Gage wanted to write in his journal (“Anytime I have something new to say.” he says)

He writes: (typos corrected)

“Every day I go to Mrs. Special Ed for math and reading. I like it a lot. I have a typewriter to type on for class writing assignments”

He then drew two drawings (bird’s eye view) –

The top drawing was of Mrs. Special Ed’s class room –

With a sheet of math, then a book, then he wrote SS (for social studies) on a paper, then the alphasmart (“typewriter”)

Then the bottom drawing was of Mrs. Homeroom’s room.

He drew two large desks and they were full of papers with writing on them. Besides the desks there was a circle with an ? mark in it.

I said, “Gage, I am really glad you wrote this down to tell me about this. You seemed to have a really good day. Do you like going to Mrs. Special Ed’s class?”

And he said, “Yes.”

Short pause

“It is better for me because a lot of times in Mrs. Homeroom’s room I was very confused all the time.”

I asked him if he might have liked school a little better and he said, “Maybe”