So I had a meeting today with the regional center, which is the government agency that provides services to families with special needs kids. We discussed what Dane needs are at this point in time and what services could be beneficial. I told them Dane has declared, “I do NOT want to be educated anymore!”
HAHA
So we need a job, job coaching and maybe vocational skills training…?
The lady says - did he graduate from high school? I say NO. She says does he have his GED? I say NO. She says then we can’t help you, he has to test out of school first. We can’t do anything.
I say are you fucking kidding me?
She says NOPE. I say, so you’re telling me that if he had sat in a special education classroom for all those years through 12th grade, banging his head against a wall but then received some “token diploma” then we would qualify for your help? She says yes. I say are you fucking kidding me. AND THEN I SAY…
Just because I pulled him out of that public school mess, homeschooled him, taught him to ride the bus, cook, clean, trade stock, pay bills, make appointments, take his driver’s test, not to mention all the shit he has figured out on his own (establish credit lines, stock accounts, achieve epic levels of corporate badgering) … instead of letting him sit in a Special Ed class with a babysitter because my school said he was RETARDED in the first place, YOU CANT HELP ME?
She said yes.
Here is what I say to you: FUCK YOU! We will show you! NO, actually DANE will show you! My GOD will show you! Dane is never going to be defined by your fucking textbooks or bureaucracy! He will be defined by what my God has in store for his future. Dane will show you! HE will show all of us!
But today, I have to admit THIS SUCKS.