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Well today is my 53rd birthday and I haven't written anything for a very long time. I also had another milestone today. After stroking on 11/20/05 and not working for the rest of the school year, I completed a full year of teaching Algebra II and Precalculus to high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. for me it was quite an accomplishment. I began the year using a cane and put notes on an overhead projector. I ditched the cane in December and started using the blackboard after 2 weeks. My students were wonderful therapy on my road to acceptance, which has been a hot topic here lately. These days you always hear negative things about young people these days, but my students really helped me come to grips with my disability. I still walk very slowly and my knee still kicks back (not very pretty), but my students acted like there was not a thing wrong and treated me as if I were normal. As I sit here typing, I have tears in my eyes, because I will never be able to tell them how much they have done for me without crying. Like has been said many times we have to be thankful for all that we have, although we may not be our old selves, we can be better new selves. Never give up hope, I feel that I am getting a little better everyday.
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