happy early turkey day wishes

“rosemary” – the kennedy’s eldest daughter was intellectually disabled – the book is her tragic story – tragic b/c when she was about 22, the kennedy’s tried to “fix” her – i know many people don’t like the kennedy’s and so they blame the family for doing this – to me, it was a tragic mistake – all the best doctors told them that this would fix their daughter – they believed it – the mistake caused irreparable damage to a beautiful young lady – makes you realize how hard it is for people with disabilities – and their families – there aren’t that many biographies on the intellectually disabled

“reading reconsidered” – for educators – sure, your ghetto kids may can pass standardized tests and get into college, but have you prepared them for the reading they’ll do there? these authors discovered their kids couldn’t handle the texts – so they went after new strategies – including read-alouds – there were lots of good ideas in the book – rather long though – i mean, 488 pages – my kids aren’t worth the trouble:)

i’ll be back monday with a writing prompt

mayfield