The Characters Dick, Jane, and Spot Essay

In today’s world there are more and more children coming into the general education classes having a disability. More general education teachers have to take on a bigger responsibility than what they signed up for, but that is part of being a teacher. I feel as long as the teachers collaborate with each other they will be putting the student’s needs first.

The media is biased towards public incidents, but one community is in the media’s eye. For the past decade, the media pressed Jane and Finch on numerous occasions that has left a bad image of it. Jane and Finch is "known" for its extreme violence which has led the public to believe it is a dangerous community. Furthermore, the community's view differs from the media's negative perspective. This community has drastically improved throughout the years and has turned into a better community and to this day, the media and the public contradict it. Jane and Finch is the most positive community in Toronto because support is available to youth, it has a low crime rate and the graduation rate is high.

He even sets the minor league record for career home runs. After all of this he still fights with all his energy to make the majors, he is one of the team’s leading hitters and mentors the team’s star pitcher, Nuke. Again, despite his efforts the team decides to send him down. At first, he is heartbroken, but then he bounces back on his feet and decides to become a manager. Even though he does not get to achieve his dream of being a major leaguer he adapts and makes the most of his situation. By all measures he fails in almost every aspect of becoming a major leaguer, but in the end he is happy and is doing what he loves. This is a key to the American lifestyle.

The main problem that I perceive from the Case of Leigh Scott is that both Dale and Aaron are doing the same work, with the same grades yet one has an explicit learning disability who receives lots of support and the other is not receiving enough support. Dale has a clear learning disability and thus receives not only support from Meg, the resource room teacher, who “helped Dale prepare for Leigh’s class” (Leigh Scott: Case Study, p. 29), he also receives support and encouragement from Leigh even though he does not do much work. Aaron on the other hand receives little to no support from Leigh even though he has constantly not come to class prepared, puts his head down during discussions and has done poorly on his assignments.

Again using the standards of a year 6 pupil within national curriculum, it shows that in relation to transcriptional areas it is clear that this child is quite confident with their spelling and handwriting. There are more strengths than weaknesses. This child has the ability to spell words with a silent letter, such as, like and would. Their ability to use homophones is clearly shown especially in words like would, were, look and wear. However, it was noticed that this child struggled with the homophone their and there, due to incorrectly using this in their writing e.g. ‘this argument is about if their should be’ rather than using there. In their writing only one spelling mistake was noticed, which was about, incorrectly spelt-

I spent the days leading up to the first day studying each student, reading case notes, and profiles to better understand identification number they were given. Ironically, five of my students were learning disabled and I knew exactly how they felt. I took my own learning experiences and developed lesson plans based around sports, music, and entertainment, creating an empowering curriculum relevant to their knowledge. The day quickly approached and before I knew it I was signed over the responsibility of over 80 students, each with a different personality, and each with different obstacles and barriers. Ironically, five of my students were learning disabled and I knew exactly how they felt. I took my own learning experiences and developed lesson plans based around sports, music, and entertainment, creating an empowering curriculum relevant to their

Now, the act of sounding out words will not always bring you to the correct spelling, but it should bring you close. Every morning on my way to school my mother would quiz me on spelling words. My mother, unlike my teachers was not as patient and would sometimes become very frustrated with me when I was unable to spell a word correctly. This was very discouraging and to a certain extent made me dislike spelling and reading. She of course was not a teacher by profession and was merely doing what she thought was best. From this point on I was not as excited about learning new words, how to spell them, or how to even read and comprehend them. As an adult I can recognize this event as the point where I would no longer read or have a desire to learn how to spell because I’m my eight year old mind reading and spelling was not something that I was good at and should even really

For the social justice project, my group chose to focus on college student with a learning disability. College students with a learning disability can sometimes be overlooked or not represented in the classroom setting that Beneful for them. My initial impression of a person that has a learning disability is having trouble retaining information that can be seen as simple to others. They need a little bit more help which can be tutoring, study method or extra time on assignment. After this project, I have a new respect for people with learning disability. They must do more in order to achieve a goal that comes easily to other. They never complain, nor they do give up on a task that could be difficult to them. The most interesting aspects of what I learned about learning disability through my individual interview is a new-found respect for my best friend.

Nevertheless, it is our hope to continue receiving the compassion, patience, and empathy from Jared’s general education teacher (Mrs. Liesy) and the principle (Mr. Egan). Their accommodation and commitment to students with learning disability will be greatly appreciated.

In regards to special needs, there is one student that has a special need in the classroom. Blake has grown up with a hearing disability and requires hearing aids. This is then extended to teaching as each teaching educator needs to wear a special microphone that enables the student to hear clearer when being directed or taught from a distance. Blake is a capable student who does not need constant assistance regardless of his disability.

Teachers will undeniably continue to face the challenge of being able to teach all students who have learning disabilities. They will continue on the journey in researching the availability of treatments, services, and new theories. There are numerous tools available in teaching; however, discovering exactly which tools will work for all with some type of learning disability, will continue to be a work in progress. Teachers will persist in expanding their education on how to effectively teach special needs children, because of the desire and passion they have for their

In the article “Student Hits Milestone Thanks to Teachers,” Dawn Zondervan a mother of a child with special needs says: “When Connor was in elementary school, we didn’t have any idea he would someday be capable of going to college like any other student, because of the persistence of the staff at Caledonia to provide him with support, he is” (Odette Para 2). She also talks about how the teachers encouraged each of the students in the room, watching them achieve new things each day and helping them plan ahead. The teachers made the students believe they could achieve so they did. In the news interview, “Special education teacher helps student overcome disability,” with Greg Carlson a man with autism and Megan Gross a Special Education teacher of five years, they talk about how Megan helped Greg become who he is today. Greg talks about how Gross encouraged him every day and helped him determine what he wanted to do as his job, which is being a coach for kids with special needs, Greg says he could not had done it without Gross’ help.

Babe Ruth is known for his 714 home runs. However, few people realize the other statistic he holds, which is having the most strikeouts of any player in the major league. This statistic helps to prove there is only a slight difference between a good hit and a strike. To become a good hitter in baseball, three fundamentals are necessary. First, the batter's stance in the batter's box, second, the batter's eye contact on the ball, and third, the batter's swing are the three fundamentals a good hitter will possess.

Some words in dialogues are dialect and abbreviated which sometimes makes it difficult to understand at first sight.

in their ability to learn because of their disability. Prior to reentering the classroom, the teacher