爱达荷州立大学中国学生学者联谊会

Chinese Association of Idaho State University (CAISU)

During the years I spent in the classroom I have watched students like Melissa learn -- and yes, I sometimes met failure with students who didn’t succeed. On those occasions I did not consider myself a failure, although many in my profession would. The needs of some children were beyond those that could be met in my classroom.Three review problems written on the overhead projector welcomed students as they entered the classroom. Students were required to sit quietly and copy and answer the problems. It was a necessary “warm-up” routine designed to engage their sixth-grade minds in “school mode.” In an exclusive front row seat, sat Richard Hunt, also known as the “Tasmanian Devil.” His desktop contained one sneaker, one shoelace and one pencil. Richard was intensely concentrating on inserting the shoelace back into the eyelets of his sneaker.

No textbook, paper or any other implement of learning cluttered his otherwise empty desktop.I handed him a copy of the overhead review questions. “Start your warm-up, Richard,” I whispered. He didn’t acknowledge my presence. I took the sneaker, rather forcefully because he didn’t want to let go. “I’ll lace your shoe; you do your warm-up.” Richard looked unsure. His eyes remained on the sneaker in my hands while the class finished their warm-up, his questions left blank on the paper I’d given him.I taught the math lesson; then students worked in small groups practicing some problems. After a few minutes, lined paper littered the floor in a large circle around Richard’s team. Each sheet of paper was filled with big black numbers. Richard, his lips puckered in concentration, wrote with one of my blackboard markers.

He stopped, sniffed the marker and stared at it, fascinated. “No, that’s wrong, Richard,” his teammate Alex said.Richard angrily threw the paper to the growing pile on the floor enveloping his team and pulled a new sheet of notebook paper from his binder.I was required to give Richard copies of my overhead notes. He couldn’t copy information from the board. His writing ability was on sixth-grade level, his reading slightly below that. Ability wasn’t the problem. He was just so fascinated by the sound the overhead projector made or the small rainbow of light it reflected onto the ceiling that he couldn’t concentrate long enough to copy information. He drew pictures on his paper, fascinated by their shapes. He could spend an entire ninety-minute class on one detailed drawing.

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