Nice try this time, Title Dude.
Number One is NOT a "program," but I could go on quite the rant about how the Irving School District fucked Sonja out of a decent education by refusing to work with her autism, even in the simplest of ways. She's been home schooled for the past few years because the alternative was to watch her get thrown in summer school year after year with the threat of being flunked, despite being on the damn honor roll all year. The reason... standardized testing forced on someone who has atypical reading comprehension skills combined with the No Child Left Behind policies. "Even though your teachers gave you straight A's all year, we might have to fail you because you can't wrap your crazy little brain around abstract shit like symbolism." That kind of bullshit, combined with the singularly vicious bullying that kids like to administer to weirdos, was stressing Sonja to the point of affecting her physical and mental health. I'll start setting schools on fire before I watch my kid get ground up in a system that seemingly hates her. For now, I'm teaching her what I know until the end of this month, when North Lake College will take over some of the academic burden. It's a good thing I can afford to pay for these classes until we can sort out what kind of financial aid she can get at the age of 16. (SPOILER ALERT: it's very fucking little beyond the suggestion to "go back to public school.") Unfortunately, I cannot afford to enroll her in one of the many awesome private schools that DFW has to offer. Could be worse, I guess...