Tommy Collison

As I’ve gone through my school life, I’ve always tried to be as similar to all the other kids as I could, trying to fit in. Recently however, I’ve taken to be more accepting of my differences, and embraced them.

Firstly, I started using my cane in school, for getting around the corridors. I can honestly say I expected more of a fuss with it, and I was going through my explanations as I walked into school with it, but no-one batted an eyelid. Literally no-one. Not only did nobody raise an issue with me having it, they didn’t even say a thing about it.

Well, oner did, but that was only to (jokingly) ask to borrow it to beat some students :P

Apart from that, it went completely un-noticed. I found convenient places to put it in class even.

For Geography, Business, History, Spanish, Maths and ICT, my desk borders the teacher’s desk, so I can lean it against them, and for all other classes I can just fold it up and stow it in my bag! Did I mention nobody notices it?

Secondly, I have started bring in my laptop on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, which are the days I have Business. I just can’t handle doing accounting on paper any more, and when the teacher suggested I use Excel for them, I jumped at the oppertunity. It’s much better! When I make mistakes (as I’m known to do), I merely press the delete key, and I can re-enter the info where it’s meant to be. Perfect!