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Both Sides Now • • • • • (bewertet mit 5 von 5 Punkten) Rezension bezieht sich auf: Bo und die anderen (Broschiert) This book explores the flexibility and individuality in teaching. Different approaches to teaching mainstream as well as students with special academic needs are examined. One teacher, identified as "Edna Thorsen" is recognized as having a long established career in conventional teaching methods, but little if any experience with special academic needs. As alarming as her treatment of and response to a 7-year-old pupil identified as "Lori" ("Bo" in the German translation) was, it points up to how "Edna" was also a victim of a system. This shows how both sides, teacher and pupil were challenged by an established system. I loved it when Torey Hayden made it plain that sacrificing people (in this case pupils) in order to maintain a system is wrong. The author is a person of incredible courage and it is to the credit of the school administrators to acknowledge the work she did with her four resource room students. One theme that is recurrent in this book is the need to adapt to the needs of each child. Since only a fraction of one side of the story has been presented, it is only fair to realize that most of what took place is not information that will be made available to readers. This is to protect the privacy of the real people who have consented to have their stories shared. Since this class came together in or about the 1970s, it is only fair and reasonable to recognize that the people involved were using the tools and resources they had available to them at the time. It is impossible to apply current knowledge to a bygone era. Without knowing any of the people personally, it seems cruel and unfair to pronounce harsh judgment against anyone who did not have the professional background necessary to help students with special academic needs. It seems just as cruel, judgmental and unfair to put ANY child up on a pedastal. Vilifying Edna and glorifying Lori/Bo is tiresome and counterproductive. The only real villian is the lack of information. Lori/Bo and Edna are only people who were coping with some overwhelming issues from the telling. This book is not an allegory about good and evil and Lori/Bo and Edna are not representatives of either concept. The other children who make up the resource room with Lori are Claudia, who is 12 and pregnant; Tomaso, an 11-year-old boy whose early life was a litany of domestic violence, abandonment and the traumatic murder of a parent and Boo, (called "Nicky" in the German translation) a 5-year-old boy whose behavior is described as autistic. What makes this book so effective are the accounts of how the children interacted with one another and drew stength from one another. I like the way they worked together as a group. This book is a good eye opener in fairness and forgiveness. Eine Rezension von Ein Kunde vom 15. November 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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