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Re: teachers

Author: two toots ★2017
Date: 2016-05-15 16:09

Thank you for the kind replies.

To explain my daughter's condition is pretty complex.

She is fortunate not to have cardiac issues (except for at birth) but she is definitely not high functioning. My theory is that parents of less high functioning parents get overwhelmed and just stay home, but she is one of the lowest functioning athletes in Special Olympics in our area.

At the age of 21 handicapped are no longer able to attend school. In order to keep her grounded in the real world,(she has imaginary friends) I began to take her to a music school to keep her playing her clarinet.

Initially I went into the room at the lesson because I need to protect her at all times. She has no ability to protect herself or report abuse. But I also found out what she needed to do for the next lesson so I could help her through the week. And I now have yet another debt to my daughter for introducing me to the joy of playing clarinet!

We practice together and (dare I admit it) I have been writing the note letters for her because she has problems with depth perception. We are working on actually reading the music at a lower level than what she can play with that "cheat".

There are clarinet specialists at the music school but we have not been referred to them and I am sure there will be hard feelings when or if I ask. I guess I needed input to know if I'm reasonable to resent paying for all the unrelated talk. I signed up for longer lessons in order to be fair to the teacher but there is no value to the extended time.

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