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Old 05-20-2015, 01:13 AM
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One of our low functioning students is 21 so he will be "graduating" next week. Anytime I go into his classroom, he sings for me. I always ask him to sing Bon Jovi or Keith Urban. He knows Keith songs, but he said he didn't know any Bon Jovi songs at first. His teacher told him he did know Bon Jovi songs he just didn't know he knew them, so she pulled some up online and he realized he knew some of the hits so he's added Prayer and Wanted to songs.

Anyway, I got him the Cross Road CD for a gift to remember me and told him to think of me whenever he sang Bon Jovi songs. He was so excited about it! I debated which greatest hits collection to get, but since We Weren't Born to Follow was on the newer version, I decided I couldn't inflict THAT on the poor kid! LOL He's my little buddy and I'm going to miss him.
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Old 05-20-2015, 04:00 AM
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What a nice thing to do Becky. That kid will probably remember you quite fondly.
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This grand-aunt of a nine-year-old with autism also thanks you!
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This grand-aunt of a nine-year-old with autism also thanks you!
I currently teach a small class of early teens with autism and it's without a doubt the best job I've ever had. I've worked in special needs for a good few years now but I'm re-interviewing for the position on a longer term basis next week and I'm going to nail it to make sure I get to stick at it and build upon the stuff I've introduced and developed up until now.

Still working on getting them to dig Bruce but there's some heavy resistance - if the music hasn't featured in some sort of game with a high casualty or gore rate they're not interested

Love the story Becky, the nature of my job means I float from place to place and, as sad as it sounds, I've forgotten more kids than I can remember but when you get a bond with them you know will go way beyond the time spent together it's great - I often bump into a kid who was in the 1st ever class I taught right out of uni in a local football bar. He's a young man now and is still wrapping his head around the idea that teachers actually get allowed out of the school building to socialise whilst I try to get to grips with the fact this kid I first saw when he was 11 and about 2ft 4 can now drink
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