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Post: Wonderful article

Posted by Special Ed Teacher on 5/23/08

What a beautiful article!
I am a teacher of special education, and I am in a magnet
school for the "gifted and talented". We are the first
special ed room that this school ever had.
Before we got here, the parents went to the School Board to
ask them to not let our room open. The principal tried to
keep us out and on the first day of school told me that we
were not wanted here. Teachers refused to take my students
into their mainstreaming classes. Thanks to a teacher
surplus, budget cuts and lack of retirees, most of the
teachers at this school have taught 30+ years, and remember
a time when special ed students were in institutions. In
not so many words, some let me know that this still should
be the case.
Yet we are still here.
What made the difference? Students. The other students
didn't care about the disabilities. They helped my kids
all year.
Meantime, I also had teachers & administration "forget" to
include my kids. I had to constantly stay on top of
everything to make sure that we were included. As the
author said, this is part of the job, but still.
Again, great article!

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• Dignity, 5/12/08, by joan boykins.
• Wonderful article, 5/23/08, by Special Ed Teacher.