Empathy Project = Life Learning Students By: Michelle and Brittany

Why we chose this project... Didn’t know what it was like for them Didn’t understand before what they even did in the class Wanted to learn about their lives/future

Questions we started with…. What do they learn in the class? How do they teach the students? What are the students like and what do they do? What are the students lives like in general?

Questions we asked the teachers.. What is it like teaching the students? how is it different? is it harder? Has it changed your views working with them? What do you see out of these kids in the future? What is it like bringing them into a normal classroom? what is your goal from that?

What we learned….. “The hardest thing is understanding if they get the material.” -Mr. Shishido “You have to compensate for their needs and find what is meaningful to them.” - Christine Caulk For the future of these students, “our goal is for them to gain independence, some will go to a group home if their parents can't care for them. Try to lead an as normal life as possibly some may get jobs.”- Mr. Shishido

Experience

What we got out of the experience learned about each of their disabilities Got to meet each of the students Gained an understanding of the students

Did we practice empathy?..... A little but mostly sympathy We didn’t actually experience their lives.