This chapter was rather short. Torey meets with the administrators as well as Lori's general education teacher. She reflects on the fact that because her and Edna do not and will not see eye-to-eye on many things, she will never really know her as a person but rather as her stubborn co-worker. This in itself although not necessarily specific to education is something that I liked to think about. It is amazing how we have certain thoughts about certain people in a professional sense, whether it be our co-workers, professors, classmates, or the waitress that waited on my family's table the other night. We often do not take the time to think about what their home lives are like. What have they gone through today? What have they been through during their lifetime? It's a good lesson for anyone to take the time and think about what other people have had to go through before giving them a hard time, or even any lack of compassion.
They decided to let Torey continue with her modified curriculum for Lori. They decided that Lori's chances of reading because of her injury were extremely low, and that she should continue to focus on other subjects rather than focus on reading and become behind in everything. I think that this was a wise decision. Although it is tough for many people to imagine not even trying to teach a child to read anymore, sometimes I think there are more important things to think about, and is the price of teaching them to read going to be worth it if it damages many other aspects of the child's life?
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