reconceptualizing down syndrome (hyperlinks)

i personally think that people just want to make an issue out of something that does not need to exist. the segregation of special education and normal education is needed because REALISTICLY speaking, they show their academic differently. for example, a child with down syndrome will not show academic ability the same way a child who doesnt have down syndrome, would. their learning techniques are different.

ofcourse i think they deserve the same beneficial opportunities in life that a normal education child would have, but their abilities to show an understanding of something, or ability to learn something is more complex because it can be a little more challenging. they should get treated the same and have just as much rights but people should also be realistic. its not discriminating i think its actually a functional system.

Mary Ellen says in her column, click here, that the segregation is needed because the non-special education students are suffering because the special education children are using most of the teachers attention.

an article, click here, says that it is a way for students to recieve their educational differenece requirement.

Jeanny Oakes (Argument)

This auther, Jeanny Oakes, argues that "One fact about tracking is unequivocal: tracking leads to substantial differences in the day-to-day learning experiences students have at school."

this basically summarizes both parties arguments towards tracking and not tracking. One party feels that tracking is good because it helps teachers target students abilitys and it can help them learn. where the second party argues that tracking is bad because then alot of students get put into stereotypical classes known as "less able."

i feel that oake's argues that both are right, but her main point is that it causes students to feel and get treated differently. and that by doing so it causes many different experiences for students when it comes to learning whether it be positive or negative.

Click here!!!! this website includes different types of information of tracking

Promising Practices

i attended the workshop "if you're safe and you know it clap your hands" by Dr. August. She was a very nice person and she seemed like she put alot of effort into preparing for that workshop, but i didn't find it that interesting. i felt more like i was in class rather than a workshop. she tried to make it engaging but the topic was just pretty boring and it didnt catch my attention. But i know she tried to make it fun, and she seems lie a very nice professor.

i also attended the workshop that the group "youth in action" hosted. i lved it. it was extremely entertaining and fun and we, well i, learned and saw alot of new cool things. they even showed a video of them doing a test on professors at Roger Williams University, which was extremely funny.

i also presented on the topic of cultural competency, I was so nervous to present I didn't even read off my paper, yet i said everything that was on my paper. everyone told me i didn't i even look nervous which is good. i am glad i chose to present. i felt good after, proud, accomplished, and even though it wasn't anything out of this world, i sort of felt important. Especially since we also had to get all dressed up and stuff. click here for a website that is all about cultural competence

the youth in action workshop related to the text where, i forgot which author, you have to be able to say the words in order to start making a change. youth in action works with schools and community related things where there is poverty, or just ANY situation that needs attention. they are even trying to get bus passes for students who live less than 3miles away, because the district does not understand that even people who dont love 3 miles away, can still live far enough for it to be too long of a walk.

click here for youth in action website

i think my first workshop with Dr. August was more of a Delpit thing. where the workshop was about kids need to feel safe in order to learn. kids who idntify themselves as LGBT must need to also feel safe. click here