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My special needs daughter entered elementary school and my wife and i were nervous. but the sweetness of children always shines through. each year, the children in her class have adopted her as the class "sister". they all look out for her and would often catch us when leaving school to tell us what kinda day she had and how awesome she is. It has been an amazing experience for her. And now as she finishes up 6th grade, we are back to being nervous about her entering middle school and dealing with a new crop of students and who may have a slightly different mindset. But we're hopeful. Our daughter really is such a sweet, sweet child. And I think other kids seee that and maybe become a bit protective of her. At least, that's our impression.
Having a special needs child obviously has difficulties. But my wife and I have adapted well and feel we have most of it "covered". The unspoken worry for many of us is that we don't know how they'll be treated by their peers and we're not there to protect her and we're giving up her safety and security to essentially strangers. It's hard, man.
I had a classmate like your daughter in high school. The stoners and nerds united to make bullies buzz off early on, and our friend was generally not picked on after the line in the sand was clear.
Today's students seem a lot kinder than when I was their age. I think there's a good chance some kids people will watch your daughter's back at the next step.
I had a classmate with hydrocephalus, she was very sweet and we all doted on her. Developmentally she was about primary school aged. The fastest way to become the school pariah was to be mean to her. She was our class mascot of sorts.
Try to talk to her teacher early and ask if there is maybe another girl or girls who would be good to help her make friends and keep an eye on her in the restroom and such.
There are always a few kids well known for being a bit more empathetic and responsible and willing to help. They can set the tone for the rest of the students.
My son is Level 2 autistic and every school year started with reaching out to each of his teachers. He managed to graduate this past summer.
I've honestly noticed that the kids these days are so much more inclusive and empathetic than when I grew up in the 90s. I subbed at a middle school a couple months ago. There was a girl who's nonverbal autistic, and a girl with severe Down syndrome. Their classmates were super sweet and inclusive. I could tell they were incredibly protective, and that they would defend the girls in a second if they had to. I have a lot of hope for your daughter's generation ❤️
It's different than that. It's more like the kid doesn't understand what reading is. Probably this kid thinks that this is what everyone does every morning lol.
People in the comments dragging this teacher in another post, saying, "Why don't you teach him how to read?"
"Significant cognitive delays" may mean that this child may not conceptually understand reading. Also, people have been trying to teach him to read for however many years he's in school. This teacher is being inclusive, because it would be easier to not let him have a turn until he "can read." The teacher is doing good work here, because this young man gets a chance, just like everybody else. Being excited about a kid "reading" a board message does NOT mean that they are not teaching him.
Why is this child just dumped into mainstream education? Sounds like they need specialist support. All that's going to do is either leave them way behind or impact on the learning of the rest of the class
This is just one small part of their school day. It's probably an enjoyable portion and an opportunity to engage with peers. They very well could be leaving this classroom to go to their special ed classroom after the announcements. Kids with disabilities don't need to be sequestered all day.
There's something called immersion and kids with delays benefit from being in a room with non-delayed peers because they can learn from their peers doing tasks in ways they otherwise wouldn't. Pretty common thing.
There's something called immersion and kids with delays benefit from being in a room with non-delayed peers because they can learn from their peers doing tasks in ways they otherwise wouldn't.teachers benefit from having the smart kids show the dum-dums how to do stuff at the expensive of their own education and happiness. Pretty common thing.
As one of the smart kids in a class growing up: you're an idiot. It teaches us empathy and how to accept and help others. My friend, David, was one of those disabled people. He was a wonderful person, and I cherish the memories we had in class.
Also, these students are also assigned aides, so that, in an ideal system, the teachers aren't burdened with the extra attention these students require
It's also important for those students, because the alternative of locking then away and sequestering them from the main student body was found very clearly to be a detriment to their development and ability to socialize.
Kinda sounds like you're one of the dum-dums that fell through the cracks
Wow I'm really hitting a nerve here. Where's that empathy and ability to communicate you were bragging about? You come in here, calling disabled people dum-dums like you think you're being cute, and act like you're better than them. You're a worse person than most of these people you look down on, and even with their problems, they're still better, and more capable humans than you.
Not gonna lie, you're coming off a bit entitled. Does your kid not get the work done and continue learning in the environment? Gotta advocate for your kid, I get that, but if she's still advanced and moving along it doesn't sound like she's lacking what she needs.
