"Life Cycles"

By the blogger @ Sigmund, Carl and Alfred:

.... I wish to relate a story from my school days.

Andrew was a classmate, born with Down's Syndrome (no, this is not about a sappy, hugging and kissing, loving Andrew, so read on, you sanctimonious ass).

We were cruel to Andrew, as you can imagine. He was clumsy, oafish and uncoordinated. He was always the last to get picked for sports, and whichever team got saddled with him automatically claimed the advantage of sides, or points or whatever. Of course, in a close game, we knew Andrew would screw up and thus the chances of his team winning was nil. Andrew would be blamed unmercifully for his team's loss. He took it all good naturedly and poked fun at himself — and this infuriated us even more.

Whatever his shortcomings on the playing field were, they were magnified in the classroom. There was no way Andrew could keep up, try as he might. There were no special ed classes back then, and Andrew paid the price. He was the class dummy, the idiot — and we made sure to never let him forget it....

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Sat. 09/16/06 08:52:03 PM
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