In Dulce, Disturbed Quotes

“It’s not easy teaching these Native kids. They don’t really want an education.” “That seems unlikely,” I insist. “Kids usually want to learn, but sometimes they’re not motivated.” I get back to Erik. “Is he seeing anyone for his social skills?  Or is someone helping him understand how to focus on academics in a distracting classroom?”
― Tower Lowe, In Dulce, Disturbed

“You know, there are certain disabilities that make social skills a problem. Autism is one of them. Erik needs to be taught how to make eye contact, and what to say in a conversation with other teachers or students.”
― Tower Lowe, In Dulce, Disturbed

“He’s smart, kinda, in his own way…like his father. His father was the smartest boy in his class. I thought the dad would be an engineer, but he took to alcohol, like a lot of these Indians…got angry…was hard on his son. Mormons don’t drink, you know.”
― Tower Lowe, In Dulce, Disturbed

“Our guide wears a helmet of dyed brown curls and a shield of large yellow daisies plastered onto a black sweatshirt.  She frowns us into the Special Ed room. “Visitors are viruses,” Tessy warns. “They cause fevers.” She fires two visitor’s passes our way.  “Clip these on.”
― Tower Lowe, In Dulce, Disturbed