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In reply to the discussion: Photo of 8-year-old Wichita boy helping classmate with autism goes viral [View all]BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)27. Exactly! I taught First Grade and they LOVE to help each other.
Whenever I had a new student they would actually argue over who would get to take her to lunch, the bathroom, sit next to the new student, etc. If someone didn't understand English or know where something was they all wanted to help at the same time. I used to have to make them take turns helping out. This ends around 4th grade and by the 6th grade forget it, it is the opposite. The peer group system and bullying takes over.
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Photo of 8-year-old Wichita boy helping classmate with autism goes viral [View all]
Quixote1818
Aug 2019
OP
That kid knows more about the message of (fill in the blank w/your preferred religion, if any) than
CurtEastPoint
Aug 2019
#2
Aww, so sweet. If only the innocence of childhood could be kept for adolescence and adulthood.
iluvtennis
Aug 2019
#12
i have always felt that getting rid of homerooms for special ed kids was wrong .
AllaN01Bear
Aug 2019
#14
This is soul and this behavior is what christianity is about not what is taught in catechism class o
Karadeniz
Aug 2019
#21
They're not old enough to be taught to hate each other. Let's hope that never happens.
George II
Aug 2019
#33