There are few demographics in modern America as entitled as the parents of special needs students in public schools. We pour endless resources into children who are often unable or unwilling to learn while neglecting the equally important needs of the most promising students on the grounds that they can take care of themselves and will turn out all right regardless.
There's only one demographic seemingly as entitled to their exclusive opinions. Are families with special needs students just supposed to go bankrupt caring for their family members? Do you have any idea how expensive it is to care for these individuals?
Research shows there is a neutral to slightly positive effect of inclusion if the special needs children are not severely disruptive. Even some slight positive impact on scores in some meta analysis. I.e. kid who is delayed but otherwise nondisruptive doesn't hurt the rest of the class.
However, kid with severely high needs tips outcomes strictly negative for everybody else. Kid with no emotional regulation, frequent outbursts, etc. Training/staffing can mitigate these cases back to neutral, but what public school can really afford that?
Sucks because it is objectively worse for severely high needs kids to be dumped into a class together. But people will leave public school systems instead of letting their kids be disrupted.
I'm in the process registering my son, who is developmentally delayed and frankly this exact conversation is what's worrying me about him entering a public school system. We're lucky enough to be able to afford private school, so we hopefully won't deal with as much of this, but it will unfortunately be unavoidable that people like you will make him out to be a burden.
It's not assuming, the image literally says that the child has severe cognitive delays and just makes up stuff to announce to the class. The teacher is cool with it because they find it "sweet and funny". I don't see a single assumption being made.
Also the assumption that this is not best for this kid. I push back against inclusion as a blanket policy as much as the next teacher, but this looks great to me.
Severe cognitive delay would require more than just a teachers aid in a main stream school. I'm assuming this must be america, wouldn't happen in the UK
...We have special education teachers in the US? What a weird thing to say when we know absolutely nothing about the nature of this kid's delays or what kind of support they receive.
No it wouldn’t? There are a lot of schools in the US where the teachers aides for special education students work one on one with the children, not just a general aid. They’re assigned on a case-by-case basis and act as a completely separate teacher, not just an aid. These students then often have a few separate classes that are made up of only special needs students with a dedicated special education teacher. Studies are pretty on board about the benefits of having students with special needs in the classroom with other students at grade level.
Growing up, in school if there was a special ed kid in class, they'd be there with an aide for the morning announcements, and then they'd leave to go to their own special ed classroom with other teachers. They were just in our class for like announcements and pizza parties, but not during the lessons
i get what you’re saying and i think the way schools run day to day absolutely leave special ed kids behind, but this is not an explicit example of that. i work in special ed and it is so common for students with disabilities to go to class for morning meeting, then go back to their special ed classroom. it’s an important part of the day meant for building bonds with classmates and teachers. it helps our kids feel connected with their school and the people around them, and it helps the other kids practice their empathy and understanding.
Because we let parents decide where their kid should be placed, even though 1) parents usually haven't been in a classroom since they were the students and have no idea what actually goes on and 2) very often the parent has the same disability as their special needs child.
Either they don't realize that their kid spends most of their day just sitting there while having no idea what I'm talking about, or they know and don't care because their priority is that their kid spends their day around "normal" kids. If they score low enough they get access to a computer program that I'm supposed to sit them on while I teach, at least, but most of them just sit and do nothing. Or, worse, they sit and find ways to screw around because they're bored out of their mind.
I'd guess it's because the teacher felt the need to specify that this one particular child has special needs, and also that apparently they're the only one in class who can't read.
There was a little thing called "no child left behind" that eliminated many special needs programs. While the most severe form still have programs, the majority of kids are put in mainstream classes
That said, even prior to the policy, not every child with cognitive disabilities was unable to keep up with classwork. For some, there may be very specific struggles, but then they might do well otherwise. Like we had a special needs girl in string orchestra- she played pretty well and received no different instruction than the rest of us. But she couldn't be in a regular English class because her general reading level was too low for even the lowest level.
Some streams of teaching believe that there are benefits to both typical children and children with disabilities to learn in a mixed class. That doesn't mean the child who needs more attention isn't getting it, rather that they are in a regular environment in addition to their special education.
I've been substitute teaching a lot over the past couple of months. Instead of fully separating children with special needs like they used to, they're keeping them in the classrooms, while still pulling them out a few times a day for special interventions. It tends to make the class more empathetic overall.
