Blindness and Society

Re: Blindness and Society

by Abigail Dunford -
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Yes!!! I completely agree. I think it is so important that as a whole, we do not let students' disabilities influence our expectations for them in and out of the classroom. This reminds me of the study we discussed in class where one teacher was told that her students were the students that were dubbed "slow learners" and at the end of the year, all of her students performed poorly. However, another teacher was given a class that did have a few students that had been deemed "slow learners," but she was told that they were the students that were "fast learners." Because of her expectations and faith in these students' ability to learn and succeed, they met the standards and expectations set for them and ended up being at the top of the class by the end of they year. It is truly shocking how big of a difference a teacher's belief in a child can make on the student's performance.