LD and Elite Colleges

aspiemom2
Thu, 07 May 2009 16:05:11 +0000

Shawbridge,
Your point about the “strong versus weak” argument being uncivil is a valid one. That said, I suspect that it wasn’t written with an intent to wound people, although it clearly did. My guess is that Toadstool hasn’t spent alot of time around people with serious, though invisble disabilities, and I am inclined to give him/her a little room for for error. Frankly, I don’t know how smart I was on this score prior to my son’s birth. And of course that it is beautiful part of living with disabilities, learning to embrace and revere that which is different, “imperfect”, in each of us, not just those of us with labels. Corny, but true.
Toadstool,
My apologies if I have offended you.

Question for the brainiac kids on this thread who appear to have done the equivalent of climbing Mt. Everest in getting the best of their disabilities. Son is in 8th grade doing very well in publlc school. He has supports and uses them, but they are being withdrawn as he moves into “honors” classes. We applied to highly rated boarding school for son to repeat 8th grade as day student. Son was waitlisted, didn’t get in, and was really disappointed. He needed alot of financial aid and he’s also not a good athlete although he likes to play sports and was eager to play for the school. Anyway, we’re thinking about trying again for grade 9 next year - to repeat again. In the meantime he will attend public high school that is highly regarded. All As except Bs in very difficult accelerated math class, ssats are 95%. Question is whether it’s better to go public even though supports are slowly being withdrawn and “honors” classes are competitive to get into and large, 30ish, once there. We are attracted to small class size of private schools, but we really need alot of financial aid. Pursuing private is stressful, and we wonder if the social fit will be there if successful.