"Repeating third grade at a new school, after having been asked to leave my old one for hitting kids who made fun of my perceived stupidity, I was placed in the “dummy class.” There were three of us, separated from our classmates at a table in the corner of the room. One day, the teacher, who seldom spoke to us since it was understood that most of what she taught was beyond the reach of our intelligence, placed books in our hands and whispered that we should sit there quietly “pretending to read.” The principal was coming."
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This quote is very shocking to me. I can't believe how inconsiderate a teacher could be. All children learn at different paces and in different ways. Just beacuse one student has a disability, dosen't mean they are unteachable. A teacher needs to be able to teach those students just the same as a student without a disability. When a child is talked down to or put down by a teacher this hurts their ability to learn and retain new information. It is hard to go to one school when you have a bad reputation at the school you came from. A lot of teachers have prejudgements of other teachers which I feel is normal and is going to happen. A teacher just might have to start over and take things a day at a time.
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I like this video because it talks about learning disablities and how so many successful people have learning disabilities and funcion pefectly. People need to be more excepting of eachother.
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Schultz, Philip. 3 September,2011. Sunday Review. Words Failed, Then Saved Me.Web. 28 October, 2011.
Thank-you for this! I'm going to watch the whole thing after class!
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