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I would have to say they are doing so many things right, but to start
I was here two years ago so that would have been in '09
one of the biggest things that affected me was being at the OI
and at the end of the week they had done reflections, I think is what they call it
so this group of students are sitting around and they're talking about you
know what the OI meant to them
and I'll never forget one of the students mentioned that you know he came
out to the OI and he was embarrassed about where he's coming from,oh where he is
going to
so he was lying to is friends
about you know he's going to see family he'll be back whenever
and during that reflection time, this is at the end of the OI, that student was like
you know I was so embarrassed but now after learning that there's such a large
community of people that learn just like me and are a lot like me
I am going to go back and tell my friends exactly where I was and hey I have a learning disability and I am proud
to celebrate my difference, my learning difference.
so that kinda hit me as a professional at that time
I um, like I mentioned I monitor districts
and each of the students that I look at their IEP, you know they are mostly in my
position a number you know unfortunately an identification number
and I went back after that OI I really paid attention to you know what
this student with this ID number could be one of those students sitting in that room one
day if they're lucky, you know some of those students with that ID number
don't make it that far, so it maybe really focus my work on you know even though I
don't have that close interaction with the students like all the students need
that ally and they need that support system and so that's changed the way I've
done may work a little bit and um...
and I'm more focused on
who the population is that I work for.