Sir, this is the nub of the affairs. The insensitivity and ignorance of teachers for special children is really unforgivable.
I studied at La Martiniere College Lucknow. When I was in 7th I was told to get out of the college. I was losing sight, and it was becoming apparent to the principle. The principle Elton Disuza, couldn't bear a blind child ruining the esteem of the school. He told my mother that I can only take exams in the school but to attend classes I was not allowed. Talking that how the key members of the college coped with my blindness is pointless when they were determined to chuck me off outright. When a child goes to a school he feels that he has a deep emotional touch with the teachers, friends and atmosphere of it. Yes, I was becoming blind, but was it not inhuman for the college administration to throw me out due to it? I love many teachers of that school. My mam - Mrs Ireland who taught me in nursery was the first person to sense my eye problem. I used to bend a lot while writing and reading and this caught her eye. She called up my mother and told her to take me to an ophthalmologist. The principle, who still gives sermons of humanity deserves immense shame for the inhuman behavior he did with a son of the college for whom the world was already on the cusp of a strange change. I am convinced that there are plenty of such crackpots existing in our society, and, I am really looking forward to hearing a documentary criticizing them. I didn't hear the movie, but it was realistic and this is enough. Shall we go to the backwoods to find a person who, without being defective understands our grievances? Had not the movie portrayed that the teacher too was dyslexic it would have sent out a relatively wrong message. We should deeply appreciate such brainchild themes. Regards, Shadab Husain On 1/20/08, Harish Kotian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Geetha > > I do appreciate your observation. A person can empathise with a problem if > he is aware of the problem in the first place. Awareness of dyslexic > condition is almost0% in our population. > > This movie has done a great job in spreading awareness of this condition. I > have not watched this movie as yet and can't say much how the subject has > been treated in the film. > > It brings out an interesting point, how demanding is the job of a teacher > and the wide range of topics a teacher should be aware apart of ones > subject. Awareness of different forms of disability should be an important > component in teacher training. > > Until the last pay commission the remuneration for teachers was pathetic and > even now it is not a sought for job. > > Harish > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geetha Shamanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 8:49 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] T ZP: an interesting moovy to watch > > > >I agree. The movie is very realistic. The only glitch I found in the movie > > was that the teacher who identifies the child's problem, educates his > > parents about it and provides support to the child, admits toward the end > > of > > the movie that he too was a dyslexic as a child. This could cause people > > to wrongly assume that only the disabled understand the plight of other > > disabled members. This is not true. > > > > Geetha > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Payal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 1:20 PM > > Subject: Re: [AI] T ZP: an interesting moovy to watch > > > > > >>I have seen the movie as well and the condition is very real. The > >>portrayal > >> of confusion and denial of the parents is very real. I know because I > >> have > >> accompanied parents of such a child for an evaluation to the n I m h and > >> it > >> is very confusing because most of the people think it has something to do > >> with brain damage when it definitely does not. It was an excellent movie > >> and > >> quite close to the actual state. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Syed Imran > >> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 07:50 > >> To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > >> Subject: [AI] T ZP: an interesting moovy to watch > >> > >> Hi folks > >> > >> What do you think about Tare Zamin par (TZP)? > >> I had been to this moovy yesterday, and found it very encouraging. But I > >> just would like to know if there's really something called dyslexia > >> (spelling might be wrong, please excuse). I would like to know from those > >> who have watched this moovy, whether it is merely exaduration, or it > >> practically does exist in the society. > >> > >> With regards > >> Syed Imran > >> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> with > >> the subject unsubscribe. > >> > >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > >> please > >> visit the list home page at > >> > >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > >> > >> > >> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> with the subject unsubscribe. > >> > >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > >> please visit the list home page at > >> > >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > >> > > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with the subject unsubscribe. > > > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > > please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. 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