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A recipe for disaster : Condoning a learner & An uncaring parent

 I don't know how a learner fails Grade R unless there are serious learning difficulties or barriers such as language, social status or no care in the home. Then this very learner is condoned with no foundation at all 😭. This one couldn't count, colour, read, write or anything. I was hoping by this time she'd be independently working on her own. But alas! It's frustrating. As much as I try to give individual attention, I know she needs to repeat the class. She can't read, except for simple sight words. I don't know what assistance she's getting at home. I don't see any proof. Exam time are the hardest with her. She still needs individual attention.

I've tried prayer, peer assistance, but nothing helps. I've also done individual assessments. I've seen a LOT of concerning behaviour. She cannot concentrate without always being told what to do. She lacks sense of responsibility. And that's what a learner has by June / September. But I'm hopeful still. But I feel she's so robbed. Had she repeated grade R, she would be excellent. She also constantly loses her pencils or others'. I have to keep her things because if they are in her container,  they are always misplaced. She seems like a learner who is displaced. And one who does not have duties at home.

I pray her mother who's in another province can take her. When her mom was around, there was improvement. Now, it's mixed signals.

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