Scarecrows as Students at Colorado's College for Living.
1977; SAGE Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1940-6487
Autores Tópico(s)Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
Resumoare the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man. Prompted by this counsel, and encouraged by Dorothy, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion, the Scare crow sets off on a grand quest for help ? a search for a Wizard who can give him a brain. Ironically, the Scare crow demonstrates along the way that he already has a brain, for it is he who serves repeatedly as guide and problem solver for the others. Oz isn't the only place with scare crows. Our world is full of them. Consider the words of Gary, a student in the College for Living in Denver: know I'm not very smart. I didn't do well at all in school. One teacher told me she'd read about a drug that would make me smarter. She even asked my parents to talk to our doctor about it. Like his straw-stuffed counterpart in Baum's classic tale, Gary has been told by an endless succession of that he is brainless, that he is incapable of functioning well in society, that he is mentally retarded and will therefore never lead a full life. And like the Scarecrow, Gary has set out on a grand quest to prove the old crows wrong. Gary's quest has been made easier by the existence of the College for Living, a humanistic, volunteer-staffed special college for adults who are mentally retarded. The College for Living was created in September, 1974, as a com munity enrices program of Metro politan State College, an urban-oriented four-year institution located in Denver. The small group of students, teachers, and administrators who spearheaded the program were convinced that the majority of persons who are mentally retarded have the potential for living rewarding, productive, independent lives. The idea is relatively new, at least in the U.S. In its March, 1976, report, the President's Committee on Mental Re
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