re: Special Needs Student Told To Remove His Varsity Letter

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Yes it is. You can't argue that it isnt an achievement. It is

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I threw a remote control batarang and caught it, playstation said this was an achievement


just messing around though, I'm exiting this one.

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lol at people in here acting like "the letter must be earned". It's a fricking HS varsity letter, not some prestigious rhodes-scholarship type honor.

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My HS gave them out for academics too...

At the awards ceremony each year, they'd hand out 300-400 letters for a school of 1100 kids.

Is a varsity letter an achievement?
Is a varsity letter a participation award?

One is debatable, one is not.

Parents are the reason I got my 25 and got out of the business.

Here's the bottom line to this whole issue. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you have the opportunity to make a kid with downs syndrome feel happy or generally better about themselves, unless it's something that's illegal, dangerous, or would harm them or anyone else, you do it. Period. Even if doing it means you make some special concessions to the "normal" SOP to do it.

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At the awards ceremony each year, they'd hand out 300-400 letters for a school of 1100 kids.

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Shhh.

There are alot of people in here who seem very fond of that varsity letter they earned. They are devastated to find out that it's such a meaningless accomplishment, a special needs student should be able to wear one to feel good about himself, even without "earning" it.

It's tough to find out that your biggest achievement is something of that magnitude, and we need to be respectful of their feelings.

Absolutely mind-blowing to me that anyone here thinks a high school letter is some kind of huge exclusive achievement to the extent that you can't give one to a retarded kid. Pathetic.

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Jolinda bought a varsity letter and put that letter on the jacket.

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tPOS

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Srs, you gotta know there's some guys that list their Team Captain status on the ol job app.

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I put my 2 academic all-state awards, academic endorsement, and beta on mine. Get at me bro!

I admit the school didnt handle this very well either. What they should have done when they saw him at school with the letter is called him and the mom into a meeting and said something like this, "Now Johnny, Im going to hold onto this jacket for a bit. But you are going to be able to earn it back. What we need from you is to be the loudest and most vocal guy on the team for the next 3 games, and the first one to practice for the next two weeks. Then, we will have a letterman presentation for you the next week at assembly"


If that happened, that kid would have been so fricking pumped to do actually get that jacket in front of his peers, especially being told he had to "earn" it. Yall would be shocked at how much downs kids respond to having goals and jobs that make them feel like they are being treated equal and depended on. That is how they grow and become able to semi live on their own