Connect vs. Disconnect

This RSS content definitely connects with things I already knew about special education. When talking about autistic children and their inability to make eye contact, I realized that I knew a lot about this topic already. It also is a huge part of teaching autistic children (getting them to connect and make eye contact with others) so it definitely connects with my career field. When discussing accommodations for the common-core test, I realized that this has been a huge difficulty for teachers in the past. The article mentioned that one teacher had to make flash cards by hand for a student so the student could form the flash card words into sentences; this was just so the teacher could answer one question for the student on the test because the student could not read. These accommodations definitely connect to my career field because by the time I graduate with my special education teaching degree, I will not have to worry and fret about making the test acceptable and eligible for my special needs students.

Some of the RSS content, however, did not connect with my career field. The second article I read, about private school vs. public school cost, will not connect with my future. I want to teach in low-income schools where special needs kids really get the disadvantage; and most of the time, going to a private school is not an option for their families or school district. While most school districts special education programs are up to par, programs in lower-income areas are not, yet they do not have money to send special needs students to private schools; it is just not in the budget so these students have to suffer. So, in summary, this article does not really connect with my future career plans in lower-income school districts.