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I'm so thankful our schools are not like that. My daughters' high school has special ed cheerleaders who cheer at games with the varsity poms; my daughter and others from adapted P.E. danced during the pep rally for the Homecoming game. There is a large group of "peer buddy" volunteer students who help the kids with all kinds of stuff ... and there's a waiting list. It's full of "pops," as my older daughter calls them--popular kids. My junior grumbles (half-jokingly) that her freshman sister is more popular than she is. One of the "queens" of a recent dance (may have been Homecoming) is a special ed student too.
The schools I attended as a kid, and the schools we moved away from to be here, were not like this. My daughter had to ride the bus for nearly an hour to go to a school on the other side of the district, and she was often shunned and made the brunt of jokes because she is friendly and doesn't know better.
I'm so thankful our schools are not like that. My daughters' high school has special ed cheerleaders who cheer at games with the varsity poms; my daughter and others from adapted P.E. danced during the pep rally for the Homecoming game. There is a large group of "peer buddy" volunteer students who help the kids with all kinds of stuff ... and there's a waiting list. It's full of "pops," as my older daughter calls them--popular kids. My junior grumbles (half-jokingly) that her freshman sister is more popular than she is. One of the "queens" of a recent dance (may have been Homecoming) is a special ed student too.
The schools I attended as a kid, and the schools we moved away from to be here, were not like this. My daughter had to ride the bus for nearly an hour to go to a school on the other side of the district, and she was often shunned and made the brunt of jokes because she is friendly and doesn't know better.
So, so, so thankful.
This is representative of the HS my kids attended as well. We've had special ed kids represented in the Homecoming court, our Unified sports games (basketball and soccer) are well attended by the students and the community and cheered on by the varsity cheer squad.
This is representative of the HS my kids attended as well. We've had special ed kids represented in the Homecoming court, our Unified sports games (basketball and soccer) are well attended by the students and the community and cheered on by the varsity cheer squad.
That is awesome! I love the newer spirit of inclusiveness; I think it's really the key.
I was socially awkward and not popular in school, and it has taken me a while to get over my mistrust of cheerleaders, jocks, and "the pops," who somehow ended up as my social enemies in high school. These kids have all been super nice, as far as my younger daughter is concerned, and the older one watches them like a hawk. Even she admitted, though, that although these kids are not universally kind to everyone (sometimes even clashing with my older daughter in previous years), they are nice to her sister and she respects them for that.
I remember when I was in Junior High they had a program where you could tutor the special ed students in reading and there was a waiting list to do it. I was lucky enough to be chosen and I absolutely LOVED it. They were always so happy and sweet. Im actually going to school to be a Special Ed teacher. Bullying is horrible but to bully a child with disibilities, smh that is unimaginable.
I read this story the other night and my wife walked in to see me wiping away tears. She asked me what I was reading. I had her read the article for herself...soon she was in tears. I love stories like this.
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That is awesome! I love the newer spirit of inclusiveness; I think it's really the key.
