Story of the Day 3/ 14/ 2010

It is almost report card time.
This will be a big change for Sarah.
At ISD, she wasn’t’ guaranteed it, but there would often be the following comment “participates well in class.”
Of course, we are not expecting any of the teachers to write anything vaguely resembling that, this quarter.
Actually, as of last week, we are kind of expecting to get a note that she was sent to the Dean’s office or had earned detention because of her lack of classroom participation.
During science class, and do not ask me why, the teacher became upset with the class and said that if some hands didn’t’ go up, he was sending them to the Dean’s office.
Yes, this is the same Sarah who is overly concerned with having good behavior and takes pride in never having been sent to any office, at the Deaf School or at the public school for any behavior problem. But since Sarah lives in grave fear of what the interpreters will tell people that she said, she sat there with her hand down.
Apparently , enough students raised their hands to save the day, but it really does open up an entire new batch of potential problems.
The least of which is her report card.