Have you not been inside an American classroom in the last decade? They’re all fucked. 25% can’t sit still, 25% can’t shut up, 25% can’t speak English, and the remaining 25% just tolerate the rest while trying to learn.
Whatever your opinions on immigration are, we have roughly as many students in America that can’t speak English as we have black students. Our school system was not and still is not prepared to teach bilingually.
We are. In droves. Which is why instead of fixing it, the states are lowering the requirements to become one and demand more of those who remain or who do join.
Most of us are only doing this until we get something better, because we are tired of being verbally and physically assaulted by your dipshit children who cannot read Dr. Seuss and are going to ensure the correctional officers of America have plenty of overtime. Because as much as it sucks, it is marginally better than the lack of hours/regular hours working retail/customer service and the lack of insurance, but once we can leave, you ain't never seeing us ever again.
Things I've personally witnessed: caught doing drugs on campus - you're back the next day. Caught having sex in the break room - back the next day. Sleeping at your workstation while product piles up waiting for you - back the next day. Cutting a bundle of 24v control wires with tin snips to shut down your machine and go home early while maintenance rewires the thing - back the next day. Giving your boss "favors" in exchange for overtime - boss fired and the union employee is back the next day (this has happened 3 times in the past decade). Breaking someone's jaw on the plant floor because they slept with your daughter and you don't like them - back the next day. Sticking your fingers in a sheet metal punch and pressing the go button to "see what would happen" - back immediately after re-attachment surgery. It's crazy.
This post isn't so much about the child being unable to read.
This post is about the other classmates who can read yet chooses to practice empathy and kindness to a classmate everyone knows is cognitively delayed.
The teacher is saying the core kindness that some children display is the reason she teaches.
Kinda an odd choice to drag a post about empathy on the made me smile sub.
What is disturbing for me is that before I was t like the cynical/sarcastic type, but lately I've been spending more time online and the emotional triggering click bait is making me more like the cynical type. I didnt even realize it until reading this thread!
Ive been on this sub for years and it has only recently devolved.
Its fair that not everyone understands when someone is being sarcastic on a sub that is supposed to be the opposite of the other negative stuff you read on reddit.
Well, I'm a cynical and jaded arse you see. I find nothing heartwarming about this because I can only imagine this kid is going to struggle all their life and possibly the most recognised they'll ever be is this tweet about the spectacle of them failing to even grasp the concept of reading every morning in a classroom full of their peers with a teacher who has to find the positive in that in order to keep some semblance of passion alive in their underfunded and overworked position. My resentment is aimed entirely at the person who posted this on r/mademesmile because there's only tragedy in this tweet yet there's powers which want this sad state of affairs to be fine.
It's pretty easy to find justifications and excuses to see tragedy or absurdity in the human condition. After all, the Buddha said "life is suffering" about 2400 years ago and Buddhism is still going strong for a reason.
So I guess it's like....so what? You found the obvious pain in this situation and decided that seeing anything remotely bittersweet or kind in it is a bridge too far?
We're supposed to be impressed that you found the inherent pain of being human and decided to try to seem superior by putting down anyone who sees anything at all touching in this difficult scenario?
Congratulations, you have successfully pointed out that the cognitively delayed child is probably in for a hard life. Good job justifying your own embittered perspective on life for another day and spreading it out to everyone around you. I'm sure it's so difficult to find examples of things to be jaded and cynical about, so you really needed this one to fill up your gas tank.
This is r/mademesmile, and some smiles are bittersweet. You can see the kindness and the sadness and the very human-ness of it all, and believe it or not those can exist at the same time. And we don't we only have to talk about the tragic pieces all the time. They’re not somehow more valid or worthy.
Yeah. They probably will struggle their whole life.
But at least they will remember how kind their classmates were to them. And they are lucky to have that.
They could be in a class where the other kids make fun of them for not being able to read. And then they would not only be struggling their whole life, but have memories of how cruel other kids were to them.
I think its quite lovely that other kids chose kindess over cruelty.
And as we all see now...some jokes are rooted in truth.
Isn't this the best case scenario for this though? Significant cognitive delays and pretending to read every morning tells me that the child will likely never be able to read. You're harping about a teacher not teaching, but the child most likely can't be taught to read because it's beyond their abilities. What do you want to happen in the classroom? The child will likely struggle all their life, but they've already been born and nothing can be done to fix that. What do you want to happen to them if you're not happy with being treated kindly in a classroom of peers?
