Love it how..

[Conservative,]

Careers advisers assume everyone in special needs is a total...dunno if I'm allowed to say it but anyway.

Had my annual meeting with my key worker and a career adviser was there, she took one look at my exam results and was like
"oh, you're not what I'm used to." Then she said "so what do you want to take for A levels - assuming you want to go to 6th form" I said
"Maths, Further Maths, French & Economics or Physics". She looked at me in a weird way, then said "and university" "Cambridge to study Mathematica or economics".

She looked at my mum and then back at my results and had this weird look on her face. I think it's because she rarely hears that lol. It's just so annoying. Just because I have special needs, doesn't make me stupid lol.

[Mikey]

Seriously? That's absolutely shocking ;l

To be honest, career advisors aren't of any use in my opinion. Our career advisor said to everyone in my year that they cannot achieve what they want to do and to think of a different career path. Someone shouldn't tell you what you can't and cannot do, I want to do media studies and hopefully progress to have a career in the media sector and she said to me to take up Administration... :s

[Callum.]

she obviously doesn't hear it as much as the forum have.

[Nemo]

apart from the "you're not what im used to", its probably just because she doesnt hear ppl saying they want to go to the top unis often. When i said i was gonna apply for oxford everyone (including my close friends) were like SHOCK HORROR.


Also how would she know you're disabled, i swear u walk about

[Conservative,]

apart from the "you're not what im used to", its probably just because she doesnt hear ppl saying they want to go to the top unis often. When i said i was gonna apply for oxford everyone (including my close friends) were like SHOCK HORROR.


Also how would she know you're disabled, i swear u walk about

It was an annual review for my special needs, she only was invited because I'm special needs lol. She was probably told of my disability but not aware of the connotations.

It's quite bad though, they just ASSUME everyone with a disability is stupid. And it's not just staff, some kid in year 7/8 who is also in a wheelchair ASSUMED I was stupid. He said "I've got a lot of homework that's really hard" and I said "It's not as bad as year 10" and he said "Yeah, I'm in top set" which infuriated me because I'm in top set of 9/10 sets and he's in top set of 4 lol.

But meh, it's just bad how people assume because you're special needs, you're not clever ;l

---------- Post added 09-02-2011 at 11:25 PM ----------

Seriously? That's absolutely shocking ;l

To be honest, career advisors aren't of any use in my opinion. Our career advisor said to everyone in my year that they cannot achieve what they want to do and to think of a different career path. Someone shouldn't tell you what you can't and cannot do, I want to do media studies and hopefully progress to have a career in the media sector and she said to me to take up Administration... :s

Wow that's bad. Everyone should follow their dreams in my opinion.

A good friend of mine wants to be an actor, and he's on his way to achieving it despite being told how hard it is to make it.

Another one was told he'd never make it in Rugby. A year later he was scouted by Saracens lol.

I think career advisers are pointless, I mean, the last one I had (not this one) was alright, she gave me a few ideas to go away with but she was still a bit edgy when I said I want to go to Cambridge etc. I don't see anything wrong with it. If people want to aim high, then let them.

[Samantha.]

Not everyone assumes that you're stupid if you have a disability or special needs, like take dyslexia, my best friend has it and she is really clever. Maybe it is just that one person, because all the support staff at college don't think that..

[lawrawrrr]

I hate people who put you down like this, there's a special needs director at our school, and she always treats the kids she's looking after as babies, like they can't look after themselves. It really annoys me. TBH, when you're at Cambridge or wherever you end up, you can look back and stick your proverbial tongue out at her, after all it's your life!

[Conservative,]

Not everyone assumes that you're stupid if you have a disability or special needs, like take dyslexia, my best friend has it and she is really clever. Maybe it is just that one person, because all the support staff at college don't think that..

Maybe it's just round my area lol. I tell everyone I'm special needs and they're like "oh, so how's GCSEs" "eh, pretty good, As, A*s" "" lol.

---------- Post added 09-02-2011 at 11:33 PM ----------

I hate people who put you down like this, there's a special needs director at our school, and she always treats the kids she's looking after as babies, like they can't look after themselves. It really annoys me. TBH, when you're at Cambridge or wherever you end up, you can look back and stick your proverbial tongue out at her, after all it's your life!

Precisely lol. Although to be fair my actual special needs workers are OK, but some teachers and people who visit, and people in school, are really ignorant.

[Samantha.]

You should report it to someone so they get sorted out and have a talking to or something because it's not fair assuming things and treating you like an idiot or whatever.

[Nemo]

Maybe it's just round my area lol. I tell everyone I'm special needs and they're like "oh, so how's GCSEs" "eh, pretty good, As, A*s" "" lol.

i think thats you thinking too much into it. Everyone gets that reaction regardless of their health.

Atleast i have.