SICK KIDS

I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT TODAY WHEN ONE MY STUDENTS HAD A FEVER OF 102. THIS CHILD HAS BEEN SICK FOR A LONG TIME, BUT HIS MOTHER CONTINUES TO SEND HIM TO SCHOOL. HE IS THE SAME KID THAT I GOT SICK FROM AND IS THE SAME KID THAT HAS EFFECTIVELY INFECTED THE ENTIRE CLASSROOM. THIS POOR LITTLE GUY JUST CAN'T GET WELL. TODAY THE SCHOOL CALLED HIS MOTHER AND SHE SAID THAT SHE COULD NOT GET HIM AND WOULD CALL HIS GRANDPARENTS TO COME AND GET HIM. WHEN GRANDMA GOT THERE SHE WAS NICE, BUT SHE ASKED WHY WE DID NOT MEDICATE HIM, BECAUSE IT WAS CUTTING INTO HER DAY TO COME AND GET HIM. ARE YOU KIDDING ME. YOU GRANDCHILD HAS BEEN COUGHING AND RUBBING HIS SNOTTY NOSE CAUSING ME TO BECOME SO ILL THAT IT CUT INTO MY WORK DAY. OMG I WANTED TO HIT HER. I WILL BET A $100.00'S HE WILL BE THERE TOMORROW. I REALLY THINK I SHOULD CHARGE THEM FOR MY COPAYMENTS, MEDICATION, AND TIME OFF. IT IS NOT FAIR TO ME, MY STAFF, OR THE REST OF THE KIDS IN MY CLASS. IT IS FUNNY HOW KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CAN BE NEGLECTED AND ABUSED AND NO ONE CARES. IT IS BECAUSE OF THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS THAT THE LAWS ARE GEARED MORE TOWARDS THE PARENTS. I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THAT. MOST OF THE KIDS HAVE NO WAY TO COMMUNICATE AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON. MOST OF THE PARENTS SAY IT IS TOO HARD TO LEAVE WORK OR FIND SUITABLE SITTING FOR THEIR KIDS AND THAT IS WHY THEY SEND THEM SO SCHOOL SICK AND OR INJURED. ONE OF MY PARENTS EVEN GOES AS FAR AS TO SAY SHE JUST NEEDS A BREAK FROM HER CHILD. WOW REALLY! PEOPLE YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR KIDS. THE STATE OF UTAH OFFERS TO PAY FOR RESPITE CARE FOR YOUR KIDS. YOU HAVE HAD A MINIUM OF 5 YEARS TO COME UP WITH A CARE TAKER IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO CARE FOR YOUR CHILD DURING SCHOOL HOURS. I JUST DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE KIDS IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD THAT WANT AND YET CAN NOT HAVE CHILDREN, AND THESE PARENTS TAKE THEIRS FOR GRANITE. I AM ANGERED AND SADDENED WITH THESE PARENTS. I JUST WISH THEY KNEW WHAT WE GO THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS. I REALLY WOULD LOVE FOR PARENTS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR KIDS, BECAUSE I AM SICK OF BEING SICK AND TAKING CARE OF YOUR POOR KIDS AS THEY SUFFER THROUGH A DAY AT SCHOOL, WHEN THEY SHOULD BE HOME IN YOUR ARMS BEING LOVED.