- One day a little purple turtle wanted to go swimming
with his
friends. He had heard it was great fun. When he got to the pond,
he saw all of the other purple turtles taking off their shells by
unsnapping them. But this little purple turtle had no snaps. He
felt around his shell and there were no snaps. Finally one of his
friends spotted a button. They all agreed that this must be the way
his shell comes off. The little purple turtle looked a little more and
found several more buttons. He quickly unbuttoned them, and his
shell fell to the ground. Once his shell came off, all the purple
turtles ran happily to the water. They jumped in and splashed and
swam all day.
You are like this little purple turtle. You can swim just
as well as
all the other turtles but you take your shell off in
a different way.
That is the way it is for you, especially in school.
When all the
students are learning in one way you need to learn differently.
You
have the ability to learn just the same as the little
purple turtle had
the ability to swim. Going to a special class or having
a special
teacher help you, is so that you have the same chance
of learning
as all the other students.