The Way This Teacher Outsmarted This ‘PhD Mom’ Who Helped Her 1st Grade Son Cheat Is Going Viral
As parents, all we want in life is to see our kids flourish and be happy. However, as a high achiever yourself, you might project greater expectations on to your offspring, expectations that they may not be able to live up to.
Because who wants to live in the shadow of super successful parents? You not only have their expectations to deal with but other people’s too, plus, as they have already found the ‘key’ to living well, you can quickly find yourself boxed in to following their example and never truly be able to express yourself in your own unique way. (Facebook cover image: Graham Richardson)
Image credits: Fabrice Florin (not the actual photo)
Spare a thought for this poor boy, the son of two Ph.D.’s, one of them a mom who knows the education system inside out. Turns out, instead of being a boy genius, he has a learning disability and needs some extra care. Think that mom is accepting that? Hell no! Educated though she may be, she is unable to accept facts and has a serious case of living in denial. The story, told on the subreddit r/MaliciousCompliance, shows just how far some parents will go to manipulate reality to suit their own dangerous fantasies, as well as a little ingenuity from the teacher, who managed to bring the whole facade crashing down.
Scroll down below to check it out for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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This makes me wonder how many antivax parents would avoid tests designed to diagnose their child borderline on the Autistic Spectrum simply because it would prove them wrong.
I had a college classmate that asked me to observe the two kids she nannied in the afternoons. She knew I had an autistic son. Upon observing the two kids (brother and sister) I told her that I thought the 4 year old boy should be further tested as he showed all the signs of autism (flapping hands, gibberish talk, rocking, obsessing over toys, fear of being touched, lack of eye contact.) That's when she said she was afraid of saying anything to the parents because if she ever told them the kids had a problem, they'd shut her down and explain how perfect their kids were. She was afraid if she pushed it, she'd lose her job. I think there needs to be laws in this country that when a learning disability is suspected, the child can be tested without parent permission and that denying the school the ability to test is tantamount to child neglect.
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Proof that knowledge and intelligence is something you earn, not genetics. This mother was also displaying her ignorance when she was insulting the teacher and principal. If she were so smart, she should know better, she would have tried to negotiate, or something like that. But maybe her perception of being smart is how much one can memorize, rather than actual understanding, cognition and creativity (not only in an artistic sense, of course). Which kinda seems to be the case here. And that's the root of the problem here.
Genetics does play a very major part but environmental factors are massively important as well. Genome-wide polygenic scores (GPS) look at the influence of the many, many different genes involved in various factors that make up intelligence eg spatial sense, vocabulary, cognitive skills and imagination. GPS can be used as a predictor of intelligence but it's a long way off being reliable but will always be about probabilities.
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This makes me wonder how many antivax parents would avoid tests designed to diagnose their child borderline on the Autistic Spectrum simply because it would prove them wrong.
I had a college classmate that asked me to observe the two kids she nannied in the afternoons. She knew I had an autistic son. Upon observing the two kids (brother and sister) I told her that I thought the 4 year old boy should be further tested as he showed all the signs of autism (flapping hands, gibberish talk, rocking, obsessing over toys, fear of being touched, lack of eye contact.) That's when she said she was afraid of saying anything to the parents because if she ever told them the kids had a problem, they'd shut her down and explain how perfect their kids were. She was afraid if she pushed it, she'd lose her job. I think there needs to be laws in this country that when a learning disability is suspected, the child can be tested without parent permission and that denying the school the ability to test is tantamount to child neglect.
Load More Replies... Proof that knowledge and intelligence is something you earn, not genetics. This mother was also displaying her ignorance when she was insulting the teacher and principal. If she were so smart, she should know better, she would have tried to negotiate, or something like that. But maybe her perception of being smart is how much one can memorize, rather than actual understanding, cognition and creativity (not only in an artistic sense, of course). Which kinda seems to be the case here. And that's the root of the problem here.
Genetics does play a very major part but environmental factors are massively important as well. Genome-wide polygenic scores (GPS) look at the influence of the many, many different genes involved in various factors that make up intelligence eg spatial sense, vocabulary, cognitive skills and imagination. GPS can be used as a predictor of intelligence but it's a long way off being reliable but will always be about probabilities.
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