Open Thread

My aunt used to teach for many years in special ed, specifically in a school for Psy 6-8 kids. These were the ones who had been in trouble with the law, and had already been to place like Spofford Detention Center. This was the school they went to after Spofford. When she statted out teaching, it was all boys, but then they went co-ed, a mistake of enormous proportions. Genius move of the B of E, that. The next genius move from them was to mix young special needs kids, 6-12 years old, most of them autistic, in the same building, on separate floors, sharing the gym, lunch rooms, etc. My aunt was one of the few teachers in the school who gave a damn about the kids, and to this day, students still come up to her and thank her. It was quite the experience to walk down the street with her down near the courthouse and have kids call her name from inside the jail busses.

ET- isn’t that why I married him? BTW- I am having the memory of Schlumpy bronzed. Don’t ask me how. Its a trade secret.

CGar- was Schlumpy a button bear? Zloty?

whenever someone is so effusive like that, they just want to be in your will.

^^^ yes, I’m kissing up to CGar, he owes me something. When I get it I’ll go back to being a bitch.