Comments on: Celebrating Diversity http://paulhami.edublogs.org/2009/07/15/celebrating-diversity/ Supporting Universal Access and Universal Design for Learning Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Karenjanowski http://paulhami.edublogs.org/2009/07/15/celebrating-diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-3776 Karenjanowski Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:55:17 +0000 http://paulhami.edublogs.org/?p=1230#comment-3776 I hope Myriah has an opportunity to share her video with the faculty at the education school she attended. The attitude that she encountered is too pervasive, "if they just tried harder....." Personal stories impact people. Stories such as Myriah's need to be heard. Thank her for letting you share her video. I hope Myriah has an opportunity to share her video with the faculty at the education school she attended. The attitude that she encountered is too pervasive, “if they just tried harder…..”
Personal stories impact people. Stories such as Myriah’s need to be heard.

Thank her for letting you share her video.

]]> By: Sue http://paulhami.edublogs.org/2009/07/15/celebrating-diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-3772 Sue Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:37:38 +0000 http://paulhami.edublogs.org/?p=1230#comment-3772 I hope that Myriah is teaching. How wonderful for kids to have a teacher that really does understand what they are going through. I am a special education teacher but I mentor teachers in mainstream who express an interest in helping kids with special needs. I think there are a lot more of those kind of teachers in schools now thean there were when I first started teaching 20 years ago. We still have a long way to go ( in Australia) until all teachers are given a good background in supporting kids with learning challenges before they even leave university and more time needs to be spent updating teachers who are already in the workforce. I am aslo saddened by the fact that so many kids with learning challenges spend thier schooling being taught by teacher assistants instead of qualified teachers. I love my teacher aides and wouldn't want to be without them but it is not right that the most needy kids are being taught by the least qualified people. I hope that Myriah is teaching. How wonderful for kids to have a teacher that really does understand what they are going through.
I am a special education teacher but I mentor teachers in mainstream who express an interest in helping kids with special needs. I think there are a lot more of those kind of teachers in schools now thean there were when I first started teaching 20 years ago.
We still have a long way to go ( in Australia) until all teachers are given a good background in supporting kids with learning challenges before they even leave university and more time needs to be spent updating teachers who are already in the workforce.
I am aslo saddened by the fact that so many kids with learning challenges spend thier schooling being taught by teacher assistants instead of qualified teachers. I love my teacher aides and wouldn’t want to be without them but it is not right that the most needy kids are being taught by the least qualified people.

]]> By: Grania http://paulhami.edublogs.org/2009/07/15/celebrating-diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-3771 Grania Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:08:21 +0000 http://paulhami.edublogs.org/?p=1230#comment-3771 I was one of the 43 teachers at Paul's week long course. My colleague Shawna and I worked our way through the Wikis that were created by the students in the class and we were touched by Myriah's story. This vimeo is just as inspired. We need to knock down the sides of that box we try to fit everyone in. I think that Myriah's determination in the face of discrimination is amazing. Certainly, having a teacher who navigated herself through the system and achieved so much would be inspiring for kids with similar challenges. I know that I connect with students with behaviour challenges because I supposedly found sitting and staying focused challenging through school. Myriah as the kids would say, "you rock". Now lets blow up the box. xxx Grania I was one of the 43 teachers at Paul’s week long course. My colleague Shawna and I worked our way through the Wikis that were created by the students in the class and we were touched by Myriah’s story. This vimeo is just as inspired.
We need to knock down the sides of that box we try to fit everyone in. I think that Myriah’s determination in the face of discrimination is amazing.
Certainly, having a teacher who navigated herself through the system and achieved so much would be inspiring for kids with similar challenges. I know that I connect with students with behaviour challenges because I supposedly found sitting and staying focused challenging through school.
Myriah as the kids would say, “you rock”. Now lets blow up the box.
xxx
Grania

]]> By: Ira Socol http://paulhami.edublogs.org/2009/07/15/celebrating-diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-3770 Ira Socol Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:23:50 +0000 http://paulhami.edublogs.org/?p=1230#comment-3770 appalling? of course, but sadly typical. The response I've seen in a doctoral program on Special Education varies only slightly http://speedchange.blogspot.com/2008/04/humiliation-and-modern-professor.html But cheers to Myriah. She'll be the kind of teacher we need appalling? of course, but sadly typical. The response I’ve seen in a doctoral program on Special Education varies only slightly http://speedchange.blogspot.com/2008/04/humiliation-and-modern-professor.html

But cheers to Myriah. She’ll be the kind of teacher we need

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