I was happy to learn that Mr. T. has decided to keep the girl complaining about sitting next to the child with Asperger's exactly where she is. We agreed that part of growing up is being able to deal maturely (and compassionately, though that might be a stretch) with the "other."
A further nice note with regards to "Richie," the Aspergian, was how gently the three boys in group work treated him. I wasn't sure what the dynamic there was going to be like, but they were nothing but lovely to him.
The best and worst part of my day was when I tried to go over a Dwight Garner book review from the New York Times with the journalism class. I started out OK, but when I looked up I saw dozens of eyes gazing at me and I lost my confidence and shut down. I know it was a wasted opportunity, but I can't beat myself up too much, I suppose.
I am going to be working on a lesson for The Stranger next Thursday. I'd love for that to come off well to close out my experience at the school.
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It's heartening to see that you and your cooperating teacher discussed how to balance the rights of one student with another. You should also be very proud of how your students engaged with each other.
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