Developmental Placement! Is your child in the wrong grade?

Could my child be in the wrong grade?

We have 4 children who entered school.  2 of them, we either held back or replaced them to give them an extra chane.  It had nothing to do with economics or educational support. As an elementary counselor, I was on top of every thing with our kids, and it was easy to see our oldest was struggling. Call it the failure to thrive syndrome. (FTS)  What does that mean?

Normal students from normal families should thrive in school. That means that the child should be doing as well as half of the students or more.  Thus, a child from a middle class family should not be having trouble in school.  Sadly, struggling should be reduced to the realm of the learning disabled child, students from low achieving homes, or students who come from at risk homes.   If the above doesn't describe our child, then we need to look elsewhere for the problem.

Our oldest was replaced from 2nd to 1st, and is now a college graduate. If you are interested in more information, you can email me at bluesharp94@hotmail.com.  I will be adding more to this as time moves on, so check back.  I was called the St Paul of Developmental Placement in our state, and an article in the Oklahoma Observer, ended up bringing about changes to all incoming kindergarten.  It's actually very compelling when we start putting THE PUZZLE PIECES together, that leads us to the problems, a significant percentage of our students, have, and the reducible response we can take that will solve the problem.

Auld Lang Sine - Sassie Ray-Joplin Hill Blues Dog

This is Sassie's interpretation of Auld Lang Syne on January 1, 2007. This is using a Ace American Hohner Harp which is made in China and sells for 2.50. The first day I played it, one of the reeds went flat. I still am playing around that reed or even using it to get some uncanny sounds. I have about 1000 dollars worth of harmonicas, and that is not talking about the ones that don't work.

The Oklahoma Harpman

Sassie Singing Boomer Sooner

Know that I am using a cheap $2.50 Ace Hohner Harp that is made in China. It is one of the few in the Hohner line that is made in China. The older Ace's were made in Germany and many of those are sill in use. I have one that is probably 30 years old, and no FLAT reeds. Again, this one is done in first position.

Sallie Mae Is Leaching Our Kids To Death

Sallie Mae - A Lecherous Leach Under Bush And His Cronies!

Sallie Mae is now, nothing more than a bunch of unprofessional bill collectors who call any part of a day, looking to harass poor students who had to borrow money to go to school. And, ... they seem to be Saddamish about their harrassments.

Our youngest daughter borrowed money to go to a Beautician College, and with the low minimum wage, she has had trouble keeping up with her payments. Has Sallie Mae been professional about this situation. NOT IN GEORGE BUSHE's and The REPUBLICAN's life. This cultish organization has threatened our daughter and even us by lowering our credit rating. In fact, according to the wife, on one of our gas cards, which has been paid off, they have lowered our borrowing rate. It's a Republican slanderous joke. An organization which was once flexible with low percentage interest rates, has now become an American disgrace.

Our son is attending Seminary in Washington, D.C., and spent a year after graduation from college with a degree in computers and math, has chosen a field where there is not a lot of money to be made. When he chooses a church, our son cannot consider small churches with minimal income ability, because of Bush's "Big Sucking Republican Business," anti-middle class administration.

Sallie Mae has woken me, he who has a sleep disorder, early in the morning to threaten and harrass me, that they were going to "purposely lower your credit rating!" As if I give a percentage! My state's attorney general will hear about it, and so will my representatives in Congress. Bush's "let big business has its way," I hope will be "slapped down" by the Democratically controlled Congress. Sallie Mae is now one of the ugliest corporations in The United States, and they need to be held accountable for their green snot, that they have wipped on its borrowers. Sallie Mae is shameful - a blight on our society, which is out of control.

Have you been bitten by the Sallie Mae snake? Email me at dale.okharpman@gmail.com. I will paste your story on this site.