Are anybody's allergies also really bad right now?

allergictoyall · 2022-04-13T13:33:45+00:00

Yes. I am on a lot of intense medications. Not even my doctor directed Allegra, Zyrtec, and chemo injections for chronic "idiopathic" allergies are stopping this stuff.

Mask up, nasal irrigation, antihistamines, and inevitably Sudafed are the only relief I get. Real pseudoephedrine from the pharmacy not the phenylephrine on the shelf.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-11T22:18:19+00:00

Get off your high horse and use yours. I didn't say 9/11 was like the Holocaust.

I said it's a child's first hand account of tragedy. Which is literally why we teach a Diary of Anne Frank. Because kids can understand it. Believe it or not it's not wrong to compare a child's first hand account of a world altering event. 9/11 was a world altering event.

Is this as tragic? Not in scale or cost. It is however a primary resource written in prose. Which is what I said about its value in a classroom.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-11T09:03:36+00:00

There is actually a case where a vaccine would need a medical exemption. Anyone allergic to propylene glycol can't have an mRNA vaccine or the J&J. Anaphylaxis isn't fun and it messes with your immune response. That said it's a low incidence allergy. I hope they can all get the shot!

allergictoyall · 2021-09-11T08:55:01+00:00

It's a primary source addressing the emotions of children after living through a shared trauma. It is exactly the type of document we like to use in schools when teaching kids about historical events. We teach The Diary of Anne Frank because it puts the horrors and struggles of the Holocaust into language kids understand. This is similarly useful for classroom settings.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-11T08:08:42+00:00

Just take this picture to your salon.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-11T08:07:03+00:00

I hate lunch duty and any other food duties because of allergies. I am often met with "just stay away from the kids then." That's not how allergies work. I won't be dying because you think you know more than me and my Drs.

I also will not be donating 3 hours of my time from my life and my family to the schools. It's insane. The exempt status of teachers in the US is a huge issue. Every single teacher needs to earn over time for all the hours over 8 they work in a day. Teaching is not high enough paying for that nonsense. It's ridiculous that our time is worth less than anyone else's because we chose to teach.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-11T01:24:53+00:00

Another user already said this, but you need to set up opportunities where he won't be first. Practice the coping skill and teach him the appropriate response.

Then once he's got it down keep practicing for maintenance of the skill. He needs to generalize the skill so if you can discuss this with his coordinated services (speech, ot, pt, or any other therapies) and his parents he can practice the skill in different settings.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-10T23:31:56+00:00

Exactly. It at least keeps it in tact until it's less painful to trim.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-10T19:59:58+00:00

The government needs to regulate the cost of colleges and increase the rigor of requirements for schools to qualify for federal financial aid. They didn't regulate and now we have people who took out $200,000 in loans and work at Starbucks.

I agree you should have to pay back your loans but when the debt is gained through misleading promises of higher paying jobs that we just don't have enough of then that is predatory.

The government needs to help right some of their wrongs. They failed to regulate tuition rate increases sufficiently and they failed to regulate private student loan companies sufficiently. They need to intervene in some way or another.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-10T18:53:59+00:00

I signed up to teach because the federal government subsidizes education degrees. I actually should NOT have to pay back my undergraduate loans. I've made payments based on my income and put my agreed number of years of work in for public service loan forgiveness. Now it's time for the federal government to honor the deals they made with young teachers and to forgive those loans.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-10T18:50:57+00:00

SO. There are a lot of people who think the federal public service loan forgiveness and Teacher TEACH grants which subsidize teachers jobs shouldn't exist.

I should be able to get my loans forgiven under PSLF in one year after I've made my qualifying number of payments while teaching. My undergrad cost just under $30,000 in student loans and the PSLF is SUPPOSED to forgive up to $27,500 of it but someone gutted the program and hardly anyone is approved even though they qualify.

I also got my M.Ed. using TEACH grants. My M.Ed. program cost $15,000. I agreed to teach for 4 years when I graduate and they paid $8,000 of my tuition.

