Natalie starts school

**phantom** · 4th February 2008, 16:36

Good on you Natalie ( and Dad ) My baby starts University this year but then again I am very old

**Mom** · 4th February 2008, 16:46

Yay Grahame, what a wonderful milestone for you guys to reach! She will be fine you know, I suspect she is a lot like my youngest in attitude. She walked out the front door her first day of school to catch the school bus, and would not allow me to take her......LOL.

Originally Posted by yungatart

Awesome!
Now all you'll hear is, "My teacher says...", "My teacher knows more than..", "My teacher does it this way" etc
Yep, that is the beginning of the end....

Aint that the truth, I remember being reduced to knowing nothing when my kids started school.

Originally Posted by phantom

Good on you Natalie ( and Dad ) My baby starts University this year but then again I am very old

I am afraid I am older...Mine just finished her degree...and got engaged before Xmas last year...

Tis a wonderful journey this child raising thing

**Grahameeboy** · 4th February 2008, 17:08

Originally Posted by Brett

Good on her! I am sure she will enjoy herself! Is she going mainstream or will she have special needs classes? Hoep it all goes well!

No probs...she just needs Teacher Aides for mobility from wheelchair to chair and for toileting etc. She is actually ORRS level 7 which is high because she is not mobile.

Mentally she is onto it.............

**Hitcher** · 4th February 2008, 17:12

Originally Posted by Grahameeboy

Yep she already corrects my English................

Shooting fish in a barrel. An ellipsis only has three dots.

**Finn** · 4th February 2008, 17:14

Originally Posted by Grahameeboy

No probs...she just needs Teacher Aides for mobility from wheelchair to chair and for toileting etc.

Make sure the fuckers are properly trained. We have an abysmal record with special needs in NZ. Lack of training (if any) and no equipment.

**Grahameeboy** · 4th February 2008, 17:16

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Shooting fish in a barrel. An ellipsis only has three dots.

All I can think of is "aposiopesis"

**Grahameeboy** · 4th February 2008, 17:18

Originally Posted by Finn

Make sure the fuckers are properly trained. We have an abysmal record with special needs in NZ. Lack of training (if any) and no equipment.

She is not going to a special needs school. She just needs teacher aides for mobility when she is not in her powered wheelchair...(for Hitcher). Mentally she is has the same advantages as any other kid, if not more as kids with her condition tend to be very bright.

**PrincessBandit** · 4th February 2008, 17:27

Originally Posted by phantom

Good on you Natalie ( and Dad ) My baby starts University this year but then again I am very old

Hear, hear. My firstborn starts uni this year too! The son (ripper roo 92) is in year 12 this year. Boy the time just flies; only seems like the other day when they were both littlies being taken to school for that first day!
Well done to you both - so exciting, and dad, your heart will just burst with pride hearing all the things she'll be telling you about in her day now.

**Grahameeboy** · 4th February 2008, 21:20

Originally Posted by PrincessBandit

Hear, hear. My firstborn starts uni this year too! The son (ripper roo 92) is in year 12 this year. Boy the time just flies; only seems like the other day when they were both littlies being taken to school for that first day!
Well done to you both - so exciting, and dad, your heart will just burst with pride hearing all the things she'll be telling you about in her day now.

You mean my eardrums........lol

**Macktheknife** · 5th February 2008, 00:35

Very cool news Graham, huge congrats to Nat, what a cool step for her.

**yungatart** · 5th February 2008, 07:30

Originally Posted by Finn

Make sure the fuckers are properly trained. We have an abysmal record with special needs in NZ. Lack of training (if any) and no equipment.

Thanks! I'm a teacher aide based in a Learning Support Centre along with 12 others. We are all trained and well resourced.
There is plenty of training courses available for T/A's.