[blindkid] Leaving classes early

[Bonnie Lucas]

Aubrie, who is in seventh grade this year, says, "The only time I"m late for 
class is when I have to walk from my Spanish class to social studies which 
is all the way across the school. Everyone is late and she gives us an extra 
minute." She says that when teachers know your class is all the way across 
the school, they are all right about it. She likes going through the halls 
because she sometimes goes by her friends who are going to their classes and 
she likes saying hi to them. The first semester of 6th grade was hard (6th 
is middle school) but after the first semester, she is as good as the other 
kids at getting to class, even when it is all the way across the school. 
(Sorry for the redundency).
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy & Sally Thomas" <andysally at comcast.net>
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 8:38 AM
Subject: [blindkid] Leaving classes early


> My son's O&M instructor has told him that next year in junior high he will 
> be dismissed from classes 5 minutes early in order to get a head start 
> into the halls to make it to his next class. I'm wondering if most of the 
> blind kids out there get this "accommodation."  I personally think it is 
> an opportunity to miss some afterthought the teacher has and to be singled 
> out and isolated in the classroom. Walking to classes with friends is one 
> of the few times kids have for private conversations.  Would you share 
> your experiences with this?
>
> Sally Thomas
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