[Ohiogift] [OATAG] Airplaine instruction follow-up

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Here is the comment that I just posted:

The airline industry has designed seats that are based on the 
measurements of an average American man seated in a straight upright 
position.That these measurements do not accommodate many people is a 
problem.This is analogous to the situation of public schools where 
students are expected to conform to “one size fits all”.Any student who 
is at the upper end of the bell curve is like the man who so annoyed you 
on the plane because he was taller and wider than average.Did he have to 
be aggressive? No.But gifted and talented children, who by definition 
are outside of the norm, need to be assertive or their different needs 
will be ignored.What is offered to the rest of the class may be fine, 
but if it doesn’t meet their needs they may act out in annoying ways.But 
what is wrong with a student so excited about learning that they can’t 
contain their enthusiasm?And why shouldn’t a child and the parents 
expect that their child actually learn something from the time they 
spend in a classroom?It is much more convenient for teachers if all 
students are the same and fit the seats they are assigned. Children are 
different and they deserve to be recognized for their unique qualities 
even if they are outside of the average range.Equal rights are not 
special rights.


Judy Smith


On 10/7/2014 11:52 AM, Margaret DeLacy margaretdelacy at comcast.net 
[OATAG] wrote:
>
> Friends:
>
> Below are two comments that were attached to the "Airplane Seat theory 
> of education" blog.
>
> It seems to me that they encapsulate the problem TAG advocates are 
> facing across the country. Their children need services but many 
> educators believe that school is all about learning to get along, not 
> about educating them to their full potential. Can we do both?
>
> I wonder whether the "special educator" who sent in the second message 
> also believes that Special Education children deserve the opportunity 
> to experience "deprivation, setbacks and failure" as a regular part of 
> their school experiences.
>
> Margaret
>
> Salem OR Mom
>
> 9:05 AM on October 7, 2014
>
> My son was a "pick me". He is 14 and in Calculus and AP Physics along 
> with his "regular" Honors classes. He has one of the highest SAT 
> scores for his age in the country. He was trying to tell you something 
> back in 2nd grade, were you listening or were you annoyed that he 
> wasn't staying with the group?
> A kid trying to show you that he may be drastically in the wrong place 
> is not a predictor of ASR or anything else but that a child needs a 
> different environment.
> 1 reply
>
> Score: 1
> thespecialeducator
>
> 11:18 AM on October 7, 2014
>
> He turned out well despite his "pick me" attitude in second grade. But 
> he probably was a pain in the you know what to his teacher and all 
> those around him. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with reminding 
> yourself that the world doesn't cater to your or yours, we share this 
> planet (and tight spaces on planes) with many other people, all of 
> whom are just as annoyed as you are for equally good reasons, and 
> (worst of all for Americans) a bit of inconvenience is actually good 
> for the soul as it teaches us how to handle things like deprivation, 
> set backs, and failure that life routinely throws at all of us.
>
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