Blind Students Required To Pass Driver's Ed
(AP) CHICAGO Most high school students eagerly await the day they pass driver's education class. But Mayra Ramirez is indifferent about it. Ramirez is blind, yet she and dozens of other visually impaired sophomores in Chicago's public school system are required to pass a written rules-of-the-road exam in order to graduate -- a rule they say takes time away from learning material they might actually use. "LINK"
Another example of our elected officials really thinking things through. I am surprised they don't make these blind kids try and solve a Rubiks Cube.
For crying out load I have a seeing enabled child (that's so very PC) with a learners permit and who has already managed to bounce a car off of a cement curb.
Brent Johnston, a teacher at a suburban high school and chairman of the Illinois High School/College Driver's Education Association, told the Chicago Tribune that the classes aren't a waste of time for blind students. "I don't think you can ever get enough traffic safety," Johnston said. "Still, this shouldn't be the school's decision; it should be mom and dad's decision. A little commonsense would go a long way."
I couldn't have said it better myself all we want is just a little common sense, not a lot just a little. I guess it's kind of like taking swimming lessons and then when your done being told you can go swimming but just don't get wet.
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