The "bad" kid

There is a tendency among teachers to blame the kid when learning isn't happening. He doesn't pay attention. She doesn't do her work. He acts out all the time. I really love it when teachers get down on a kid with a disability over the very stuff that is the essence of their disability.
Let's take a step back. As educators, if we aren't getting through then it is our duty to figure out another way to get the job done. We are raising a new generation of children that are actually hard wired differently. These are media children. An four year old walked into my room. She said she had Spanish homework. She had to find the name of a Spanish lake. "How are you going to do that?" I asked. "Computer" she said. At four!
They think differently and learn differently. And if a kid has a disability, for heaven's sake, think outside the box. "He won't pay attention" HELLO He's autistic. Quit blaming and start teaching.
OK end of rant.