We've started taking care of this kid named Ben. He has autism and gets very paranoid about things, and as a result will order people around. "DON'T EAT THAT!" "STAND OVER THERE!" "DON'T COME NEAR ME!"
Now, again, he has autism so we can't really teach him that many social skills, and he's also paranoid, so he has a reason for demanding all these things. But we try anyways, and for the past couple of days we've been trying really really hard to get him to ask for things nicely. And you know what? He's been pretty teachable. He now knows to say please and ask for things. Except, to hear him, you wouldn't believe it. He still says everything as a command, and tacks on a please as an afterthought. "DON'T EAT THAT PLEASE!" "STAND OVER THERE - PLEASE!" "DON'T COME NEAR ME PLEASE!" "THAT'S MINE, PLEASE!"
But hey, it's a start, right?
Every day in the PHP is an interesting day. I pretty sure I'm going to love my future.
