whatdidyousay!
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I saw the interview with the student who started the petition. She said that it wasn't to just give out varsity letters to SN students. It was to establish sports programs for them so that they could truly earn their own letters.
To me, that would be a preferred goal. SN students have their own sense of accomplishment, do they not? Wouldn't a SN student be prouder to get a letter that he or she earned rather than one that was just handed to him or her?
I would think it's better for self-esteem for a student to know that he earned that letter ("Look what I did!") rather than have someone give it as a sympathy gesture ("Oh, poor thing, let me give you this because you can't get a letter by yourself").
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that the point Reb and inclusion is not the way to go with many kids.I saw the interview with the student who started the petition. She said that it wasn't to just give out varsity letters to SN students. It was to establish sports programs for them so that they could truly earn their own letters.
To me, that would be a preferred goal. SN students have their own sense of accomplishment, do they not? Wouldn't a SN student be prouder to get a letter that he or she earned rather than one that was just handed to him or her?
I would think it's better for self-esteem for a student to know that he earned that letter ("Look what I did!") rather than have someone give it as a sympathy gesture ("Oh, poor thing, let me give you this because you can't get a letter by yourself").
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They are complaining because he didn't earn it.
Some people are particularly proud of items that they earned. Ask any PhD professor if they are proud of those three little letters behind their names.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/02...dent-has-incredible-basketball-story-to-tell/
We need more coaches in school like this guy to let SN students to get a chance to play in a game. It's too bad all the people complaining about this SN student isn't doing something to help the SP students feel like they're a part of the school like the coach in this story. It's easier to shoot off your mouth than get involve I guess. I feel this is the biggest problem in the schools there are not enough people brave enough to speak up to allow SN students to join a sport . If there was then a SN student may just win a letter . I hope this mother get people to think about allowing SN students to be part of the sport team than just being a water or boy or girl.
i passing comment on this but not a clue what varsity letter is..as you say most SN don't get them but in the right environment they stand better chance.Plus i think it can be grossly patronizing to put some SN in main stream..It can take about two years to astertain what sort of school they need my daughter spent two years at assessment school before it decided what sort of school and social setting she needed.Unfotunatly come 18 they don't give a toss and all the good work given as child just frizzles away as adult.
saying this i do know of Downs kids at mainstream and doing better than mainstream kids but mostly this is not the case..You get one or two that do well parents teachers take those examples use same logic on other SN and it don't work