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Thanks Liz. It wouldnt take much for her to give up. So I am glad she found somebody to talk to aobut it and to tell her not to worry

Glad your daughter has got things sorted out, hope all will go well with her studies. Well done her for not giving up! Liz

Daughter has now spoken to the student rep and he has told her not to worry about it. If she can put her son into the breakfast club at school it will give her an extra 1/2 hour to get there. It will still be touch and go if she makes it on time as she will have to get a bus. So long as she keeps up with her work she should be okay.

yes I can see it from that point of view but then if the others start shouting out why is she late again then that surely disturbs the class rather than her just sneaking in quietly.....

Just seeing it from the other side, perhaps the other students find it disruptive having someone coming into class late every day ?

thanks for your replies. I will tvell her what you said and that the tutor should be able to accomodate her. Maybe the others think she is getting EMA and they wouldnt qualify if they were always late. She should make it known that she does not get the same benefits as them

When I was at uni I was never able to turn up to my 9 am lecturers because I had to drop my girls off at school for 9 am. So I informed my tutor about my problem and she accepted it, and instead of coming in for 9 am I came in for 9.30. My tutor also used to give me her notes so I never missed out and fell behind. Tell your daughter that if the tutor isnt going to more understanding, and accept her coming in late then she should go and see a student support advisor.

I attended college and was never on time! I explained to my Tutor was it was imposible for me to get there by 9.00am due to children school run, 1 daughter I had to take to school the other has transport. She was fine no problems at all. Your daughter is not being treated correctly at all. I can not comment on the girl in the taxi, but my daughter has transport provided our local council, she attends an SLD school. The transport is provided as it is just not possible to take a child with disabilities on 2 bus journeys first thing in the morning and I cant be at 2 different schools at once. Can I also add that special needs schools for children with disabilities are not the same as schools for miss behaved children. My daughters SLD school have to fight all the way to provide the correct enviroment and specialist equipment for theses children, they do not receive extra large budgets from the council as people think. Winter is approaching and I know that yet again my daughter will be at home as the heating will break yet again. I wish your daughter all the best and hope this mess is sorted out for her asap.

We have a school in my town for children with behavioural and learning difficulties. They get the lot, new buildings, 'Sunshine' minibus from the Variety Club and at the moment are in the process of having a swimming pool built. I can remember a few years ago taking part in a local darts tournament and when enquiring what the money was for, was told it was to build this goodly swimming pool. Just a couple of days previously, my Daughter's school had all been sent home because the outside toilets had frozen!!!

she phoned me late last night to tell me about this so will have to wait and see what happens today. I will tell her to see a student adviser though and see what they say. Seems unfair if she cant attend the college. She is at least making an effort not to be just another single mum on the dole.

All 3 of my kids were quiet at school and always asked why the 'naughty ' kids got rewarded. Got worse as they got older cos they read about misbehaved kids being treated to holidays. COuld never understand it myself. Well now my daughter is nearly 23 and has a 5 year old boy. She started a course at college but has to take her boy to school first and he attends the after school club as she finishes later than him.But it is a struggle for her to get to the college on time. The earliest she can get there is 9.30 as school starts at 9. She phoned me yesterday to say that a mouthy disruptive person shouted out comments as she walked in saying why is she always late etc. So the tutor had to pick her up on it. Now my daughter wants to know why one girl has a taxi paid for her to get there and she doesnt. My daughter lives in the same town as the college and the girl that comes in a taxi lives about 30 miles away. It is because she had behavuoral problems and she is only doing the course to qualify for her EMA. My daughter doesnt get any extra money for attending as it is something she wants to do to help her in the future when she can get a job. So it is looking like she will be taken of the course. Not fair when she is trying to improve her life.