Jaime’s review of The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez > Likes and Comments
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I really love novels in verse, but as a long retired special educator I'm trying to find a time frame for this. If this is the system now it makes me very sad.
This is exactly what didn’t sit right with me! I was trying to imagine this situation actually playing out and I couldn’t.
As a teacher, I also struggled with this element. His voice didn’t match his setting .
Completely agree; I've worked with high schoolers who were scheduled to be in a self-contained setting for most of their school day and Alex's needs were much different from those students.
See and I loved it because I have a student in our SC MIMO class that this reminds me of. We are also seeing the other SC students through Alex’s eyes and so their differences are not being highlighted, to him they are just his friends.
I’ve been behind in reading this novel. It’s beautifully written and I love seeing neurodivergent characters such as Alex and his classmates represented. But I’m also glad to see this discussion thread because I struggled with what feels like a mismatch to my understanding of typical students in a contained classroom based on my younger daughter spending years in such a setting. This said, there’s most likely variation around the country and I assume the story is based on lived experience of some sort. The underlying longing and dreams ring true as well as the movement toward more integration, though. And there’s depth and exploration of the complexities that I appreciated.
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I really love novels in verse, but as a long retired special educator I'm trying to find a time frame for this. If this is the system now it makes me very sad.
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This is exactly what didn’t sit right with me! I was trying to imagine this situation actually playing out and I couldn’t.
As a teacher, I also struggled with this element. His voice didn’t match his setting .
Completely agree; I've worked with high schoolers who were scheduled to be in a self-contained setting for most of their school day and Alex's needs were much different from those students.
See and I loved it because I have a student in our SC MIMO class that this reminds me of. We are also seeing the other SC students through Alex’s eyes and so their differences are not being highlighted, to him they are just his friends.
I’ve been behind in reading this novel. It’s beautifully written and I love seeing neurodivergent characters such as Alex and his classmates represented. But I’m also glad to see this discussion thread because I struggled with what feels like a mismatch to my understanding of typical students in a contained classroom based on my younger daughter spending years in such a setting. This said, there’s most likely variation around the country and I assume the story is based on lived experience of some sort. The underlying longing and dreams ring true as well as the movement toward more integration, though. And there’s depth and exploration of the complexities that I appreciated.