Blog Post 10 Kilewer

Kilewer
  “Citizenship in School: Re-conceptualizing Down Syndrome"

 This blog post is going to be based off of Rachel B. Reading the article and seeing how frustrated the young girl gets when she finds out she cannot take any of the classes she wants because she is special needs. By not allowing her into these classrooms its taking away at her learning experience and ability to learn. Reading Rachel's blog made me completely agree with her because I had a similar experience too her when I was in school. In elementary school special education students were put in normal classrooms but always had a student aid with then. Then when I got into middle school they were both in regular classes and in their own rooms.  In middle school we were put on teams and the teachers picked five students on each team to spend their advisory time in the gym hanging out with students that had special needs. Being able to have this experience working with them and seeing how happy the students were when placed with other students showed me how it is necessary for special needs students to be in mixed in. Being able to build relationships with these kids was a life changing experience for me. When I got to high school the only time you saw special education students was in electives or lunch. I believe it is important to have those students still in regular classes learning the same curriculum other students are. This will only help further there education and give them a chance to try. This also will allow them to build relationships with students in the classroom who can also help them with their work. When these students are in other classroom making friends it makes them feel like they are apart of something. There was this boy Dom in high school that everyone knew he felt so popular and cool when he saw his friends in the hallway. Its experiences and moments like that show you how important it is for those students to be in regular classrooms.  

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