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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • Me: “My kid has a learning disability. Can you give her some reasonable accommodations?”

    My Kids School: “But does she really though?”

    Me: “Uh, yeah. She has a diagnosis. From a psychiatrist. Also, you have noticed her grades are abysmal, right?”

    School: “They’re not that bad. She’s actually doing pretty well.”

    Me: “She has mostly D’s and F’s. Is that seriously what you consider ‘pretty well’?”

    School: “…”

    I’m doing some major paraphrasing but this is the gist of actual conversations with my daughters school administration. I’m not saying I believe it’s very likely that someone could graduate without being able to read and write. I’m just saying that in some school districts, there’s a greater than zero percent chance of that happening.