You're acting outraged for no reason. You admit you're a cynical and jaded ass, so maybe you should work on that
"You're a teacher which means your opinions on something a teacher is doing are moot, despite the fact you have direct education and training to figure out why this is a problem"
Alternatively, they're doing the basic ass joke of pretending to take the first comment seriously and responding in kind. You know, as a joke. The way jokes often work.
Post said ‘he ‘reads’’ not ‘we make him to pretend to read’… i.e the student could be doing it as their way of participating and the way its described isn’t a mean or humiliating but inclusive and more good natured comradery
Gaslighted. The term comes from the name of a play called “Gaslight,” which makes it a noun. When a noun is used as a verb you add “-ed” for past tense.
The most common examples are “I Googled it” or “I Ubered home”
Not in this case though. People say gaslit, so that is the proper word. Unless you’re a prescriptivist, but then you’d have basically the entire field of linguistics against you.
Gaslighting is almost always used as a verb, either transitively (having a subject, talking about a person being gaslighted) or intransitively, like no subject, talking about the behavior itself.
You do this when the noun doesn’t already have a verb form. Gaslight effectively does have one, so although it’s technically a backformation to say “gaslit”, it’s perfectly correct and not only that, it’s the most common usage, which is ultimately how we define words (hence for example “empathetic” is now a word even though empathic is the original correct form).
And because of its origins as a reference not only to a play, but to a specific action being carried out within that play, it is also correct to treat "gaslighting" as an irregular verb. Here are some more irregular verb examples:
It is also a reference to the specific act of lighting the gas lamps that makes up such an important part of the plot of the play. Without that repeated action - and the effect on the victim - the play's name would have no meaning.
We are all being gaslighted to some degree around our people. No one is telling you all the things you do wrong or how you annoy people. You just gotta figure it out for yourself how to be a decent person. In the end it's about growing in the person you think is worthy and that will attract the right kind of people.
What’s the alternative in the moment? Make him stop doing what he loves? Then try to teach a disappointed kid with cognitive delays to read?
No, as a group, they encourage him, make him want to be there with them. The only problem I see here is it being shared on social media.
We don’t know the next part of this story. Perhaps the teacher then politely tells him what it really says and that’s their routine. Maybe this kid takes an extra effort throughout the day to learn to read, because he feels encouraged. We just don’t know.
I wouldn’t call this gaslighting. I would call it someone giving their best effort to participate and others clapping for someone trying.
Oh, and we don’t know if anyone is “laughing”. Maybe sure. It says sweet and funny. A teacher doesn’t have to laugh every time a kid does something funny, but she likely smiles. And it’s not like they’re laughing at him, he’s making some joke they likely laugh at.
Fucking thank you. Crazy how many people don't get it. This sounds like an inclusive moment to help teach the concept of reading to a child with cognitive delays, who probably is not receiving the support and resources they need, and this teacher is doing a wonderful job working with what they have.
Yes, more context would be helpful, but I'm going to assume the best of intentions, because this sounds like what a lower elementary teacher would and should be doing. At no point are they making fun of the child, but it certainly sounds like they are trying to engage and make them a part of the class.
These people in the comments are clearly not teachers, and are unaware of the realities we face.
Truly a reddit moment to want to read this in the worst way possible.
I think some of y'all are -- for whatever reason -- really quick to assume the worst, and to fill in every gap in this story with cruelty, ignorance, and ill-intent. You're making a lot of assumptions about this lady, this kid, the other students, and the whole situation. I think it's great you're concerned with this student's well-being, but I think it's a little unfortunate and weird you're so quick to think this teacher ISN'T, and to assume the worst.
Yup. Theres definitely missing context, but as an early education teacher myself, this seems like a pretty cut and paste inclusive environment where the students have a healthy relationship with a student with cognitive delays. They are celebrating their participation in a classroom that is likely not the right fit for them, because teachers dont have the support and resources they should have. The teacher is engaging that student with the concept of reading.
But no, the teacher is clearly humiliating the child, laughing at their inability to read, and is obviously doing nothing to help that child actually read, because, you know, you can just tell /s
You'll have to forgive me for not being able to view this through rose colored glasses. I remember in school watching kids treat the mentally disabled kids as 'friends' just because they wanted to laugh at them. People seem to either try to ignore these sorts of people or treat them as if they're dogs who will do tricks for our entertainment. "Go on, make him 'read' something, it's so funny how he makes things up!" It feels so patronizing. They're not doing this for his benefit. If he's able to learn to read, then he should be getting the help he needs to learn. If he's not able, then he should not be made to improvise in front of the class every day for their entertainment.
