Unfortunatly, I'm not so sure it's uncommon to have a child "kicked out" of a public school. I've known of parents made to feel "uncomfortable or unwelcomed or unsupported" so that they enroll their "difficult" child in a new setting. Cara
Heather Poland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just saw this movie and loved it!!! Yes, the part with the school bugged me. I assumed it was private since he was kicked out, but I imagine anyone who wasn't familiar with the system wouldn't know and could assume it was a public school. It really made me mad how he was kicked out and they didn't try to help him or anything. So sad. On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 1:53 PM, TLP wrote: > Has anyone seen the movie, "Martian Child"? One school it portrayed > "kicked" the unusual child out of the school rather than dealing with > his strange behavior and tendency to steal stuff from other kids. I > can only assume it was a private school but that was not clear. I > beleive it woulld be unlikely to happen in most public schools. > How many times have you seen a school or teacher portrayed as "the bad > guy" or inappropraitely in a movie or TV show. > On a side note, the awesome little actor in the movie played the role > well. His portrayal reminded me of a child with Aspergers. ( second > reference this week! ) What did you think? > -- > Tena > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- - Heather "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead." --Clarence Day "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little good evidence exists that there's any educational substance behind the accountability and testing movement." Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding. " Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
