I think it’s really interesting that two people in out class are doing their projects on deaf students. Colleen and Jessica’s projects really interest me because I don’t have any exposure to deaf culture. Jessica has had exposure to it all her life, which helps her paper out because she knows first hand what it is like to be in that culture and everything that goes with it. Colleen on the other hand, has a different perspective because I’m assuming her family is all hearing. I bet she brings in new perspectives and they have different ideas because of the difference in experience. This could be very positive for Colleen, that she has an unbiased opinion and maybe focuses on different aspects of the deaf culture.
Maggie’s presentation is interesting because it does seem like a lot of special education students are minorities, so in a sense they are the majority of the special ed. world. I think it’s interesting that students in the mainstream system do better, and that is consistent I believe with the presentations on autism and ADHD. It is more beneficial to the students to be with other “average” kids than to just be with other special education students.
I really liked Eric’s connection to music and art scholarships to sports because I had never thought about it before. I’m not sure that I agree that athletes, or anyone for that matter, should be paid extra while they are in college… I’m not really sure how it all works, but as far as student athletes go, being on a scholarship or a full ride is pretty awesome. That should be enough to compensate for their time. Tuition is a lot, and to have that paid off to play a collegiate sport seems like enough to me. Maybe if paying them meant taking away from coaches, I’d be ok with that. But I don’t want to pay more than I already do to go to games. Collegiate games are awesome and incredibly exciting, but there’s got to be a cap on how much we pay to get in.
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