The 2006-07 school year is quickly coming to an end. The elementary school I teach in has students kindergarten through fourth grade. This year there is a particular student that I will be sad to see leave our building and go to the middle school. His name is Dewey. Now Dewey is not your typical fourth grade student...he has quadriplegic-cerebral palsy. This requires him to be confined to his motorised wheelchair or some other device to hold him in an upright position. I was very apprehensive when I was informed four years ago that I would be having two students in class in wheelchairs (Jessica was the other one). After having Dewey in class one time, my uneasy feeling was gone: He was a great kid to have in class. Dewey possesses a quality that is not seen in very many people I come in contact with, regardless of their age. He has an unbelievable positive attitude about life. In four years I have never heard him complain about his lot in life or say I can't do whatever. Dewey has a contagious enthusiasm for life, and a grin that makes you wonder what he will do or say next. He is the kind of person if you gave him lemons, he would make lemonade and probably give you his if there wasn't any more. I consider myself to lucky to have had the opportunity to get to know Dewey the past four years. I hope I have been able to touch his life as much as he has touched mine. When school begins next fall, he will be physically gone from my class: But he will forever remain, My Little Hero.
Heidi is Dewey's Physical Therapist. She works
with him several times each week to help
strengthen his body.
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