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Special Ed Teacher Asks Entire Class To Be In Her Wedding Party
by Hazel13 days ago
A wedding is a ceremony that commits two people to each other. It is typically a celebration centered around love, hope for the future and commitment to one another no matter what happens in life.
Most people who get married want to share this event with the special people in their lives. Including special people in the celebration makes the event memorable.
Special people might play a certain role in the ceremony, such as carrying flowers or reading a passage from a religious text.
Those people might be family members, friends or even coworkers. They are part of the soon-to-be-wed person’s inner circle of loved ones. One teacher works with a group of students who are very close to her heart.
She wanted to make sure that they could celebrate her wedding. She did not want to just choose one or two of her students. Not wanting to leave any of them out, she invited all of her students to join her wedding party and serve as important members of the event. All of the woman’s students were able to be a part of her wedding day.
The girls donned pretty dresses and headbands of white flowers. The boys wore suits. Each child looked adorable. These students are in the teacher’s speech and occupational therapy classes at the Christian Academy school’s Rock Creek campus in Louisville, Kentucky. Each of the students in the class has Down syndrome. However, they are curious, loving and fun children who should not be defined by their disabilities.
The teacher has worked with her students for more than one year and gotten to know each of them well. The students and their parents and guardians were touched by the teacher’s gesture of inclusion. The teacher’s family was also thrilled by the inclusion of the youngsters in the wedding party. They will not forget the fact that the teacher has a kind heart and wanted her students to be able to join in on this beautiful event.
Autistic boy fails school exams – teacher sends him home with powerful letter that goes viral
Raising a child with learning difficulties isn’t any less rewarding than raising one without them, but it can be said that it’s a great deal tougher.
Whilst parents of children without learning difficulties undoubtedly fret over all the usual things a mother or father does, those parents whose children are born with conditions such as autism have all those concerns and more.
What’s more, in addition to the worries of the parents, the children themselves can sometimes struggle in high-pressure social environments. There is no better example of this than school, where grades play a major role in your progress.
11-year-old Ben Twist lives with autism, and his mom Gail was handed a huge surprise when her son’s school sent a letter home after he failed his SAT tests …
When Gail received a letter from Ben’s school, she would have been forgiven for expecting it to say something about how he needed to work harder or improve his grades. Instead, the letter contained nothing of the sort.
The innovative thinkers at Lansbury Bridge School and Sports College, in St. Helens, Merseyside instead gave Ben a boost of confidence. Despite the fact he’d failed his SAT tests, his teacher recognized that what he needed was support, not condemnation.
The letter
Mrs. Clarkson sent him home with a touching letter that let him know just how skilled he is, and what exactly he brings to the table.
The letter reads:
“Dear Ben,
I am writing you to congratulate you on your attitude and success in completing your end of key stage SATs.
Gil, Lynn, Angela, Steph and Anne have worked so well with you this year and you have made some fabulous progress.
I have written to you and your parents to tell you the results of the tests.
A very important piece of information I want you to understand is that these tests only measure a little bit of you and your abilities. They are important and you have done so well, but Ben Twist is made up of many other skills and talents that we at Lansbury Bridge see and measure in other ways.”
The response
Upon reading the letter, Ben’s mom Gail found herself tearing up.
Mrs. Clarkson’s letter went on to list the things Ben was good at, things that a usual school test can’t measure.
“Other talents you have that these tests do not measure include: -Your artistic talents, your ability to work in a team, your growing independence, your kindness, your ability to express your opinion, your abilities in sports, your ability to make and keep friends, your ability to discuss and evaluate your own progress, your design and building talents, and your musical ability.
We are so pleased that all of these different talents and abilities make you the special person you are and these are all of the things we measure to reassure us that you are always making progress and continuing to develop as a lovely, bright young man.
Well done Ben, we are very proud of you.
Best Wishes,
Mrs. Clarkson”
The world needs more teacher’s like Mrs. Clarkson! It would have been all too easy for her to send a standard letter telling Ben’s mom that he needed to improve or change in some way. She didn’t though, because she realizes that judging a fish on its ability to climb a tree is as pointless as judging a monkey on its ability to swim in deep waters.
We hope that Ben takes his teacher’s words to heart and uses them to remember that his value should never be measured by the results of a school test.
Share this article if you think teacher’s like Mrs. Clarkson deserve widespread praise and recognition!
