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stonebender) wrote2004-03-02 02:23 pm
stonebender) wrote2004-03-02 02:23 pm
The March List
I've never done a month-long list of any sort. Taking serenejournal's idea, I'm gonna try this one.
A list of 31 things (one for each day in March) that I'm glad I did, even if they were hard at the time.
1. I'm glad I auditioned for the grade school chorus. I went to school at Sunset Grade School in California. At the time, Sunset was part of a pilot program which had the startling idea of building two school's with a common playground. One was a "standard" grade school meant to educate able-bodied children and the other educated children with physical and mental disabilities. The pilot part of the program was allowing able-bodied and disabled children to play together on the same playground (this was quite a few years before IDEA). While I attended Sunset except for lunchtime recess, the schools kept their children as separate as possible. I was the first disabled child to attempt to become part of the school's chorus. Auditions were held in the able-bodied school building and not announced to the "Special Ed" side of the school. My audition caused quite a stir, but I was accepted into the chorus as an Alto.
2. Coincidently enough, I'm proud that I separated from the Catholic Church and became an agnostic for several years. It was the first step I made towards being an adult and developing my own ideas on faith and a supreme being(s).
serenejournal's idea, I'm gonna try this one. A list of 31 things (one for each day in March) that I'm glad I did, even if they were hard at the time.
1. I'm glad I auditioned for the grade school chorus. I went to school at Sunset Grade School in California. At the time, Sunset was part of a pilot program which had the startling idea of building two school's with a common playground. One was a "standard" grade school meant to educate able-bodied children and the other educated children with physical and mental disabilities. The pilot part of the program was allowing able-bodied and disabled children to play together on the same playground (this was quite a few years before IDEA). While I attended Sunset except for lunchtime recess, the schools kept their children as separate as possible. I was the first disabled child to attempt to become part of the school's chorus. Auditions were held in the able-bodied school building and not announced to the "Special Ed" side of the school. My audition caused quite a stir, but I was accepted into the chorus as an Alto.
2. Coincidently enough, I'm proud that I separated from the Catholic Church and became an agnostic for several years. It was the first step I made towards being an adult and developing my own ideas on faith and a supreme being(s).