Dianne--

You are describing  the difference between a bureaucracy and a  
profession.  In a profession the accountability is to the client;  in a  
bureaucracy,  the accountability is to the  organization.  In the end,  
in either type, it may come down  to personal negotiation, which means   
you have to yell and scream for change.  The school system is a  
bureaucracy, you have to insist that  rules and proper procedure are  
followed, that is your life line.  So you have to bone up on rules and  
proper procedure. If  teaching were a profession, you would just fire  
the teacher and hire another.  However, you pay for the school system  
via taxes, so you have every right  to yell and scream, you have paid  
for something that has not been delivered.

Andrea

On Dec 27, 2006, at 8:21 PM, dianne brakey wrote:


> thank you for all the helpful responses to my daughters dyslexia. just  

> to get the story on line. I also have dyslexia which I have learned to  

> adapt to. In nursing school I ranked 95 % in reading comprehension in  

> the state of Massachusetts. The real problem my 10 year old who is  

> reading at the first grade level is not having a reading program that  

> is working.I pleaded with the school to start the Lindamood  

> program.that seems to be working, but they do not have certified  

> teachers to teach it effectively.and in order to get her caught up  

> would take 3 hours a day of one on one teaching. which of course they  

> can not provide.my question again is that they knew all along that  

> this child was not progressing and they as professionals knew what was  

> happening with the four different reading programs that failed her.  

> these guys are taught and they did not stand up to the plate and say  

> anything.If I did that to one of my patients I would have totally  

> failed my profession and the life of  my patient and I would be sued.  

> These teachers need to be accountable for there actions just as us  

> nurses have to be accountable....

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