Okay let me explain some of this before I jump into what happened. There is a girl I know who is in lifeskills. For those of you who do not know its is like special ED on steroids. They go on trips to go swimming, Bowling and this vacation they are going to see Disney on ice. well we were on the bus on he way to my house. I always think it is nice to have someone to hang out with and well she is like a friend to me. I have been very privileged knowing "special" people in my life like my brother who is mentally retarded and my sister who is deaf I am also deaf in one ear. so it really started to grind my gears when they started to pick on her. They started calling her sped and saying stuff like your so dumb why cant you learn like us? in a classroom? and started blaming her for the schools having to merge because of money spent. Contrary to there beliefs the school does not fund these trips. The trips are paid by the profits the lifeskills students raise in the school store. So eventually I got very fed up and it may not have been appropriate but I started to ask them questions like how would they feel if it were them? How would they feel if they knew they would never live alone? or get married? even though I am confident my friend will. How would they feel if they couldnt learn things the way we do? It just makes me so mad.
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That's definitely frustrating, to know some people will just never be able to put themselves in someone else's shoes and see life the way they live it. I'm glad you have experiences that let you see the world in a more objective way, and that you are a strong enough person to have actually SAID something to them. I know I haven't stood up for people when I knew I should have, and I definitely admire that in you. Unfortunately you'll never be able to make them be civil to your friend and people who are special in their own ways, but standing up for them every chance you get is going to make a difference to the person you're standing up for. I bet you made your friend's day, and that's something she'll never forget.
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