Blind Students In The Public Education System

There are a variety of options available when it comes to education. Education of the blind is no different. Among these options are traditional public schooling, private schooling, and home schooling. Each of which has their benefits as well as their drawbacks. Sometimes making an adequate decision about which option to choose means looking at what effects each option could have on the student. It may, however, be just as important to consider the effects the student would have on the chosen method of education. While there are many reasons for a blind student to be in the public education system, these reasons are not causes that lead towards that placement. This seemingly uncaused action can have a wide array of effects. Placing a blind student into public schooling forces teachers and other school officials, as well as the other students, into a situation they most likely have not encountered before. The presence of the blind student causes the teachers to rethink questions that are often taken for granted. Questions like “How am I going to show my class this lessen?” or “does this video clip adequately express what I am trying to convey?” having a blind student essentially changes how the teacher runs their classroom. …show more content…
Imagine being an eight year old having never met someone who could not see. Now try, if you can, to imagine all of the questions that you would have. Children are curious by nature, especially when it comes to unfamiliar situations. That curiosity is often wrapped in hesitation, but it is there none the less. As the sighted peers become more comfortable around the blind student their curiosity becomes much more evident, almost to the degree of being intrusive. It is this curiosity that can cause the sighted peers to regard the blind student with a sense of