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Brian was a boy with Down's Syndrome. He was taking several medications. Brian 
came from a nurturing family and extended family who provided him with every 
opportunity. His mother was a teacher and wanted what was best for him. He 
exhibited no language and was considerably behind his other friends with Down?s 
Syndrome. We set up a noun program at school. At first he seemed disinterested. 
He looked at the pictures and sucked his thumb. The more we encouraged him to 
engage the keyboard, the more he sucked his thumb. We then paired him with a 
child who was very interested in the noun program. Suddenly the two were 
fighting over who was next to pick a picture. He worked several times a week at 
the computer. At his 3-year IEP, the team shook their heads. They didn't 
understand. Despite the track record of many students with Down?s Syndrome, 
Brian's language was his best skill. I smiled and his mother winked at me.
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Were those farmers practicing shouting next to the police station?
Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.       -Sir 
James Dewar, Scientist (1877-1925) 
Haven't the computer programmers already practiced shaving?

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.   
Oscar Wilde      We think in generalities, but we live in details.      -Alfred 
North Whitehead (1861-1947)       
Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been 
bombing over the years been complaining?  George Wallace   It's kind of fun to 
do the impossible. Walt Disney      

Have you missed reading recently?
Then I started 'teaching'. You know, I'm a good teacher. (Well, maybe just an 
average teacher, but you get the jist). I know what good teachers do. Or I 
thought I did. I sat with the children at the computer. When they pressed the 
IntelliKeys' keyboard or the Touch Window' and the computer said the word, I 
repeated the word and then expanded on the word. After they had pressed the 
same word several times, I said, "That's right, that's a cat, can you find the 
dog?? Suddenly, I would see the child's back get stiff, and before you knew it, 
he got up and left the computer. I didn't understand. Just a few seconds ago, 
he loved it. What happened?
I didn't hate dancing last night at eleven.
Did those students miss eating last winter?

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