So Whatever Happened to Mom/Student Anyway...

When a student is on homebound for whatever reason, in this case, giving birth, they still are on your student roster.  And so, even though she went out on maternity leave in December, in March, mom/student was technically in my class.

Her doctors, for whatever reason, gave her not only six weeks or eight weeks but the rest of the school year to stay home on maternity leave — EVEN THOUGH SHE DIDN’T HAVE THE BABY UNTIL THE BABY WAS THREE MONTHS OLD.

How can this be justified?  She was missing school and getting two hours a day of homebound instruction (3/5 days which she canceled, all on the taxpayers' bucks).  She was staying home and sleeping. Oh, and watching those very instructive videos that teach you how to parent ONE DAY for two hours a week.  But let’s keep her home...

Anyway, soon after mom/student god Baby N home, I got an email from her guidance counselors saying she was being taken off my roster.  

Why?  

Because she was dropping out of school to take bars of her baby.

I had been talking to her about making arrangements for this baby’s from the second I learned of her pregnancy.  

And the kid dropped out.

Her counselor told me that when she tried to dissuade her from dropping out, when she asked her about getting an eduction to be a role model for her daughter, mom/student responded:

"I don’t need an education.  

Her father can be a role model."

** the baby’s father was 21 when he impregnated a 15-year-old girl, stole a car, and spent 10 months in jail. **

Oh, this poor baby.