31 for 21 Day 30 Memories from Third grade

  In third  grade I remeber...

   Learning  Cursive.  Everyone thought that cursive was  going to be easier for me. In the end  I  like   printing  better.


    Times tables and number charts. See  Tuesday's post.

  Bike  riding with my teacher on Saturdays


   Learning about  Indians.


  Being in charactor  when  I was Rosa  Parks  I  told  Martin  Luther  King that " it  was nice to see him again. "      I became  known as a future   actress unfortunately, I  did not act again.


  Going to the recycling center and landfill.


  Saying announcements  on the loud speaker. I worked really  hard in  ST to  be able  to be clear.

31 for 21 Day 23 : Memories from Seconed Grade

In Second grade  I  remember..



  Starting a new school.  I moved to public school it was harder to fit in. I had a hard time making  friends and was bullied.

Aide :  I had a one on one aide.

 
  Writers  Workshop :  I  remember  coming up with  great stories about different things.

 Spelling  words and  homework packets:  These came home every  week.


  Arthur and  Toy Story  Two:  These  were my favorite things to watch on  tv.  Toy story  two  came out   the Thanksgiving  of  my  second  grade year.   I had an  Arthur  Backpack.

 Field Trips: To the park, to see Elephant seals,  and we rode the train to   the downtown.

  Singing   in the classroom   and   after school in the school singing class .  I still remember those  tunes.



  This  teacher was a great teacher for me. She actually  taught all of my siblings.  She is  now my Facebook  friend.

31 for 21 Day 21 Brave in the attempt to obtain knowledge

 First day of school  Fall 2015

   

        On my first day at my new univestiy,  which  happen two days   before  I wrote this post.   I  alternated  between   excitement and  fear.

 The excitement   came from  the classes I would be taking,  the  fear   came  from  my experinces at my  old  university.   But after   I   had one class and   went to go find lunch   and heard  music playing I  thought  that.  I  got   this   and I knew that I  can be brave  in the attempt to   obtain  knowledge.  

  The  mental  scars that I have  from my educational experince are many.   I  was  label  the bad kid  in  K to 12 . I was  told  that I could not  graduate  from college (  I graduate in 2016)  I was   bullied  and  told  to  ignore  it , yet I  have overcame.      It has not been easy but    I  am  plaining to celebrate big  when I  graduate  from college because  I was  brave and  overcame soo much.

    Imagine how much more confident  I would have been if  I   did not have those  scars.  Do you have school scars  from your school  years of your child's  let me know below

   I  do not mean to brag  or  anything but I  am  pretty  amazing.   

31 for 21 Day 20 : On being realistic...

              When   a  baby is born. The sky  is the limit. Parents dream  of their kid being a doctor lawyer or actor.  Sometimes those dreams die when  their is  a developmental disability  that is  diagnosed.    Haply  as society   is becoming more inclusive  these dreams do not have to die. There are  college  programs for people  with disabilities  and  there are more options for employment   as well.
                          The hard  part about this is that  these opportunities are closed to people with developmental disabilities.   Not because   they are not  capable  or unlucky, but because  the adults in charge  destroy   their dreams.    They rip them up into tiny shreds  and  lock them  away.   Now  these people are not  overly mean  they  think they are  being realistic and  kind. They  feel that they are doing the best thing for them and  their  parents. Sometimes parents  agree with  these limits.

    This happened to me  on a few occasions.  The first being  in  high school  where they told me I'd  work in the back room and live in a group home. The seconded time being   my experience  at a private college.    I know  how I got through those hard  times by  having people  believe  in me.    From parents to  teachers   at my  jr college to my friends .  I decided to listen to them instead and now  I am  almost done.
   It is up to the adults  in  a young persons life to encourage them to dream big.  Young children can  not  dream , but  the adults  can  dream by having high expectations.   A   long time ago doctors  tried  telling parents to be realistic and put there children in institutions.     That did not  work out  so well.   Don't  be  realistic  be  bold and  daring.   Set high goals Will kids  reach those said  goals?  Maybe not, but  not all able bodied people  do either.   Let  people with disabilities  show  you that they can not  do something instead of  never  letting them try .
 
  For anyone reading this   with a disability

 Blast those low expectations out of the water.



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31 for 21 Day 16 : Memories from first grade

     In First grade I remember.

    Learning about the contents and  dinosaurs.


  Falling and hitting my head  three times in the same sport.

           I fell and hit my  head  playing with my siblings  in the play room.  I  remember  going to  the downstairs  bathroom  being all bloody. It was not a present site.

        I fell at school.

      I also fell  when book girl pushed a toy  shopping cart with me riding on top.  That was not a good  idea.

        Today  I have a scar on my forehead from where that happen.



   My class got chicken pox. I got the shot but the next day  I went into school  and my teacher  told me to go to the office because I actually had  the Chicken Pox.



      I  remember  getting  tested for NLD. I did not understand that I  had it until ninth  grade.


             I was  very close to my first grade teacher.  My  mother always  reminds me of this  by saying that first grade was the year I sat on my  teacher's lap.      I do have memories of  not sitting on her lap but   I think it happened more times then not.     I also  remember
  being sat down and  told I had CP, so  maybe that was part of it I am not sure.    I had behavior problems and was labeled  the bad kid.     This was the last year   that I  attended  that school.    From then on I attended  public school.  Academically that was the right choice  socially well you  will have to  see   in my  next post.





    Past posts  about first grade

          NLD 

31 for 21 Day 15 : First grade Opereta

   Tomorrow  I will  be sharing  more about  first grade.  Lets  just say that   First  grade was a tough year but I was still  cute.


 Here is proof.

31 for 21 Day nine : Reflections from Kindergarten

     

   I remember

    Me in  Kindergarten.    I  was  so cute. 

      Sound books  esp  the letter /k/. The  teacher told me I was different.

               Jump rope  Every day at recess my  teacher  would  try to  teach me how to jump rope.  I was able to jump  rope by the end of the year.

                 Read Write and Type  Click here to read more about it.

                  Learning about community jobs  highlight   was   having my mom come in her scrubs to teach us about being a doctor.

                Learning different coin  values

                   Butterflies  We watched them in our classroom go from  caterpillars  to butterflies. It was very fun.

 Thanksgiving  play. I was the cat on the Mayflower.





 Not bad considering I was only  six.


   Eight Months  I will be   graduating with a  BA.




  Other posts

       In  Kindergarten


  Learning to read 

31 for 21 Day Two: The update preview and a new label

 Hay  guys  so I have not really updated  you guys on  my school stuff  since  Spring .  I    am  set to graduate  college  in 2016.     I am  taking 16  units this fall and am doing well.  Three of those  classes  are  Graduate  level  classes that I am  taking for  my Special  Education  minor.  A  big  goal of  mine was to graduate  in 2016 and I am  ecstatic that this  is  a real  possibility.  As long as  I  pass my  classes.

  Because  I am  graduating from  undergrad  I will be   blogging a lot about my experience-particularly  pre school  through  eighth  grade in school.     In  order to do  this  I will  be sharing some older  posts about my school   that I  have  written  along with some  new  posts so be sure to come  back for more from now til  June .