Reality
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 11:06 am
As stated on the appeals forum, our appeal failed, and I have not had a decent night's sleep since trying to work things out.
I am beginning to see things a bit like this, and wondered what other people think.
It is like asking if a short person is stupid because they can't reach a high shelf when there is nothing available for them to stand on.
Clearly the short person is not necessarily stupid.
The short person is the SEN child, the high shelf is the grammar school, and the lack of anything to stand on is the unsuitability of a grammar school to meet the child's needs. OK, sometimes the grammar school could "fetch a stool", but clearly often they can't, and it would compromise the schooling of the majority if they had to bend over backwards to "fetch a stool" for one child.
Perhaps it is just a fact that has to be lived with.
What would be nice if there is some way to acknowledge that the situation absolutely does not make the short person stupid.
After the initial outraged reaction, can you see what I am getting at?
I am beginning to see things a bit like this, and wondered what other people think.
It is like asking if a short person is stupid because they can't reach a high shelf when there is nothing available for them to stand on.
Clearly the short person is not necessarily stupid.
The short person is the SEN child, the high shelf is the grammar school, and the lack of anything to stand on is the unsuitability of a grammar school to meet the child's needs. OK, sometimes the grammar school could "fetch a stool", but clearly often they can't, and it would compromise the schooling of the majority if they had to bend over backwards to "fetch a stool" for one child.
Perhaps it is just a fact that has to be lived with.
What would be nice if there is some way to acknowledge that the situation absolutely does not make the short person stupid.
After the initial outraged reaction, can you see what I am getting at?