I'm with everyone else on this one. Don't use the CF card in this situation. Not a good idea. It is teaching him at a very young age that when something gets difficult, say you have CF, and the problem disappears. I personally think that you should be pushing your son harder. I can't even tell you how hard my parents pushed me in high school and thank God they did. They also, however, knew when to push and knew when not too. It is a very delicate balance. And here is my experience with bad teacherrs: For some reason in my town there was always two teachers to every class (ie two social studies teachers/biology teachers or whatever). And every single time, I always was placed in the class with the more difficult teacher. Everytime I stayed. And everytime, once the experience was over, they ended up being my favorite teachers (even though everyone else hated them). So make him stick it out. Make him study. Make him work. He is just as capable as every single one of his peers and he needs to know that at a young age so he knows he is on the same level as him. In this situation, no, don't use the card.
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Playing the CF card
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wanderlost
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I'm not sure what your child's health issues are - if a 504 is needed for health issues, then I would say go for it - but not to get out of a class, and a 504 wouldn't get you out of Social Studies or even a different teacher at the school I teach in.
I would have DIED had my mother tried to do something like this though. In fact, I doubt I would have allowed my mom (I was very involved with how my paretns dealt with my Cf in the "public eye" even as a small girl) to get a 504 on me, though I don't think they were around when i was a kid.
I have played the Cf card a few times, mostly with my own parents "I can't sweep out the garage, you know it will make me wheeze!" but NEVER with sometihng like this. We (I) struggle too hard to have "normal" lives to go and have people take pity on us (me) to get out of something - and that something, social studies class, is a necessary evil.
Get a meeting with the prinicpal to address the issue with the teacher, leave Cf out of it.
I would have DIED had my mother tried to do something like this though. In fact, I doubt I would have allowed my mom (I was very involved with how my paretns dealt with my Cf in the "public eye" even as a small girl) to get a 504 on me, though I don't think they were around when i was a kid.
I have played the Cf card a few times, mostly with my own parents "I can't sweep out the garage, you know it will make me wheeze!" but NEVER with sometihng like this. We (I) struggle too hard to have "normal" lives to go and have people take pity on us (me) to get out of something - and that something, social studies class, is a necessary evil.
Get a meeting with the prinicpal to address the issue with the teacher, leave Cf out of it.
wanderlost
New member
I'm not sure what your child's health issues are - if a 504 is needed for health issues, then I would say go for it - but not to get out of a class, and a 504 wouldn't get you out of Social Studies or even a different teacher at the school I teach in.
I would have DIED had my mother tried to do something like this though. In fact, I doubt I would have allowed my mom (I was very involved with how my paretns dealt with my Cf in the "public eye" even as a small girl) to get a 504 on me, though I don't think they were around when i was a kid.
I have played the Cf card a few times, mostly with my own parents "I can't sweep out the garage, you know it will make me wheeze!" but NEVER with sometihng like this. We (I) struggle too hard to have "normal" lives to go and have people take pity on us (me) to get out of something - and that something, social studies class, is a necessary evil.
Get a meeting with the prinicpal to address the issue with the teacher, leave Cf out of it.
I would have DIED had my mother tried to do something like this though. In fact, I doubt I would have allowed my mom (I was very involved with how my paretns dealt with my Cf in the "public eye" even as a small girl) to get a 504 on me, though I don't think they were around when i was a kid.
I have played the Cf card a few times, mostly with my own parents "I can't sweep out the garage, you know it will make me wheeze!" but NEVER with sometihng like this. We (I) struggle too hard to have "normal" lives to go and have people take pity on us (me) to get out of something - and that something, social studies class, is a necessary evil.
Get a meeting with the prinicpal to address the issue with the teacher, leave Cf out of it.
wanderlost
New member
I'm not sure what your child's health issues are - if a 504 is needed for health issues, then I would say go for it - but not to get out of a class, and a 504 wouldn't get you out of Social Studies or even a different teacher at the school I teach in.
I would have DIED had my mother tried to do something like this though. In fact, I doubt I would have allowed my mom (I was very involved with how my paretns dealt with my Cf in the "public eye" even as a small girl) to get a 504 on me, though I don't think they were around when i was a kid.
I have played the Cf card a few times, mostly with my own parents "I can't sweep out the garage, you know it will make me wheeze!" but NEVER with sometihng like this. We (I) struggle too hard to have "normal" lives to go and have people take pity on us (me) to get out of something - and that something, social studies class, is a necessary evil.
Get a meeting with the prinicpal to address the issue with the teacher, leave Cf out of it.
I would have DIED had my mother tried to do something like this though. In fact, I doubt I would have allowed my mom (I was very involved with how my paretns dealt with my Cf in the "public eye" even as a small girl) to get a 504 on me, though I don't think they were around when i was a kid.
I have played the Cf card a few times, mostly with my own parents "I can't sweep out the garage, you know it will make me wheeze!" but NEVER with sometihng like this. We (I) struggle too hard to have "normal" lives to go and have people take pity on us (me) to get out of something - and that something, social studies class, is a necessary evil.
Get a meeting with the prinicpal to address the issue with the teacher, leave Cf out of it.