Are Schools Too Protective Of Kids?

[grampahol]

I grew up in a time when there were two types of kids period, The 'normal kid's' and the kids who rode the small bus. I really struggled as a kid with math and reading, but back then if you struggled with certain subjects and fell behind the rest of the class you were simply labeled as lazy with no excuses.. Today's world is quite different with a heavy emphasis on mental health or lack thereof. Kids still get lumped into these groups and for many kids it's nearly impossible to escape a label slapped on them early on.
When my son was in school he got slapped with the dreaded learning disability label and set up for years of scholastic failure so much that as far as I'm concerned the school taught him little to nothing to prepare him for the real world. By the time he dropped out of school in 9th grade he couldn't write much more than his own name, but he's persevereand and can now read and write well enough to earn a living, but the school completely failed him.
He dropped out for the same reason I did. The school was completely wasting his time.
Looking back at high school myself I dropped out because my last year of school I was stuck in one remedial math class with an old woman who had given up on the idea of actually teaching and the rest of my entire school day consisted of study hall, period, end of story. Had I stuck around to get all the required credits for graduation I'd still be in 10th grade at 58.. Instead I dropped out and attended night school and scored in the top .03 percent on the GED test in the state of Ohio because I found a wonderful teacher who knew how to teach and who cared enough about his students to take the time to get us caught up with the subjects.
As it currently stands we have more than enough people who think that every problem every kid ever has can be fixed or solved with some kind of psychotropic medication and even more adults buying into the same nonsense.
I have ZERO faith in the approach of handing out psychotropic medication for anyone who ever thinks that they are depressed about just about anything..
I used to buy into that kind of thinking, but after years of abusive people in positions of authority, especially in the field of psychology I wouldn't trust those hacks and charlitains any more than I'd trust a bank robber to look after my financial affairs and I DEFINITELY wouldn't trust an underpaid teacher to evaluate my kids mental health.

I think you did the right thing Brad when you gave a kid the chance to prove herself every bit as valuable as every other kid in the class.
As far as over protected, if anything they're underprotected from hacks and charlitains pretending to know didly squat about mental health.