Teachers in a village of Larissa refused permision to a child with down syndrome to participate at the National Day School Parade, on March 25. In this shameful incident for the teaching community the school principal and the school trainer asked from the parents a writen statement from the child’s consulting doctor that the child is able to participate in the parade and that it can walk in a straight line. The parents said there was no problems as the child was to walk next to the trainer. However, principal and trainer found another escuse to exclude the child from the celebration. “The emotional movement would be too big therefore it wouldn’t be proper for the child to parade” they decided, according to local media.
At the same time and on the same day, in a nearby village, a teacher held the hand of a child with asperger syndrome and walked with it all through the parade celebration. (source:
news247.gr )
What we learn from these two incidents? That there are teachers and narrow-minded racists that dare to call themselves “teachers”…
