Lesson 4 and 5 Lesson Reflection

This last week was very intense. I loved playing the role of the attorney for the families and talking about the Cedar Rapids case. I realized how cases can be confusing and it can be hard to choose a side. When we were stating facts about the Cedar Rapids case I thought that I just agreed with the parents because of allowing children to have free public education. I think it is important to have children be able to have education no matter what condition they are in. But as we began talking about it, I thought it was hard to decide on if the school really had to pay for the nurse because it was under medical assistance . I think that it is important to have schools help children when it has to deal with education but on the other hand, where do we draw the line? How do we know when it is best to have schools provide something under IDEA or have the parents be in charge of taking care of that student. I could see the view point of the school and almost sided with them that because they are responsible for that student and their health then they need to get the best for them so the school isn't sued for death. The school needs to get the best but at the same time, it is too expensive. I think that it can be hard to turn away some children while others aren't. I understand why they have the laws in place that are there because if they didn't, they wouldn't be able to decide who gets what privileges and treatments.
I liked also being involved in the group presentation and being able to do those activities, they were very interesting to participate in and really made me think about how kids with disabilities feel and that there is a wide range of disabilities that someone can have. It is good to be able to put yourself in someone else's shoes to understand how they feel. We cannot just have sympathy for someone. We need to have empathy for them as well. We have to experience for ourselves what they feel like so we can understand. it can make a huge difference in how we treat someone if we ourselves go through it too.