tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798368475920876945.post3840678058941944034..comments2024-03-28T02:21:10.586-04:00Comments on Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs: You're WelcomeKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05513289226118469583noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798368475920876945.post-45399844564060099272009-01-25T22:53:00.000-05:002009-01-25T22:53:00.000-05:00A little update - the teacher who came to my room ...A little update - the teacher who came to my room and thanked me came back, but I wasn't there. She then she caught me in the hall and told me that she had brought what had happened to the administration. So let it be known that acts of courageous activism breed acts of courageous activism!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513289226118469583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798368475920876945.post-30745324354691746932009-01-03T01:16:00.000-05:002009-01-03T01:16:00.000-05:00I have to say that I'm not at all suprised about t...I have to say that I'm not at all suprised about the 'students in the teachers lounge part' I learned very early on in my teaching (I teach a similar population) that if I tried to take my student in to use the staff lounge for any reason, to have them practice buying a pop, or to do a life skills lesson using a real kitchen, that it was a major no no. NO students are ever allowed in the teachers lounge. But the treatment of the student is inexcusable. I hope that I would have done something similar if faced with this situation.The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05501976963153568880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798368475920876945.post-29653681241128606802008-12-25T00:59:00.000-05:002008-12-25T00:59:00.000-05:00CC you have me curious. Which part makes you say ...CC you have me curious. Which part makes you say Aarrgh! The fact that the ladies a big mouth jerks? The woman who didn't stand up for my kid instead waiting for me to do it. The fact that the woman is a friend of the principal? The use of the term "your population"?<BR/><BR/>(For a minute I thought you were the parent of the student in the story - who I have told about the event and the post and who regularly reads this blog. I even quieried your IP address but you are about 2,999 miles too far way to be the parent of the student. I have a great friend in Vancouver though.)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513289226118469583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798368475920876945.post-91225876505695290622008-12-24T23:42:00.000-05:002008-12-24T23:42:00.000-05:00Aarrrrrrgh! Is all I can say. Aarrrrrrgh!Aarrrrrrgh! Is all I can say. Aarrrrrrgh!CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537821831479150677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798368475920876945.post-90436929864733269722008-12-21T17:42:00.000-05:002008-12-21T17:42:00.000-05:00That's scary that a person like that is a friend o...That's scary that a person like that is a friend of the principal. "your population" I'm sitting here with my mouth open - this story just gets worse and worse.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815385840702398765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798368475920876945.post-72416091179878479072008-12-18T21:35:00.000-05:002008-12-18T21:35:00.000-05:00Yesterday (the day after this story happened) I ra...Yesterday (the day after this story happened) I ran into the first woman again (who turns out to be a lunch aid who is rumored to be a friend of the principal whose job is to yell at students all day about hall passes). It was around the same time in the day, but I had on my coat and my backpack and was headed out of the building. The woman said to me, "Running away are you?"<BR/><BR/>"No," I said (considering glaring at her), "I am going to first aid and CPR class."<BR/><BR/>"Well I guess you need to with your population," she replied. <BR/><BR/>Now what the hell is that supposed to mean? Shouldn't all civil servants have a duty to possess basic first aid and CPR skills? Any teacher? For that matter any responsible citizens? I earned my first aid and CPR cards for the first time in Girl Scouts when I was fourteen and I didn't work with any population then. Some of my students have swallowing disorders, but they aren't any more likely to need most other forms of first aid. In ten years I have done the Heimlich Maneuver once and applied a few band-aids. Seizures are fairly commonplace, but other than that I would say that my "population" doesn't need first aid/CPR any more than any other.<BR/><BR/>Some people.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513289226118469583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798368475920876945.post-22495481561944616172008-12-18T16:24:00.000-05:002008-12-18T16:24:00.000-05:00Kate, thank you for standing up for other people's...Kate, thank you for standing up for other people's feelings and letting others publicly know that what and how what was said was wrong. I only wonder how much this person and others like her teaching all of our children can be so disrespectful and hurtful. It is part of the core reason why evrything seems to be crumbling down around us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798368475920876945.post-22178395927573680372008-12-17T18:18:00.000-05:002008-12-17T18:18:00.000-05:00You know it didn't even occur to me to engage at t...You know it didn't even occur to me to engage at the moment. My instinct was to protect my student, to get him away from them. If he were a more verbal student I think I would have tried to model some self-advocacy or I would have had him do some role plays back in the room of what to say to them, but he is a less verbal student and my role in that moment was to be his advocate and protector more than his teacher.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513289226118469583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798368475920876945.post-80341015348034781162008-12-17T13:21:00.000-05:002008-12-17T13:21:00.000-05:00Wow, that story make my blood boil; brings back so...Wow, that story make my blood boil; brings back some memories of hearing para's talking about the kids in my son's preschool class *in front of them*.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for going back to make it clear their behavior and treatment was unacceptable. But even more, thank you for modeling for your student how to *not* engage with them in the moment. That's an important skill that we *all* need to know.Niksmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14715465327343655483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798368475920876945.post-72874740928075836362008-12-17T02:22:00.000-05:002008-12-17T02:22:00.000-05:00That rude woman was an arse. Good for you.That rude woman was an arse. Good for you.OneSwitch.org.ukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289723412931631625noreply@blogger.com