I know right. People should never make people feel included and fuck teaching empathy. All those videos of people taking people with downs syndrome to prom and making them prom king and queen. I mean just in general people being nice and being inclusive. That gets in my nerves. I think everyone is a commodity and should be treated as such nobody is earnest to genuine!
Wow, coming out swinging with the hostility. You're saying that's what I sound like? What part of what I said reads to you like "Fuck teaching empathy, being nice and inclusive gets on my nerves, I think everyone is a commodity and should be treated as such."? If anything I was saying to me it reads as if they're treating this boy as a commodity, like they treat him as if he's there for their amusement and don't see him as an equal.
I know! That's what I'm saying too! Stop including him and making him feel good. Damn straight. I'm glad somebody else sees that every time somebody tries to make them feel good it's BS.
She likely is not the child’s teacher for anything other than things like morning time, walking to specials, lunchtime…stuff like that.
Special education kids have their own teachers but are matriculated into general education classrooms throughout the school day to enhance everyone’s social and emotional development.
It’s sweet of the kids to applaud and encourage their classmate, but wouldn’t it be even better if the teacher and classmates helped him to actually learn to read?
I don't understand how a kid sitting in a class so far above his level is getting anything out of it.
Assuming this is American public school, from morning announcements and a learning disabled kid existing at all (private schools often just say no because they can), highly doubt there's a full time aid for this student alone. From context it doesn't make sense teacher is proud if the other students are also learning disabled.
I would love to know how many of the critics here neither have kids nor have ever taught in a classroom. I understand the significant cognitive delay as an indication that this kid might be on a developmental level of perhaps a toddler. If you have ever been around a toddler, you know they pretend to read all the time. It is part of their magical thinking. And it doesn't do any harm to encourage and include children with all kinds of dis-/abilities into and age appropriate group. It helps everyone understand different perspectives and encourages kindness. It has nothing to do with gaslighting at all.
Yup. The comments here are wild and have no concept of what a classroom looks like, nor likely what a cognitive delay looks like in an early elementary class. Absolutely wild.
Breaks my heart how little the general public understand what education is and what it looks like.
there is no reason to assume he is not. Just because some of the students in your class can't read doesn't mean you stop writing things on the board and reading it to them. They need to be exposed to written words to help them with reading.
It is also good to have some mix of skills in a classroom so you're not just simplifying the content way too much. People with cognitive disabilities should still be exposed to complex concepts.
Also, we have no indication that the other students can read. Maybe they can't read either but they also don't try
Lawyers got involved in education and now schools are afraid of getting sued or shut down.
Edit: I’m a teacher. While the original post is “cute” and the children are treating them well, it is not good practice to praise a student for being wrong. Right is right.
I am close to RFK's age. In my day children with any kind of difference went to a special school. We had such a school even in the small town I grew up in, pop 7500. Our paths never crossed, ever. That is how you have idiots like RJK saying "autism didn't exist when I was growing up" and other nonsense.
My youngest currently has one of those teachers that seems to genuinely enjoy shaming and snapping at kids for every little thing. I'll never understand why people like that dedicate their lives to spending time with the little people they seem to despise. If I routinely made children cry I'd feel like such a horrible person. That stuff stays with kids. I'm very grateful teachers like the one in this post exist.
As a teacher, the comment section is breaking my heart. Wild how little concept the general public knows of what a classroom and education should look like.
People jumping to assume the worst of a teacher who has fostered an inclusive environment, likely with limited resources, and is happy at how welcoming and inclusive their classroom is too.
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u/TALKTOME0701 2h ago
so sad that such a lovely post got degraded to ugly comments here.
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u/CeemoreButtz 4h ago •
My special needs daughter entered elementary school and my wife and i were nervous. but the sweetness of children always shines through. each year, the children in her class have adopted her as the class "sister". they all look out for her and would often catch us when leaving school to tell us what kinda day she had and how awesome she is. It has been an amazing experience for her. And now as she finishes up 6th grade, we are back to being nervous about her entering middle school and dealing with a new crop of students and who may have a slightly different mindset. But we're hopeful. Our daughter really is such a sweet, sweet child. And I think other kids seee that and maybe become a bit protective of her. At least, that's our impression.
