I recently had my second visitation with W. I was helping
him work on a research project and was impressed by how much he already knew.
With that being said, W still had some trouble researching, as he wasn’t
completely sure what key words to plug into the search engine. In addition, he
was unsure of what certain words meant. Because of this, the two of us had a
considerable amount of conversation. Towards the end of our hour together, W looked
at me and said “My mouth hurts.” I looked at him puzzled, when he explained to
me that talking as much as we just had hurts his mouth and tongue. Being
someone who can only speak one language this was something I had never even
considered. Just this simple little thing reminded me just how hard these kids are
always working. W was in literal physical pain, but pushed through that pain
because he wanted to learn so badly.
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