This morning I was given the job as an aide on a special education bus where we drove all over the county picking up elementary school children and bringing them to one central location that has classes for special education needs. It makes me rather sad that so many young children have to spend such a long time on a bus to get to their classes. I know that they live closer to other elementary schools, but due to budget constraints all of the special education children go to one special education school. I thought that was against the law now; I thought that all of the kids had to be “mainstreamed” into the general school population, but what do I know?
Anyway, today we picked up the cutest little boy who has a rare skin disorder. I don’t remember what it is called, but it is supposedly the skin disorder that Michael Jackson claimed to have. This little guy was an asian-american whose skin was mottled to the point where it resembled a giraffe. A large portion of his hair was white, the rest black. He was a cute little guy, but I can only imagine the stares and teasing he will be going through while growing up. It’s rather sad.