He should start a blog
I wanted to hear all the funny bits actually. The good times. There must have been some outbursts that were well-timed, or even appropriate had an adult had the courage to say something. I didn't want to hear about the depressing details of it all. He swears at a motorist and gets stood-down from school - whatever that means, perhaps suspended - but kids have to put up with motorists swearing at them with impunity.His mum thought the Herald taking a picture of him and using his real name when everyone is reported to mercileesly make fun of him would be harmless. And hasn't she now guaranteed that no-one will take him? Anything happens she'll go straight to the paper and they'll have some explaining to do.
The schools that were keeping him back in years caused him to move more and more out of his own social/age bracket - that was an early mistake for any hopes of nomalising him let alone teaching him. But it's many multitudes of complexity beyond that I should imagine.
posted by Tim Selwyn @ 3:53 pm
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I had a "class mate" who had Touretts Syndrome and it wasn't pretty. Yes he swore and shouted but that wasn't the half of it. Some of the others were quite scared of him as these short and violent outbursts included tipping over the desk and stamping his feet and banging his fists and throwing air punches. Happened in school assembly once.
Had a relieving teacher once and she got us all out for safety and he had to leave the class eventually because so many were scared in case he actually hit someone. We were explained what he had but that didn't stop a lot of them demanding a violent free classroom. He suddenly left one day. Don't know why. Rumour has it that something happened at his home.
IS there anything that can be done to stop the outburst? Cause he was alright until he blew up.
And from my point of view, it can be real nerve racking when you are in the class with someone like that.
Dazza
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