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bully's in Drivers ED
Wed, 06/06/2012 - 19:03Comments
Re: bully's in Drivers ED
Submitted by KarenKL on Wed, 2012-10-17 - 12:09
Hello, I'm a mom of a 5 year old with absence seizures. My husband is worried about her not getting a D.L., but really the thought of a seizure happening while driving is really serious stuff. As much as not having a D.L. is upsetting, focus on all the things that you can do. I work with children, and I see some really bad cases of different disablities, and I remind myself, daily, that epilepsy is not the worst thing that could have happened to my child. I know blah, blah, but really it is true.
As for the nasty little girl, Karma will strike her. Until then, I would report her to the school. If she did this to you, what other nasty things will she do to others? This child should not get away with this type of behavior.
Stay strong, and be thankful that public transportation is geting better all the time. Peace!
Hello, I'm a mom of a 5 year old with absence seizures. My husband is worried about her not getting a D.L., but really the thought of a seizure happening while driving is really serious stuff. As much as not having a D.L. is upsetting, focus on all the things that you can do. I work with children, and I see some really bad cases of different disablities, and I remind myself, daily, that epilepsy is not the worst thing that could have happened to my child. I know blah, blah, but really it is true.
As for the nasty little girl, Karma will strike her. Until then, I would report her to the school. If she did this to you, what other nasty things will she do to others? This child should not get away with this type of behavior.
Stay strong, and be thankful that public transportation is geting better all the time. Peace!
Re: bully's in Drivers ED
Submitted by AshMac128 on Thu, 2012-06-28 - 03:16
sounds like the spawn of satan if you ask me. i'll be 24 in nov and i got my license a year and a half ago. it's a struggle, having epilepsy. the first time i drove i was 6. the first time i drove a car i was 12 then 13 then came the diagnosis of epilepsy and that was it. i was no long allowed to drive. this girl clearly deserves to get popped in the mouth but what if you did get your license and that light wasnt a classroom light it was a police car? i'm not sure what test your doctor did on you to prove that you were able to drive but it wasn't right because normally they hold strobe tests before to make sure you can handle them. i've hit rock bottom before so it's not like i don't understand. i was suicidal at one point in my life so i've been there. it sucks being 21 years old having your mom drop you off at college or having your younger brother take you someplace i've been there but what if a cop was pulling you over and his lights were what set you off and you went into a pole and killed yourself? you have the opportunity to fix this. i know it sucks because truly i've been there but you're lucky it was in the classroom and not behind the wheel with your mom or best friend in the passenger seat headed straight for oncoming traffic at 60pmh. i've seen stories on here where seizing and going straight into a telephone pole has happened. i was seizure free for 5yrs (not months YEARS) and my doctor said, "yea you're still not ready for your license" i was livid. it got to a point where i hated going to the doctor because he always said, "everything looks good" but it was always followed with, "you can't drive yet" i always wanted to know when i was going to drive and it was never good news so i would come home crying everytime. if you were seizure free long enough to get your permit once, it can happen again. karma sucks, she'll get hers. i know the waiting sucks trust me i've been to hell and back with mine but don't give up. she does deserve to get in trouble though. she triggered a seizure. she knew you had epilepsy, so she flickered the lights on purpose, for her NOT to get in trouble is unfair. if seizures are strong enough, they can do some SERIOUS damage. i have a friend who's cousin is in a coma because he had a seizure so bad. i didn't even know that was possible! what if you fell, hit your head on a desk, and died? playing operation with your epilepsy at her mere entertainment is morally and socially unacceptable. your guardian should go down there. what she did has affected your life in ways she can't even imagine and will never understand. she deserves to punished. to be perfectly honest, there isn't a punishment in the world that will make up for what has happened it's pretty much just left up to God on what happens as her karma but i'd still talk to someone because that's absolutely ridiculous. I'd go old school and call up her mother. inform her of the kind of person her daughter turned out to be.
Ashley
sounds like the spawn of satan if you ask me. i'll be 24 in nov and i got my license a year and a half ago. it's a struggle, having epilepsy. the first time i drove i was 6. the first time i drove a car i was 12 then 13 then came the diagnosis of epilepsy and that was it. i was no long allowed to drive. this girl clearly deserves to get popped in the mouth but what if you did get your license and that light wasnt a classroom light it was a police car? i'm not sure what test your doctor did on you to prove that you were able to drive but it wasn't right because normally they hold strobe tests before to make sure you can handle them. i've hit rock bottom before so it's not like i don't understand. i was suicidal at one point in my life so i've been there. it sucks being 21 years old having your mom drop you off at college or having your younger brother take you someplace i've been there but what if a cop was pulling you over and his lights were what set you off and you went into a pole and killed yourself? you have the opportunity to fix this. i know it sucks because truly i've been there but you're lucky it was in the classroom and not behind the wheel with your mom or best friend in the passenger seat headed straight for oncoming traffic at 60pmh. i've seen stories on here where seizing and going straight into a telephone pole has happened. i was seizure free for 5yrs (not months YEARS) and my doctor said, "yea you're still not ready for your license" i was livid. it got to a point where i hated going to the doctor because he always said, "everything looks good" but it was always followed with, "you can't drive yet" i always wanted to know when i was going to drive and it was never good news so i would come home crying everytime. if you were seizure free long enough to get your permit once, it can happen again. karma sucks, she'll get hers. i know the waiting sucks trust me i've been to hell and back with mine but don't give up. she does deserve to get in trouble though. she triggered a seizure. she knew you had epilepsy, so she flickered the lights on purpose, for her NOT to get in trouble is unfair. if seizures are strong enough, they can do some SERIOUS damage. i have a friend who's cousin is in a coma because he had a seizure so bad. i didn't even know that was possible! what if you fell, hit your head on a desk, and died? playing operation with your epilepsy at her mere entertainment is morally and socially unacceptable. your guardian should go down there. what she did has affected your life in ways she can't even imagine and will never understand. she deserves to punished. to be perfectly honest, there isn't a punishment in the world that will make up for what has happened it's pretty much just left up to God on what happens as her karma but i'd still talk to someone because that's absolutely ridiculous. I'd go old school and call up her mother. inform her of the kind of person her daughter turned out to be.
Ashley