beadsbydesign
07-11-2007, 07:44 PM
for those who don't know, my eldest son is 16 and dyslexic. he receives a lot of help from school and has one to one help in class for his writing and reading. He's really come a long way. Just before he started senior school he was barely writing. he is in his final year of GCSE's but really we didn't ever expect him to get any. we had begun to look at him leaving school this next summer and had been investigating aprenticeships and college courses although we didn't really want him to leave school but it seemed as though there was no alternative as it was felt that non of the a levels were suitable for his disability.
Well tonight we have been to school for the parents evening (we only discovered that it was on at 4 o clock when joe came in and handed us a piece of paper with some appointments on it!)
The first teacher we saw was joes IT teacher who has completely turned our lives upside down. He said "I'd like Joe to do a double IT Alevel next..... WHAT?????.....it turns out that he thinks Joe is capable amd could do photography, art or textiles as his other subject. He needs 5 C's at a level (which he may well get) and then his teacher said if he wanted to do an IT degree he'd be able to do it locally guaranteed entry because of an agreement between the local college and the school.
I am finding this all so hard to take in. It's all I could wish for. I never felt that Joe was ready to leave school yet and with this IT teacher championing him it seems he might not have to. I have his annual statement review on the twenty ninth of this month and I'm battling down the hatches for a fight!
Well tonight we have been to school for the parents evening (we only discovered that it was on at 4 o clock when joe came in and handed us a piece of paper with some appointments on it!)
The first teacher we saw was joes IT teacher who has completely turned our lives upside down. He said "I'd like Joe to do a double IT Alevel next..... WHAT?????.....it turns out that he thinks Joe is capable amd could do photography, art or textiles as his other subject. He needs 5 C's at a level (which he may well get) and then his teacher said if he wanted to do an IT degree he'd be able to do it locally guaranteed entry because of an agreement between the local college and the school.
I am finding this all so hard to take in. It's all I could wish for. I never felt that Joe was ready to leave school yet and with this IT teacher championing him it seems he might not have to. I have his annual statement review on the twenty ninth of this month and I'm battling down the hatches for a fight!