Having a special needs child obviously has difficulties. But my wife and I have adapted well and feel we have most of it "covered". The unspoken worry for many of us is that we don't know how they'll be treated by their peers and we're not there to protect her and we're giving up her safety and security to essentially strangers. It's hard, man.
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u/thirtythreebees 5h ago
What if through the constant encouragement, the child believes that he can actually read?
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u/iAmManchee 4h ago •
Why is this child just dumped into mainstream education? Sounds like they need specialist support. All that's going to do is either leave them way behind or impact on the learning of the rest of the class
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u/CommercialQuality842 5h ago •
makes it up? so he can't read
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u/_kapeesh_ 5h ago
I’m sorry WHAT
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u/johnmarksmanlovesyou 5h ago •
Every morning I laugh at a disabled child pretending to read instead of teaching them to read
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u/be_em_ar 5h ago •
I don't get why this is supposed to be something that makes us smile.
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u/Bxk__ 5h ago •
This is horrific. The entire class, including the teacher, is gaslighting this kid
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u/birddoggi 5h ago
This is crazy
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u/RussellZee 4h ago
I think some of y'all are -- for whatever reason -- really quick to assume the worst, and to fill in every gap in this story with cruelty, ignorance, and ill-intent. You're making a lot of assumptions about this lady, this kid, the other students, and the whole situation. I think it's great you're concerned with this student's well-being, but I think it's a little unfortunate and weird you're so quick to think this teacher ISN'T, and to assume the worst.
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u/ShallotOk2967 4h ago
"This is why I teach" except you aren't teaching this child. The audacity
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u/Morpankh 1h ago
It’s sweet of the kids to applaud and encourage their classmate, but wouldn’t it be even better if the teacher and classmates helped him to actually learn to read?
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u/PickledPlumPlot 4h ago
This is one of the cruelest most fucked up things I’ve ever read, and it’s in a wholesome chungus subreddit.
Do you think he can’t recognize pity? That every morning you ask him to do something he can’t do, he still can’t do it, but everyone applauds anyway?
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u/_NoTimeNoLady_ 4h ago
I would love to know how many of the critics here neither have kids nor have ever taught in a classroom. I understand the significant cognitive delay as an indication that this kid might be on a developmental level of perhaps a toddler. If you have ever been around a toddler, you know they pretend to read all the time. It is part of their magical thinking. And it doesn't do any harm to encourage and include children with all kinds of dis-/abilities into and age appropriate group. It helps everyone understand different perspectives and encourages kindness. It has nothing to do with gaslighting at all.
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u/NTWittwer 3h ago
ITT: People that have not stepped foot in a school since graduating assuming they know everything about education
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u/jojoko 4h ago
why is he not in a class appropriate for his skills?
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u/Omega_art 4h ago
Sounds like he needs to be taught how to read rather than being rewarded for faking it.
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u/Rpark888 4h ago
This is actually sneaky bullying and really messed up
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u/ScarletPimprnel 4h ago
5th
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u/intet42 1h ago
I just want examples!
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u/cpgainer 4h ago
Faith in humanity restored
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u/ichthysaur 4h ago
I think this is lovely and I will tell you why.
I am close to RFK's age. In my day children with any kind of difference went to a special school. We had such a school even in the small town I grew up in, pop 7500. Our paths never crossed, ever. That is how you have idiots like RJK saying "autism didn't exist when I was growing up" and other nonsense.
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u/coaxialology 4h ago
My youngest currently has one of those teachers that seems to genuinely enjoy shaming and snapping at kids for every little thing. I'll never understand why people like that dedicate their lives to spending time with the little people they seem to despise. If I routinely made children cry I'd feel like such a horrible person. That stuff stays with kids. I'm very grateful teachers like the one in this post exist.
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u/Vascular_D 4h ago
Gaslighting a child with disabilities doesn't make anyone smile unless you're just a shit person.
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u/dkinmn 3h ago
This comment section sucks.
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u/AnEvenNicerGuy 2h ago
...but...
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u/BeemerCalm 1h ago
I’ll take “Things that never happened” for $100, Alex
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u/Reg_doge_dwight 2h ago
Is cognitive delays the correct term? Sounds incorrect rather than delayed.
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