Chicago schools require even blind kids to pass driver's ed class
ABC7Chicago.com: Chicago schools require even blind kids to pass driver's ed class
Whew! How do you pass this one? At least they only require the written exam!!!

This was first covered in today's Chicago Tribune, which reported,

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Mayra Ramirez scored an A in driver's education this year, but sitting through the 10-week class felt like a bad joke to the Curie Metropolitan High School sophomore.

Ramirez is blind. She knows she's never going to drive. She can think of a lot of things she'd rather be studying than rules of the road, but she didn't have a choice.

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- posted by Larry H @ 5:21 PM