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it cant have been GR, they woul dhave just left t or removed it, i dont think they would have RR,

but whoever t was wants to be ashamed of themselves

Unreal !!!

Can somebody please pm me the link.

I'd be happy to sign the petition x

I was shocked to see this thread rr,d. Oldest girl got one hours extra reading but had to leave her regular school and travel a twenty minute bus trip to get her help, so missing almost two hours of schooling. A few years later the school was given a specialist once a week to test children that teachers thought were falling behind in their lessons, oldest son was one of the children tested and we got a letter refering him to another specilist, we went with our son to the place which happened to be the hospital that my husband worked in, he was tested for almost 2 hours, at the end of the test the specilist told us that he was 4 years behind but not to worry he might pick up in school and did not recommend anywhere or thing that we could help. He said that he would write to the school to say that we had kept our appointment.
I saw red, i asked him would he like that answer if it was his child that he was told just to get on with it. I was livid and my husband said to me that i could not talk to anyone like i was, i kicked my husband under the table.A few days later we got a letter to say that my son had got a 2 year placement in a school specailising in dyslexia.He came on brilliantly.I was told 8-9 year olds come on best if refered around that age.
Betty.

Just came back to this thread to see if many people are interested.

I am now in shock! Why was this removed???

Hoping that it is reinstated quickley.

Lost marbles comes to mind.

I too was told that my son was not dislec.... (I still haven't learned to spell that word) I raised the subject with his form teacher, she said that they had looked into it and he didn't meet the criteria. They hadn't said anything to me about it eith before or after their "tests".

I was a rather quiet parent in those days, but if I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't have accepted this from the teacher without question.

Thanks for bring the petition to our attention Ann, hope it does well.

PM me if you want the link.

I think somebody has been on the pop tonight. don't lose any sleep over it I shan't.

ive just put a thread up about RRing,it was RRd within 2mins of posting.
thats got to be a record. :-D :-D

Not sure that GR would, can't see anything about petitions in the T&Cs although I believe one might have been deleted some time ago. Who can object to signing a petition to get more teacher training. Not to worry, it raised the issue on here foe quite a while and lots of views recorded as well. I just wish people would have the 'guts' to approach the poster and ask for it to be removed if it offends. There was only one really negative post on the thread and I don't think she would report without saying. I have emailed support to ask why it was reported so shall wait and see and shall not lose any sleep over it. :-D

words dont they just fail ya,,,,,,

petty minded,

no one comes forward though to admit they have the arrogance to report. :-| :-| :-|

If GR have done it,,,,,,,,,,,,then they should come clean and say,,,,,,,,not leave it open to blame being placed here there and everywhere,,,,,,,,,as they do and are to blame for lots of unrest regards RReports,,,,,,

RR'd and I missed it. Goodness knows why, I don't think it can be the link as GR have given us the ability to use links now. Not nice that somebody doesn't care about all children with dyslexia being recognised. Oh well wait and see I suppose.

cant talk about hardly anything on GENES lately.getting boring without interesting threads and debates. :-( :-(

Nods head and agrees with Rose

As far as it being reported because it is about a petition... yes I can see that if it were in any way a political petition or a petition that might impinge unfairly on the rights or freedoms of someone else that might be fair.

But this is not such a petition.

It is a cross-party, cross-race, cross-religion, cross-gender and cross-just about anything else you can name. petition to benefit children in the future.

And more to the point no one had to read it or sign it, and no one would have known if they had or hadn't.

I think TW is probably right with her analysis. There's been quite a few threads (usually on genealogy chat) that have been rr'd lately. I don't think it has been anything to do with the review requests seen quite recently on general chat.

RR'd Words just fail me :-(

Roy

so shocked Ann i hope it will be reinstated, i now how hard it is to get help for children with this and other statemented conditions xx

Well if GR hasn't RR'D it , then it's been reported
BUT WHY !!!!!!!! it seems to me that every time i come on the boards
now , someone has been RR'D

we have threads on petitions many times before - this should never have been reported

Dylexia was unheard off when I was at school, even my own mum used to say I can't understand why our Hayley is so thick, I was the classic, class clown, gobby, always wanted the lead parts in any drama production, I was a good neat writing I used to really try, I could read back what I had written just the teacher couldnt, I got cained for cheating in maths which I didnt, he said I had took the answers from his desk, I asked him to make some up there and then but because I couldn't explain how I came to the answer he said it was a lucky guess, got to the point in the end I just thought ...stuff it was sad because I did really enjoy school ( providing I didnt have a hangover) and didnt realise until my early 20's that this dylexia everyone talked about was just like me, still my mum denied I had it, even still she makes referenaces to me being thick, I was in my 30's before I finally plucked up the courage to signed up for my english GCSE and discovered this thirst for knowledge, got tested confirmed I was and never looked back.

Got to go in a minute, but I have a dyslexic daughter. But it didn't stop her passing her driving test first time, and she runs her own business, as a female taxi business in the North West, and she is on the road driving herself. Good luck to Her I day.

Julia in Derbyshire