aren’t taught in school:
- Parenting
- Saving money
- Housing
- Resumes
- Interviews
- Taxes
- Protecting yourself from unlawful enforcement
Instead, school teaches you how to function inside a brick-and-mortar system built on obedience. It trains you to be ok with control.
When to speak.
When to sit.
When to eat.
When to use the bathroom.
When to work.
It doesn’t prepare you for life.
It prepares you for an economy.
School is built around:
- homework
- tests
- projects
- presentations
- grades
Life is built around:
- bills
- evictions
- jobs / temps
- medical paperwork
- credit/debt
- survival
They teach deadlines and GPA.
They don’t teach mortgages and taxes.
They teach you to “follow instructions.”
They don’t teach you how to build stability.
The system benefits more from your obedience than your growth.
The teacher is still an employee.
The student is still being trained to become one.
The system doesn’t want you mixing your personal goals with their priorities.
Because the one thing they can’t control is your choices.
What's your thoughts? 🤔
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