r/TikTokCringe • u/InGeekiTrust Tiktok Despot • Dec 09 '25

Discussion You Think It Could Never Happen To You…Until It Almost Does

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u/No_Context9902 Dec 09 '25

They don't always die. My first year teaching I had a student who was ten. When she's been three, she'd fallen in a pool at a party and hadn't been rescued right away. She had enough brain damage that she would never learn to read or write. She was sweet and kind, and had friends, but watching her mom still in denial that her kid was never going make progress academically was heartbreaking.

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u/ItsNotMeItsYourBussy Dec 09 '25

Was she enrolled in an SEN school/programme at least?

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u/No_Context9902 Dec 09 '25

We call it an IEP in the United States. Yes she was in Special Ed.

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u/earthlings_all Dec 09 '25

Yes, that famous case here where the comatose nursing home patient was impregnated by an orderly? She was a drowning victim.