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Date: | Fri, 10 Jan 2003 19:29:23 EST |
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In a message dated 1/10/2003 4:40:28 PM Central Standard Time,
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> This reminds me of a humorous moment during a class period. A friend who
> was a quadraplegic, injured in a motorcycle accident, and I constantly
> referred to each other as "gimp" one day Ms. Smart heard this and needless
> to say we heard her wrath for this.
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Dave,
Taking the "disability movement" so seriously was is something I
never did with my students. I would use tthe term, "gimp", in an heart beat
for shock value. One semester a group of my students with disabilities were
having a difficult time with another professor whose name was Richard, but
who was called Dick. I encouraged to form a small fraternity and call it
Gamma Alpha Delta which stood for "Gimps Against Dick"!! No one ever caught
on.
Bobby
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