Paul,
Very poignant and very thought provoking. Thank you for sharing your story
with us. It struck many chords in me and gave me the opportunity to pause
before I begin my day seeing clients.
Alic
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Carney <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 4:43 PM
Subject: 'Special Needs'?
> Dear list
>
> I thought that I would share the following story as it seemed
> appropriate.
>
> My daughter was recently working as a teacher in a small village
> school . One evening when she arrived home she told me of a
> child in her class who had been labelled as having 'emotional,
> behavioural disturbance' with 'learning difficulty'. In order to
> help him he has the support of a 'special needs teacher' once a
> week.
>
> My daughter said that his English book is filled with 'crosses'
> with few (if any) 'ticks' in it. It seems that on this day
> his'special needs' teacher decided to 'do some poetry' with him
> and asked him to write a poem - my daughter told me that what he
> wrote was:
>
> Yesterday, yesterday, yesterday
> Sadness, sadness, sadness
> Today, today, today
> Hope, hope hope
> Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow
> Love, love, love
>
> The teacher commented positively on it, saying how beautiful it
> was and asked him where he had got the inspiration for it. His
> reply was -- "My spelling corrections Miss."
>
> As many might do my initial response was to laugh with the boy,
> but then I tought of the poignancy of it and what deeper meaning
> the words had for the child -- and also that here was a child
> labelled with two labels neither of which seemed that
> appropriate if only, perhaps, the reservoir of talent that
> seemed to be there could be 'tapped' into.
>
>
>
> =====
> Best wishes
>
> Paul
>
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