Apples to Apples

I just finished watching a documentary on TLC. It was about a young child born with an undeveloped twin attached causing her to look like a two headed child, because…well, she was. They removed the head, though it sucked and smiled and cried. The little girl survived! But she had some water on the brain because of the surgery and was sure to be a special needs child (and adult).

It was a reminder to me that the students in my class are the way they are for reasons beyond their control. And they are as frustrated as I am that they are having a hard time learning to read.

I’m likely be muster up those last bits of patience tomorrow.