A school in Sarajevo is making headlines for not only accepting a deaf student, but also teaching his entire class sign language to allow them to better communicate with him.
The story began in September last year when Mirzana Coralic requested the primary school in her neighborhood to enroll her 6-year-old son, Zejd. The teacher, Sanela Ljumanovic, accepted almost immediately, but on the first day of school, she noticed Zejd sitting all by himself.
Sanela, determined to find a solution, tried developing a few tricks and signs of her own. But a parent of another child came up with an even better idea—getting the whole class to learn sign language along with Zejd. Three months later, Zejd was happily able to communicate with all his classmates about regular things like homework and games.
" I like this language and I also think it will be useful when I grow up," said Anesa Susic, one of his classmates. Now, sign language is getting quite popular at Osman Nakas primary school, with kids from other classes trying to learn as well.
Although Bosnia has laws in place that allow children with disabilities to attend all schools, there aren't many teachers like Sanela. The parents of the children in Zejd's class offered to contribute money to pay for the lessons. Of course, not all parents can afford to, but Sanela maintains confidentially about which parents pay and how much.
A. So they got an sign language teacher.
B. Therefore, Zejd's pay is not a problem.
C. As a result, many troubles started to appear.
D. Honestly speaking, Zejd has a hearing disability.
E. The other kids in Zejd's class are quite happy as well.
F. Zejd was unable to communicate with any of his schoolmates.
G. That's because the Ministry of Education doesn't pay for sign language classes.
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