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Diary of a Father and daughter
Maverick Austin is at Lake Travis.FollowNovember 13 at 4:09 PM · Austin, TX
Diary of a Father and daughter: So today I got “The Call” …. “
“Dad its weird but think I pooped my pants!” So I rush to school take her a change of undies, put the old ones in a bag and rush back to my conference call and threw the bag in the kitchen trash.
Few hours later she calls and I had to put a very important work meeting I’m hosting on hold which I never do and she says “Dad it happened again”….
I’m confused and very annoyed because I’m super busy… I yell “just wipe your butt better then stuff toilet paper in the back of your pants and I’ll have to call you back in an hour!” and I hang up.
A few minutes later it hits me… omg!!! I rush to the trash to dig out and inspect the undies from earlier and scream “that’s blood not poop!!”
I interrupt my project meeting and explain to my banking colleagues that i’m VERY sorry but I have to go! I’m racing to the school while calling them telling the nurse to “go find my child!”. Speeding and having a panic attack because my child called me for help and I just “left her to die on the battlefield”! 😩
I run in the office and she’s standing there very calm looking at me and says “Dad…. I officially started my first …” and I stopped her and said “I already know Avi… it hit me a few minutes after I hung up on you”😣
The stress of raising a daughter 😩
Later on she says “don’t I get something like when a tooth falls out” 😳
So I snuck off to the store and when she got out of the shower I told her “The Period Fairy” brought you something 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Scientists Say That Traveling Makes Us Much Happier Than Any Material Wealth
by DailyHealthPost EditorialAugust 6, 2019
Why do many people go shopping the minute they have money in their wallets? Material wealth brings you happiness, albeit temporarily. Only a few days after a new purchase, the thrill, pleasure, and enjoyment you felt begins to fade.
It turns out that as soon as you get used to your new purchase, your level of satisfaction decreases and you feel compelled to go shopping again for the next exciting thing. This vicious cycle repeats itself over and over again.
The problem with this kind of addiction is that you are trying to buy happiness. Unfortunately, money can only make life easier and less stressful, it can’t give you long-term contentment.
Buying Stuff Isn’t Going to Work…
According to a research conducted at Cornell University, there is a way to break that damaging cycle. Thomas Gilovich, a psychology professor at the university, has revealed that people experience the same amount of happiness when making a purchase they want and when they travel. And here’s the important bit, while the happiness you derive from a purchase reduces over time, the memories of your traveling experience still supply you with happiness hormones for a long time.
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Gilovich explains that adaptation is “one of the enemies of happiness.” You buy things to make you happy, and you succeed for only a short while. Soon, you adapt to the things that used to bring you happiness.
So, What’s The Secret Sauce to Sustained Happiness?
Experience.
Although making new purchases may give you novelty, it still lacks the key ingredient for maintaining happiness.
As Dr. Gilovich says, your experience is a bigger part of yourself than your material goods. You may actually like your purchases and you may even go to the extent of thinking that a part of you is connected to that stuff; however, they are separate from your identity. On the other hand, your travel experiences are part of who you are.
Your richest and most cherished memories aren’t from the material goods you’ve bought. Rather, they’re a total sum of the life experiences you’ve had.
Happiness Stems From Connections
Traveling brings you to new cultures and places. In such an environment, everything around you feels more enriching. Your brain and body alike lose track of time as you’re so keen on absorbing new information.
That disconnection from the normal surroundings that you’re already adapted to offers an excellent environment for creating happy and lasting memories that are hard to forget or replace.
Robert Waldinger, head of a 80-year old research at Harvard University knows much about happiness. The results from one study revealed that individuals who most connected to their family, friends, community, and other people were the healthiest and happiest.
In light of that, Waldinger says that you need to deepen your relationships by doing new things together with the people in your life. He goes on to explain that experiences connect you to others in a way that material things can’t. To Waldinger, some of the most important experiences in his life are travel. Traveling, he reveals, brought him closer to his family.
Other Things You Can Do For Long-Lasting Happiness
Participating in extreme sports, learning new skills, or going to unusual events will bring you joy. A new car or gadget will eventually become ordinary, old, and outdated. On the other hand, the memories you create will become a real source of happiness that will stay with you your whole life.
So, invest your hard-earned cash in experiences, and you’ll be investing in your long-term happiness and satisfaction.
