Thinking back to elementary school, there was the little group thing called Speech class or whatever in which I along with a handful of others did various activities but what I dont get was what was the point of the class. I guess the only thing I liked about it is that I could leave my normal class and skip whatever activity or assignment we were doing at the time to do the Speech thing.This continued on through middle school too for a couple of years but I didnt get the point of it. If it was because they thought I had a disability or something... boy were they sure wrong. How the heck did I manage to get an A in trigonometry and calculus in high school? I also felt reading wasnt really represented well back in my elementary school days because I felt like the teachers force feed reading instead of really getting us excited about it. That was my feeling, I cant speak for others. So I guess because I didnt like the aspect of reading, the school staff thought that then I had a problem or something so they put me in a reading group I think was called Title 1 or something. I hated it so bad and I really wasnt allowed to be angry about it or else I would sent to the principals office or something. I also heard the term Special Ed be referenced to me on a few occasions which I too felt what the hell were they thinking? Im shaking my head in disgust even today for the very idea that they labeled me as that for a time because I was smart enough to know what the term Special Ed means and having said that, I found it an insulting and at the same time very condescending. I know Im rambling about the past which probably isnt a good thing because what is done is done but I cant help but let people know where Im coming from in terms of my somewhat shaky past.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 21:05:39 +0000
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