Way to Step Up!

I must say I have a really great group of students this year, however my beginning classes wear me out! They are constantly at my desk needing something. We are on the A/B schedule so all of my advanced students come on A days and all the beginning students come on B days. A days are a lot less stressful. However, Wednesday my Salon Services 1 class suprised me! In that particular class (4B) I have several intellectual delayed students in my class. There are so many in there, they have a parapro that comes with them. The parapro is a huge help and I love having her in there, but Wednesday she wasn't able to be in there. Special Ed being my background I agreed to let the students still come down to my room. We went into the lab and I went to unlock the dispensary. When I turned around there were several students (regular ed) assisting the students with special needs. They were helping them get their euipment and supplies together. Normally the students with special needs kind of keep to themselves and typically stay together, but not that day! They were laughing and cutting up with the other students. The regular ed students were having a blast as well. They were all working on their projects together, and teaching the students how to braid and blow dry. I was so proud of all of them! I guess I was proved wrong when I said they were less mature, because Wednesday they proved themselves to be very mature!