This week at work while I was playing with one of our special ed. students and a balloon, I discovered a certain spot in our room where the air currents could hold the balloon in mid-air, seemingly by magic. Although the novelty of it was totally lost on my sped student, I was quite impressed and called over other sped teachers and aides to see. They were duly impressed and invited their students to come see. For the next few days, as anyone came into the room, the floating balloon was pointed out to them. It didn’t take long to realize that I had not only discovered a magical spot, but I had also discovered a test for cognitive acuteness, for lower-functioning students didn’t grasp the significance of a balloon suspended in mid-air, wanting to take the balloon itself at face value, puzzled that it didn’t have a string so they could hang onto it. Higher-functioning students, on the other hand, expressed amazement, some even wanting to know how it worked. Whodathought!
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