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Thank you for your comments and kind words. Reading your post made me think of I learned, researched and discussed in MY educational journey at GCU. I learned in a previous module discussion on developing lesson plans the importance of taking a student’s background on subject is important. In our discussion this week on assessments, especially after reading the story of Dr. Quintanilla, knowing our students background is key on determining what type of assessments they should be given. Dr. Brown noted to me in a post although regarding students where English is a second language “…it is sometimes difficult to decide if it is a real disability or if the language differences mimic a disability.” Simply put, just because a student does not speak

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