Scott Barry Kaufman
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697 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2019
last heard Jul 2022
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but it took nine grades for that, even that little nudge.
I mean, all it was, I mean, you think about it all, how simple and easy was that for a teacher to just take a student aside and, but no one had dawned on doing that in my nine grades, you know, you get, you just get caught up in the system.
These kids, poor kids just get these labels and then just unquestioningly are given the same low challenging material without even
without ever questioning whether or not we can grow or change as humans.
It's like, you're not allowed to grow without label.
It's like, what do you mean I'm not allowed to grow without label?
That's ridiculous.
So anyway, long story short, because I don't want to just go on and on and on with the story, but I did take myself out of special ed in ninth grade and signed up for mainstream classes to see what I was capable of achieving.
I literally did not realize that before this moment that I actually enjoyed learning.
I was like, what?
I didn't just have to have this private fantasy creative world that no one knew about that was secret, but I'm allowed to actually show intelligence.
It was just such an eye-opening moment for me.
I was like, wow, I'm voraciously curious about everything.
I signed up for Latin.
I signed up for advanced English classes, history.
I found history fast.
I had to catch up on nine.
I wasn't college bound in ninth grade.
And I was like, wow, I could actually be college bound.
That was really news to me as well.
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