<p>MP – Oh no. I think everyone on this thread shares your anger. What a let down!</p>
<p>CountingDown: D did AB Calc; got a 5; on that basis, she was told to take the second semester of Calc. She took that in the fall (got an A), and is taking LInear Algebra and Differential Equations (doing equally well). Maybe it depends on the student and school and their interest/love for math. I think D would have been bored in Calc 1.</p>
<p>MP, yes I thought I heard the sounds of a shoe dropping – wondered what the noise was. Please know that we are with you whether you need the flask to circulate or a doubleshot espresso while we circle the wagons. Seriously, vent away. I’m appalled at the way you and your son have been handled. This was not what you signed on for.</p>
<p>oh missypie…</p>
<p>Oh Missypie-my heart goes out to you and your S. I’ll keep you in my prayers.</p>
<p>I have smoke coming out of my ears for you and MPS. My H who is generally not involved and rolls his eyes with my CC stuff is appalled too. Not that this helps how you and your son are feeling, but I would demand a tuition refund due to the school’s total ineptitude and *** attitude. He’ll thrive in the right place, but this just totally sucks. So sorry, Missypie…truly.</p>
<p>oh missypie - I’ve got tears in my eyes and a tight, angry feeling in the pit of my stomach.</p>
<p>take care and keep us posted as you can. we’re here for you, my dear.</p>
<p>Missy, I am usually just a lurker (can’t decide whether I should post or not, and then once I do decide the issue has past) but I am angry for you too. My D is at a small supposedly-responsive LAC too, and while her problems aren’t the same problems as your son’s, I have similarly become convinced that these kinds of schools are not necessarily the best places for “odd-duck” students (and I mean “odd-duck” in a very loving way, including my own D in that category). Kids get attention, but it’s a very generic kind of attention, and if it’s not the kind of attention your kid needs to thrive, then tough luck.</p>
<p>Missypie - I am so sorry. Take a deep breath, girl. Keep us posted. We care about you.</p>
<p>I was just on the phone with the Dean of Students. He told me some things that I’m sure his lawyer wouldn’t have wanted him to tell me. It’s a fiasco on so many levels. Just gotta get my guy safely home to take care of. At some point Bad Mama Lawyer will rear her head.</p>
<p>Missypie, keep your lawyer hat on while you disentangle your S from this school and take contemporaneous notes of all conversations with anyone there. Mad Mamma and Daddy Lawyers are a force to be reckoned with.</p>
<p>I am so sorry that you got the call and even angrier that the school has served him so poorly. I’d be looking for my money back and a clean transcript for this term (at least). These folks clearly had little interest in your S other than the tuition payments.</p>
<p>How soon can you get there to retrieve S? Does he know the Dean called? Is he ok? </p>
<p>This really sucks. Take our support (and fury) with you when you go confront these administrators.</p>
<p>I don’t know if he’ll be home tomorrow evening or Friday. He has a doctor’s appointment down there tomorrow that I’d like him to keep.</p>
<p>Missy, your poor boy. No doubt he wants to get back home YESTERDAY.</p>
<p>Feeling so badly for MissyPieS and FangJr…no doubt there are many other 2013’ers who are struggling their first year who will THRIVE going forward in the right place. Big hugs.</p>
<p>My prayers are with you and your family. I know alot about “bad mama lawyers”, you go get them girl. But first things first, your son is lucky to have a mom like you-and I’m sure he knows it!</p>
<p>I’m really sorry to hear about what’s happened Missypie. I’m not sure about the legality, but I think you should get them to expunge all grades for 2nd semester (and maybe first). Second, if they have been really negligent, maybe they would reimburse tuition (though getting blood from a stone seems likelier).</p>
<p>ShawSon called tonight. He has a midterm in a course that is sort of constitutional law and sociology of law. He said past midterms have all been about judicial review and he wanted to dictate an essay that he could then memorize making his arguments about judicial review. He started to outline it and seemed to know it so well. He said, he just didn’t know how to study for this test because he thought he really knew it and couldn’t figure out how to study and that scared him. I suggested he just get a good night’s sleep. He said he thought it would help him to teach someone about it and then go to sleep. </p>
<p>I’m a bit anxious because it is an essay exam for a dyslexic kid, so we’ll see, but at least he gets double time. We’ll see. He could have asked for a scribe but didn’t do it. I suggested he contemplate it for the final.</p>
<p>Shawbridge, I was wondering the same thing about the first semester since the school so poorly served a student whose needs were disclosed in advance and the administration repeatedly had assured missypie & family that the necessary supports would be available. Perhaps this “turning back the clock” might preserve some scholarship opportunities elsewhere once missypie’s S is ready to return to school.</p>
<p>The school really doesn’t want a lawsuit here. Discovery would be a real %$#@& and the administration would not look good.</p>
<p>And in case you’re wondering, I’ve archived every email from the school. But I’m certainly not the suing kind. (But they don’t need need to know that, okay?)</p>
<p>Our lips (and emails) are sealed.</p>
<p>I’m not the suing kind either, but if it meant preserving my son’s options, well, all bets are off.</p>
<p>Missypie: what everyone else said. This is totally outrageous! Yes, they should expunge both semesters. They promised him “hearing aids” and gave him nothing. Hugs to you and the entire family. </p>
<p>cpeltz put it beautifully. Where the kid is concerned all bets are OFF!</p>