The interview was different than we thought. Unlike interviews in years past, this one was not for a special education class but for a speech/debate course. The topic was Pro 100% mainstreaming of special education. The problem is that Tina and I are against it. Amanda has been placed in mainstream classes and they simply did not work out. Even when she was seven years old and placed in a kindergarten class it was too advanced for her.
Tina and I are very aware that our child does not fall in the spectrum of normal. Instead of denying this fact and trying to force the world and her to blindly include her, we take care of her the way she needs it. We know she doesn't do normal things, at best she mimics a lot of behaviors but we don't delude the fact that she can't do a lot of things that other 11 year old girls can do. But we also know she is a sweet girl who when loved is as gentle a soul as you will ever know and having her in your life can make you a better person.
So, we didn't do the interview but the girls weren't upset with it. They were still having trouble with the topic. As education majors I think they should have picked a subject they didn't care so deeply about, make the argument and get the grade. After all, it's just college.
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