You know that chip that everyone has embedded into their brain that allows them to pick up on social cues and norms and adjust their behavior accordingly? The one that keeps society intact. I don't have one that functions very well. I know about it because I see it in others.
I have always been different, eccentric, unusual. It is what people find endearing about me and what drives them away.
At times in my life when being different was painful I wanted to be normal. For the most part I have learned to accept that this is just who I am. And because I am this way I really appreciate the strange parts of people. I find those qualities endearing.
This makes it easy for me to teach Special Education where many of my students have been far off the "normal" track. I love them for their differentness and they know it and feel accepted.
So I would like to take time to thank my husband (who married me because he thought I marched to the beat of a different drummer) and my family and friends for accepting me and my unconventional ways.
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