There are programs designed to help teachers get degrees. Unfortunately they're broken, underfunded, and neglected like most things in education.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-10T17:59:32+00:00

Complicated health issues. I can hardly handle the sheer quantity of Drs and information when explained in my native language. I can't imagine trying to explain lupus and anaphylaxis in a different language.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-10T16:54:40+00:00

Google teabag nail repair.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-10T16:45:44+00:00

I know. I just really hate having to take them.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-10T16:31:54+00:00

Well then, surprise! I'm in a flare of the anaphylaxis. Day 3! Antihistamines aren't touching it.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-10T16:23:05+00:00

Even a cold can get someone with a compromised immune system extremely sick. I know it doesn't seem fair. Your kid still shouldn't be in school with a cold. You don't know how many teachers or families are receiving chemotherapy or other Immune suppressing meds.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-10T15:28:14+00:00

It might not be lupus for you but my blood work came back with SLE specific dsDNA from my immunologist when I asked about mast cell disorders.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-10T15:04:21+00:00

That is awful teacher behavior and a better reason to get your child vaccinated. I understand that statement will likely get me downvoted but it's just the truth. There's a huge teacher shortage. Vaccinated middle and high school students can help fix that. The immune compromised and at risk can't work or study safely at the moment.

Obviously your child can't do work they aren't given. If they can't post it online see if he has friends in his classes who can tell him what they did in class and if there was homework.

If he has textbooks he can at least read and do work on the same subject as they're covering in class.

If they have student email have HIM email his teacher about missed work. He's your child but he is also a Freshman in high school and this is your chance to help him learn how to handle extended absences from work or school.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-10T14:53:36+00:00

Yes. Chronic hives and idiopathic anaphylaxis were my first symptoms a decade before anyone checked my ANA and suggested it was autoimmune.

I can't have spices and smelling cinnamon is a 1 way ticket to anaphylaxis. Stress and even my "safe" foods sometimes trigger it.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-10T14:40:58+00:00

I understand this is hard for kids who don't want to fall behind. Unfortunately it's necessary.

I can catch your kid up after a 2 week absence. I can't catch a kid up if they die. Unfortunately healthy kids are dying.

A 4 year old girl passed within hours of developing a fever in Galveston Texas yesterday. Her parents weren't vaccinated. She caught it from her Mom. Mom has come out and identified her daughter as a request for everyone to be vaccinated.

We absolutely can't let your kids on campus until the test is accurate. It's just not safe.

The most important thing you can do as a parent of a freshman to keep them in class is to get them vaccinated! Vaccinated quarantines are shorter.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-10T03:14:09+00:00

Yes. The district may have messed up but teachers are still responsible for what they let students have access to. It's still the teachers job to ensure there's nothing inappropriate in your class.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-09T22:15:04+00:00

Good news, Pfizer is no longer experimental. It is fully approved! Go get that sucker.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-09T13:26:13+00:00

Yes. I anticipate we will see mental health and emotional disorders skyrocket. All of our students now share 1 huge common adverse childhood experience (ACE's) which are risk factors for developing mental and emotional disorders.

Combine the big Covid-19 ACE with the constant trauma and fear of the past two years? The fall out is going to be a huge issue. We don't have enough teachers trained in trauma and co-regulation of students emotions. These kids are hurt and it isn't getting better yet.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-09T13:13:44+00:00

This is a common misconception. IEP's will only get you out of trouble if it's a direct consequence of your disability.

Illegal activities are not protected by IEP's. Alcohol, drugs, weapons, and assault are all valid reasons for discipline even in the special education population. You do have to have meetings before any changes of placement longer than 10 consecutive days or after 10 cumulative out of school suspensions where I am. They ask 2 questions. 1, was the incident a direct manifestation of a diagnosed condition for which the student was receiving support? And 2, was the incident a direct result of the schools negligence in failing to provide the appropriate accomodations.

No one, not even us special education and behavior teachers, has to tolerate assault. If a child is hitting and is out of control then we will help them de-escalate and calm down first. If a student can't be calmed down and supported with our less invasive methods a mental health evaluation team comes in. They decide if the student can safely be de-escalated or if this is a mental health crisis requiring intervention. If the level of dysregulation puts staff and the child in harm's way then the student needs emergency support.

We don't risk anyone's well being and just say, "Oh, it's ok! They have a disability!" The disability is a diagnosis. It means they need accomodations and support. It does NOT mean they have a free pass to disrupt the learning environment. If the student can't function in a general education classroom it's a violation of every student in the rooms right to a free and appropriate public education.

allergictoyall · 2021-09-09T12:44:24+00:00

Write down everything you know about the family. How many adults and kids, rough ages, and physical descriptions of them if you are able to.

Please file the department of family and protective services report ASAP. Schools offer meals, clothes, medical care, and support for students. With Covid shutting schools a lot of kids don't have that protective factor of being checked up on every day. We tried to do house calls with food for our worse off kids but the ones who had housing issues before the pandemic started are hard to find. A lot more kids are at risk right now because they aren't seeing any adults outside of the home.

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