Lissa is a pretty little girl, with beautiful hair..you can't tell it from these pictures. This is what I get when I ask for a smile. She walks around the house dressed in football shoulder pads and fairy wings, a crown on her head, scraped knees and pink nail polish on her filthy fingers. She hates dolls, except for Barbie, who can drive. Yesterday I bought her a Matchbox Turbo race track, she loves it. She calls it her "race-tards." She got blammed in the face with a football and bloodied her nose and broke her glasses and said she didn't hardly cry. I said, when are you going to stop playing stupid football with big kids? What are you going to tell them next time they ask you to join? She said "I tell them I kick they ass at footballs, that's what."*
She kicks my ass on a regular basis. She will not be in Kindergarten next year. Her teachers say she's way ahead of the pack academically, but, her behavior needs improvement. That's an understatement, they are too polite. Awwwww, little booger, I love her to pieces, but, she's a menace. She gets a quarter for every time she calls someone a stupid head instead of an ass clown. Everyone's an ass clown according to her. So far, she's still broke. Menace, I tell you!
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whoa, so they're keeping her out of school? they can do that?? will they provide tutoring?? i hope that doesn't put her behind!
"ass clown"...that is my new phrase!!! I'll pay her a quarter for that!! ;)
She's in a special pre-school for the behaviorally challenged. They are very good with her. I go every week to see what she's up to. I'm disappointed too, but, she can't move on until she learns to behave. She can read, she can work the computer, but, if you tell her her shoes are on the wrong feet it's war time. Like war! Furniture will be destroyed, cuss words invented, screaming at impossible decibles, hair pulled out in handfulls! She's learning, but, needs another year of pre-school. I agree with them.
And for those who are reading and don't know her history..she lost her dad a year ago and is still dealing with that, plus she has Chiari and has had three major brain surgeries with parts of her cerebellum removed. We were told to expect major physical and mental handicaps..but, she recovered. She had only a slight weakness on her left side which she overcame in a few months and she's smart as a whip. She does HATE any authority though and thinks she's the boss of the world.
She's adorable. Reminds me of my nephew.
He'll be 3 in July. He called me a dumbass the other day. I told him not to call me that. I told him he could call me a silly goose. Then he called me a stupid retard. Sigh.
I work with Kindergarten kids and believe me, they enjoy Kindergarten a lot more if their behavior is under control. In my opinion, keeping her in Pre School one more year just proves that she has some smart people who care about her. By keeping her there, you're really giving her a head start that will work to her advantage when she eventually gets to Kindergarten.
Oh, you were a teacher too 3-F? Cool. I was too, I taught k-6 art. Kindergartners are pretty wild, but, Liss is crazy wild. Your nephew sounds like a hoot too. I have a hard time not laughing sometimes, but, it makes them worse.
I'm a full time substitute teacher, so I spend a lot of time in all the grades.
I spent the month of January filling in for a Kindergarten teacher who was in the hospital. Those kids exhausted me. There were about 3 kids in the class who had behavior issues. I spent so much time trying to get them settled that there were good kids who got very little attention.
What is sad is that the kids with behavior problems tend to get blamed for everything and that sticks with them as they move on to the 1st grade. They don't need that because as time goes by, they usually learn to control their behavior, but they still have that stigma.
I admire you and all teachers, 3-F. I couldn't take it. I still sub once in a blue moon, but, it's just too hard on a daily basis. You teachers are the best and give kids so much. Much more than many of them will get at home. Bless your heart.
Aw, thanks, Dishy. I have it easier because I move around. Mentally, I go back and forth. The little kids rarely call me a stupid bitch but are prone to the occasional tantrum. The high school kids can be snotty little fuckers, but it's rare that they poop their drawers. A few days here and there help me maintain my equilibrium.
One day, I took a knife off of a 3rd grader. The following week, a 16-year-old threw a condom at me.
Little darlings.
Given all that baby has been through she looks darn good to me!
I'm hoping she'll come through it all and be fine.
ThreeFarmers is that a Cairn Terrier? It looks just like my dog who ia a Cairn....
Yup. Sophie is a Cairn.
"She does HATE any authority though and thinks she's the boss of the world."
So, she's just like me then.
Hey DD! When I read your reply to Miss Tia, I thought of a Dr. whose book I read, but can't remember is name...Amen, maybe. He talks about behavior related to different brain activity.
I'm anti-medication for behavioral issues, but by no means do I condemn those that choose it. My son is ADD and because of drug and alcohol addictions on both sides, we chose to teach him to cope with his behavior. Teachers hated it, I know, but it's my kid and my choice.
Lissa will be fine. She can see that sharpness in her eyes. Keep being patient. Teaching her with patience will have more of an impact on her life than you can ever imagine.
LOL @ crabbie. Yep. Maybe she'll be a writer, like Uncle Crabass.
5:18:00 PM, Lis takes no meds now. She did go through a period where she was addicted to heavy duty morphine based pain meds, about a year and a half ago. It was a necessary evil and we had to wean her off. I let her tell me when she needs a pain med now, usually she doesn't want anything. Her pain level has been greatly reduced by surgery.
I bet she'll find her niche one of these days - it just takes some kids a little longer. She sounds like she does bring you joy, Dishy, and we can all use some of that! (and I'll bet you do to her as well) As for "clown ass" I, for one, will try to find an opportunity to use that at work tomorrow and I bet I won't even make it to 10am!!
I said today, she'll be a dramatic actress, the head of a company where she can boss people..or in prison.
i'm glad she's still getting schooling! she'll learn....it'll take time, but she'll learn....
she should learn what battles to pick...shoes should not be a battle!
Her behavior sounds much like my younger nephew. I think they had an actual name for what he has. Oppositional Disorder. Can't stand any authority. Smart as can be. . . they tested him when he was 10 or so, and found that in math and science he tested at the 23rd grade level--high college. He could reason things out that he had never been exposed to, but the behavior was completely out of control. He is a diabetic, and refused to test, kicking screaming, biting, name-calling, clinging to the flag pole rather than going into the school (having to be removed by the janitor), etc. He was placed in special schools once the regular ones didn't work out, and graduated from those back into the mainstream. Unfortunately he quit school a year before graduating, but he completed his GED without ever studying, and is in college.
Your little Lissa is a cutie, and I hope that the behavior issues straighten out soon for both your sakes.
That poor little thing has been through so much. It's sad to hear it..I'm glad she has you DD.
She might be a menace but she's such a cutie pie. I hope she has a marvelous future.
Eliza
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