Ms.Warner's opus
Sender
marla moley
Email
marla@onyourmark.org
Posted On
2004-12-15
Year
1984
Memoir
Being a person with a disability, school was never a comfortable place for me. I wasn't like the kids in special ed and I really didn't fit in with the kids in my regular ed classes. I had left special ed in 4th grade. Academically, I did decent. But I was always alone. I had tried different ways to fit in. In jr high I had been on the school news paper as well as the soccer team. I made some friends on the paper, but ended up quitting soccer beacuse I was getting picked on constantly by the other players.
About two weeks into my freshman year at New Dorp, My English teacher Ms. Warner asked us to write an essay about what we were most passionate about. For me, this was easy I had been singing ang acting in community theater since age five and performing was one of the only things in life that kept me going. She handed back my paper having written "See Me" next to the A I had gotton. She asked my why I hadn't joined her Play pro class, my answer was that I didn't know about it. I transfered into the class that day. The kids in that class shared my love for performing , and from day on I was totally accepted . Ms. Warner reminded them that although it may sometimes take me a few extra minutes to grasp what was going on, I was exactly like they were, and that ok, in fact I was often explaining things to other people. For the most part, all of my high school friends were made in that class. I experinced my first crush, and heart break... my friends were there to pick me up, and helped me to dust myself off. There were times when I was still alone, but from than on I always knew I had my friends and more importantly my teacher was always there for me. As for me, it's been many years since I graduated New Dorp, I lost contact with my friends as well as Miss Warner years ago, but none of them have ever been forgotton. I did not go on to star on Broadway ...I'm doing something much more meaningful I TEACH.
About two weeks into my freshman year at New Dorp, My English teacher Ms. Warner asked us to write an essay about what we were most passionate about. For me, this was easy I had been singing ang acting in community theater since age five and performing was one of the only things in life that kept me going. She handed back my paper having written "See Me" next to the A I had gotton. She asked my why I hadn't joined her Play pro class, my answer was that I didn't know about it. I transfered into the class that day. The kids in that class shared my love for performing , and from day on I was totally accepted . Ms. Warner reminded them that although it may sometimes take me a few extra minutes to grasp what was going on, I was exactly like they were, and that ok, in fact I was often explaining things to other people. For the most part, all of my high school friends were made in that class. I experinced my first crush, and heart break... my friends were there to pick me up, and helped me to dust myself off. There were times when I was still alone, but from than on I always knew I had my friends and more importantly my teacher was always there for me. As for me, it's been many years since I graduated New Dorp, I lost contact with my friends as well as Miss Warner years ago, but none of them have ever been forgotton. I did not go on to star on Broadway ...I'm doing something much more meaningful I TEACH.