OK, now i've done my multiquoting, I can do a "regular" post.
I am seething mad right now. Why? Well, there is a little rhymes-with-witch at school named Ciara or something like that who has been tormenting her all year, which I knew about, but it had settled down for awhile. The past few weeks it's kicked into overdrive, and almost daily I'm hearing about what she's done to Laura now. The other day, she actually kicked my daughter in the leg! DD has gone to the guidance counselor numerous times, the gym teacher is aware (it always happens in gym class), etc. So, today Laura came home very upset. Almost in tears. Why? Well, apparently the little creep has spread a rumor around the school that my 12 year old daughter is pregnant!
OK, aside from the obvious question of WHY anyone would make such an incredible accusation (you'd have to know Laura--she is a complete innocent, with the mind of a 2nd grader, not a mean bone in her body, and while she has the figure of an older teen, she is NOT in ANY way "mature"!), just who the heck does this kid think she is to be spreading such rumors about MY kid??? I'm not just being an overprotective, "my baby girl would never do such a thing" statement. It's just that Laura is the LAST person you would ever believe such a thing about!!
So, I decided this has gone on long enough, and now it has crossed the line. It's bad enough that this kid has tormented my daughter all year, and this has been allowed to continue despite numerous visits to the school counselor. But now she is making slanderous remarks about my daughter's character, and trashing her reputation! And we all know that once a reputation is ruined, it's not easy to redeem. So I called the principal, who is a great guy. He called me back promptly, got the story in full, and has assured me that he will be very much involved from now on. He seemed a bit peeved at the idea that this has gone on so long, with the counselor's knowledge, and is still a problem.
I am hoping that he will get to the bottom of this and put a stop to this harassment, but I worry about the fallout of this rumor. Laura truly is an innocent. She is very naive. She is emotionally very immature. She is also very anxious to please others so they will like her. She is also just this year beginning to notice and take an interest in boys. She is VERY vulnerable, and her personality makes her a predator's dream come true. What if a boy at school decides that "oh, Laura's easy, I'll make a play for her" and she falls for it and goes along with what he wants because she wants him to like her? This is a child with an IQ of 65. She would be way over her head in trying to deal with something like this. She doesn't have alot of friends, so it's not like there are people there looking out for her throughout the day. And, like I said, she is VERY well developed. I remember a girl in Jr. High who was quite busty (we called her Double Bubble... Everyone just assumed she was easy because she had a big chest. (How awful is that?) Is that what people are thinking about my baby girl? Suddenly the baggy shirts she likes to wear don't seem like such a bad idea after all! (she's a total tomboy, hates to wear anything girly)
Am I overreacting? Or am I right to be worried about all this? Next year she will be an a special class that's just the lowest functioning special ed kids (some are even below her level). They go everywhere together, all day long, as a group. She will only go out of that class for Science, and even then a Special Ed teacher will go with her, and it's a small class, not the group of 32 like this year. Her locker will be by her classrom, in the 6th grade wing, and they'll have 8th grade lunch and specials (for scheduling reasons) so she won't have much, if any, contact with the rest of the 7th graders. But first we have to get through 22 more days of school THIS year.
Ay yi yi, what will they come up with next????? Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated.
! I was totally picked on in school by one particular girl; 5th, 6th, 7th and a little as a freshman (the "witch" moved and then came back). Nothing was ever done. My Mom even had a meeting with "her" teacher and mother when we were in 6th but it didn't make a difference. She even told me that her mother thought my mom was just a big "witch". She threatened me with having her much older sister beat me. She use to threaten that she was going to beat me up unless I let a much weaker girl hit me in the hallways at school. I use to cry before I had to go to school. I hated her so much! I finally stood up for myself when she accused me of talking about her while she was gone. I just said "Well, I probably did." She didn't know what to make of it. I just don't understand why some people have to act like such creeps! I don't really have any advice for your daughter's situation. I think what you are doing so far is great. Make sure the principal stays on top of this.
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from me.
Sweet. Oh BTW, where did you get it? I want to see if it will work for me. Yea, I'm a copy cat lol.
I went to Add/Remove Programs and now Smiley Central is GONE!!!! So I will try to download this new program and see if I can get some smilies!! THANKS!!!!!!!
