THRIVING Melanin Family Magazine November 2018 | Page 50

THE RUSH
BUNCH
Homeschool
Adventure at the
Battery in Charleston.
My oldest son has always been an advanced honor
student who had made a’s and B’s his entire life
through the eighth grade, when he was enrolled in
High School, I was told he had to go to a particular
school which was predominately black. In my
experience since moving to the south, That usually
means less care (teachers not being paid their
worth, struggling academically, less resources, etc)
but I didn’t know then what I know now and I went
along even against my better judgement because
my son was smart. Well, turns out, I was correct.
While there were a handful of awesome teachers
and administrative staff there, my son kept coming
home with straight F’s. Now I am no fool, I know my
son paid a part in this as well, however, I should
have known this school was not going to give my
child the push I know he needed to continue to
accelerate.
My other oldest was diagnosed with ADHD, I am
not even going to get into that whole agenda. But
due to this, he struggled in school because the
teacher, due to lack of understanding and
compassion, would simple place him in the back
of the class, oftentimes giving him an attitude for
asking questions, and write inappropriate notes
on his papers and in his planner.
My oldest daughter was too smart for the level she
was in and often would simply be advocated as
teachers assistant to help teach her peers in class.
I could already see that this was going to lead
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