PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Logan, CUNY Student and After-School Program Worker, on Special Education Experiences
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Logan, a CUNY student working in a DYOC-funded after-school program, shares his personal experiences with special education and calls for better support for students. He highlights the challenges he faced, including being misled about his academic performance, and emphasizes the need for dedicated teachers and improved funding for special education programs.
- Logan reveals that he was once told he was doing well academically when he was actually close to failing, calling it "one of the biggest lies of special education"
- He mentions that only one out of four notable teachers he encountered went above and beyond, using their own money to support students
- Logan appeals to the Committee on Education to help adjust funds and give voice to students in need, based on his observations from both personal experience and his after-school program work
Logan
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Okay.
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I may begin.
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Okay.
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My name is Logan.
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I am a CUNY student, and I'm currently working for a DYOC funded after school.
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Reason why I'm working there is because it's my life mission as a special education teacher, almost there, just to make sure kids never had a rough time like I did.
Althea Stevens
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One of
Logan
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the biggest lies of special education, I assume, representative told me was that I was doing an amazing job and my grades were phenomenal.
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It was 3% away from a 65, a failure.
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That was one of the biggest lies that was ever told to me, And I cannot believe that people like this are still getting away.
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There were 4 teachers in total that stood out to me and only one of them managed to break the student budget and that was from using his own pockets.
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If I had a chance to go back 5 years and go into that meeting, I'll ask for a teacher that will be there for me.
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Sadly, that is not a common appearance nowadays.
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It's very common to see myself hitting the bonk the barrel and not as common to see that many that not a lot of It's not very common to see help given to students in need and is also very evident in my after school program.
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I asked for the committee of on community of education to please help these students out and adjust the funds for these students to be able to have a voice and be heard because they are not.
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Thank you.