Over the next few weeks,
I’ll be sharing some of those hurdles.
Today, let’s tackle the hurdle of Isaac’s willingness to walk daily
outside his comfort zone.
Isaac often struggled with
anxiety at school and in social situations.
Academics were the easy part. The
hard part was figuring out what comes next, what was expected, how is the
teacher or his classmates going to react to various situations and how does
“all this work.” He had courage each and
every day to walk in the school doors and tackle 8 hours in an environment that
often didn’t make sense.
As hard as it was for him,
he learned so much. He matured and is
able to handle so many more things as a result of the experience of school. He learned that hard things can be good
things. I can’t imagine a better social
skills training program than the 13 years he spent at his school. He learned to correct mistakes, develop
relationships, ask for help, deal with frustration and lots more. He even learned the typical things like
English, social studies, science and math.
School wasn’t easy but it
was worth it.
