"The best student I’ve ever had was a five-year-old little boy with ASD and ODD . He had explosive anger, volatile tantrums, and foul language at times. But, he was also unbelievably bright, hilarious, and full of kind words for his friends. His home life was really rough, but he still had such big, bright eyes when it came to looking at the world. I think about him all of the time.
To this day, I still wonder how he figured out this solution. It's impressive. He wasn't the most academically 'gifted,' but he was certainly one of the smartest students I encountered during my time in South Korea.""I teach English to adult refugees. I had this young female student from Afghanistan who had been through some pretty terrible things. She was very feminine and fond of soft-pink hijabs.
"But then my coordinating teacher forced me to give him a C for the unit when he'd earned an A. He was special ed, and giving him an A would have pushed his GPA too high to be in the program. Well, when she first joined, she hated doing that and would get so scared that she would try to hide in the bathroom if she knew demonstrations were coming up.
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