On the Road: Blind HS teacher's remarkable success
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2012
- As part of our continuing series "On the Road," Steve Hartman reports on Jim Hughes, a blind high school history teacher who has developed an uncanny ability to verbalize information to his students.
I like how all the kids say at once "He's too respected".
kids get ashamed of each other when cheating...now do THAT fellow teachers...
My 10th grade history teacher about 15 years ago. Great story, you're a true inspiration Mr. Hughes!
I’m so glad a school gave him a chance! You never know what someone can do until they have a chance to prove it. The students clearly love him and the one guy who said the other teachers should teach one day with a blind fold on to learn from how their teacher does is a pretty damn good idea!
As a blind person I totally love this video and yes blind people can do just about anything a sighted person can do
I am interested in contacting this teacher, I am a teacher with similar condition. I would like to reach out to someone to ask for advice.
He's also the blind kid in the movie bustin loose with Richard Pryor great movie
Tip my hat off to this wonderful man and teacher!
We need more teachers like him
Thank you to Jim Hughes for being such a bright positive light for your students
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What an Awesome Man. I wish my Teachers in High School were that attentive.
There’s no limits to what you can do. Your adversity or hurdles don’t define you. Beautiful!
I'm in a loop of On The Road stories and this was a great one. There's more to be learned in school than just from textbooks and he's teaching them lessons they won't likely ever forget. -- I used to work in university student affairs and advised thousands of students in my career. I had one student in particular who needed extra encouragement because she too wanted to become a high school teacher but was challenged by a disability, rheumatoid arthritis. I remember telling her once that schools needed more teachers like her, to demonstrate to students that not everyone is able bodied and everyone is capable as long as their willing to put in the work. I believed it then and still do today. Diversity in all it's forms is important in education because the students are all unique individuals searching for and wanting roles models and mentors whether they know it or not.
This is such a great video about not letting your limitations set
Amazing 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽...How does Steve Hartman find these stories??? Nevermind, he's an angel and they're sent from Heaven❤❤❤❤
i am visually impaired and i became a teacher too. It is difficult being unique but very rewarding. I am so glad to hear others with more vision loss than myself are also in the field!
26 people disliked this beautiful story, shame on them
I loved many of my teachers through the years...but fo sho I would have enjoyed him as my History/Government teacher in high school.....REALLY AWESOME to hear and see his current students respect him so much...Cheers All
Awesome story! I love that the KIDS are the ones saying that teachers rely too much on PPTs and handouts instead of verbalizing their ideas! Unfortunately, nearly all of my kids' high school teachers use PPTs, videos (argh!), and handouts way too much. Also, yay Farmingdale! I used to live on Long Island, and I used to hang there all the time. :)