Asking too much?

It's so hard to know that your special needs little sister isn't getting the proper care at school and yet there is nothing I can do about it. I'm so proud of my older sister for setting up an appointment and talking with the principal today. I really hope it makes a difference, none of the parent complaints have been taken seriously.

How can this person be a special needs teacher?

> Lunches already eaten by 10:30am (school starts at 8:50a)

> Jackets still on the children at 9:30am

> Caught sleeping on the job more than once

> Put Hannah on the bus with a dirty diaper and refused to change it because he went off the clock at 4pm and it was 4:05pm (I didnt know teaching was a 9-4 job)

> Not sending home ARD forms in a timely manner

> Never sending updates to explain what the children are doing in class, these students are non-verbal and cannot tell us themselves.

> Not informing the parents about staffing changes

> No respect for parent feedback

> Sending students home in another childs clothes (there are only 3 kids in the class and 1 is a boy)

> He calls the parents at work as his way of "communicating", but these calls are to inform the parents they need diapers, this can be handled through the normal communication logs.

It should tell you something when the parents and champions of these children and the best aides of the class have all left because of how terrible the situation has become. There is just a complete lack of respect and there is no reason that parents should have to fight this hard for basic care of these children and proper communication.

The even more frustrating part, this is all from the district with one of the top rated Special Needs Program.

She had great teachers for 13 years, but I'd do anything to remove these last 2 terrible years. It's just weighing so heavy on my heart...I love my Princess Hannah and am grateful that she is so strong and is making it through this like a champion.

Big Business v Big Government

When I read that a friend was, "quite surprised (and possibly even more disappointed) at the outcome of the Citizens United Case" -- I had some mixed feelings.

Although I agree that the case really pitted two fundamental American desires, the desire to protect citizens freedom of speech rights against the desire to keep elections free from too much meddling by special interests. I feel that the free-speech side won and now everyone is complaining of the impact of unlimited corporate contributions. But, in my cynical and idealist mix of ideas -- maybe the corps can help make new/good decision with their monetary influence. In my extreme idealist ways, I think we will begin to only work with companies with similar political foresight and we will have more "say" than today. Since the companies that are not for the betterment of their employees (the people) will not last. Furthermore, most corporations are against regulation, taxes, and big government....making us already more fundamentally aligned than my current 'delegate'

I will also repeat that if you want to open a successful business, do not elect the government to run it. There needs to be better understanding the fundamental purpose of a budget. Working in a cost center myself, it does not seem so complicated. But then again at work we have commitments and a credibility to uphold....not sure that Washington cares about either of those.