Purpose of Study: The purpose of this reading is just because some students have special needs, that don’t mean you treat them any differently than normal students. Avis Kinkhead the physical education teacher at a Columbus Ohio city middle school loves teaching special education students, he has the choice to work with normal or special need kids but he chooses to work with the special need. In this article it shows that even kids with special needs can participate in the same events as normal kids. For example (basketball) Westmoor Middle School special need students love playing basketball; they have won the wheelchair basketball city league champions the past 2 years. Even though they have to play in a wheelchair they can still perform at a level where they are capable of playing even though they won’t be at the same level as the normal students, but that does not matter because not everyone is going to be at the same level. …show more content…
I loved how Mr. Kinkhead enjoyed teaching the special need students. He had the opportunity to teach new student but he enjoyed teaching the special students so much he kept doing that. In my lifetime you really don’t see that at all. With the respect he showed the kids that made me respect him even more. I also thought it was very cool that they were so competitive about wheelchair basketball. Being a sports fan and going down to the IHSA state tournament it was always cool to see the wheelchair basketball game. Also during a basketball tournament I participated in high school called the State Farm Classic in Bloomington Illinois. On the final day of the tournament in the third place game, at halftime they would have a basketball game for the special needs and it was always very cool to see their faces after making a shot while the crowd went wild. Now back on the main topic of the article, I also respect Wendy the librarian a ton. The way it sounds she brings a good positive attitude every time she visits their classroom, also it seems like she always is making sure they’re doing something fun. I believe that’s why the kids enjoy seeing her when she comes to