Aspies For Freedom

Wow, good for you! I don't know of any.  I can't wait to hear from some.  Though I know a few teachers first hand that became teachers in the very subjects that were an albatros to them because of their learning difficulties/disability -

Earthmonkey - that is so great - you could make such a difference. As you may know, one teacher who really understands can make all the difference.

I find a TrueMonotheist to be brilliant!

Perhaps, also the old adgae those who cannot do, teach.  Or like Benjamin Franklin - who was horrible at math - My son told me anyway- that he was so mad that he couldn't do it- that he self-taught himself when he was older...

I could be wrong, but I believe there was another post, where ATM was speaking about a child that he was working with, hmmm.  

This portion below is from his posting entitled:
Help: Appeal to Parents of Autistic Children[Support]
http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthre...?tid=12645

In any case, I am not going to qualify my statement.  He is not high-functioning (at this time).  I believe very firmly that this young man was created for a holy purpose:

http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthre...885&page=1

(Back to Korrigan)
Please note that I have nothing against, and frankly, nothing for, ATM.  But I was curious when I read the whole "holy purpose" comment in this thread.

I'm an Aspie comedian. people find that suprising.

I think my Poli Sci professor might be aspie

My son is pretty funny - in a marx brothers witty kind of way.  Funny is good.

Why do you think your poli-sci professor is?

My son is 11 and is very into politics (and religion!)

He knows massive amounts of useless political statistical data and numbers, he often has trouble finding words, he talks like everyone has the same frame of reference he does, noone knows what he's talking about, he's highly intelligent, yet highly forgetful.

Heh... I'm not an aspie... but I'm not an NT either... I've ADD and I'm not sure...but I think I'm a tiny bit dyslexic... I'm studying to be a Special Ed teacher and an ESL teacher too... I'm not sure yet wether I'll work in any kind of speech therapy or something (I sign... ASL and PR.SL)
Next term I'll be taking experience in the education enviroment 2... which means 15 hrs in a classroom observing the kids... helping them out... and otherwise listening to the teacher give her class so that I can pick up ideas to use when I become a teacher. I think... that in order for a person (regardless of background or "disabilities") to become a teacher... he/she has to have a passion for kids and for helping them grow as individuals... not just giving a class any fool can do that... but... a TEACHER is a helper and a friend to his/her students

TTFN
Me

Math is MY second favorite subject!

(my first is all the others.)

Same reason I quit preservice teacher education on maths / chemistry, wasn't the children, they loved me and I loved teaching them, it was the ridiculous ****ed up administration where Hitler would feel right at home.

Hitler? School administration? I don't see the connection.

Hitler did a competent job of running a war. Sure he lost, but he gave the Allies a run for their money.

My school's administration seems to be made up largely of former teachers who were to stupid and/or lazy to teach. They Keystone Cops would feel at home in our fucked-up administration.

Reductio ad Keystone Cops. See also: Peter Principle.