Week#9: Education

 Education... that subject is very complex and general but first, what means? The education according to the dictionary of RAE, is the upbringing, education and doctrine that is given to children and young people. But the truth is that I want to talk about the special education. According to the dictionary of RAE, is the education that is provided for people affected by a mental or physical anomaly that makes it difficult to adapt to ordinary education.

The special Education on Puerto Rico had a big increase in this years. According to the site  http://www.educacion especialpr.info /historia.html 2014 in Puerto Rico there were 160,521 students of special education. The education it is a right for everybody no matter social class, race or belief. Our reality is that in Puerto Rico many teachers ignore this right. 

I chose this subject because I have a familiar on this program. The thing that hurt is that many teachers ignore that she have a problem. They try to teach her like the regular flow even though she have a file that explain her condition. What surprise me was listen her teacher telling their parents she should repeat the grade, this in the second month of school, just because she have some low grades. When she have time to upload the the grades with the necessary help of her teachers. But them prefer frustrate a student, or is what I think.  

We need to pay attention to the problems of our children, they need us and they need our help. We need to show them that they really matter and they are special, we need to remove the blindfold from our eyes and take care of the smallest for a best tomorrow. Stop ignoring and say that everything is fine because it is not.