{"id":3961,"date":"2024-04-22T14:50:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/?p=3961"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:50:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:50:53","slug":"thad-reflects-on-his-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/2024\/04\/22\/thad-reflects-on-his-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Thad Reflects on his semester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi, my name is Thad Dutil. It has been a good first year at Think College. It was a rough start as I use Facilitated Communication. My classmates were not always kind, but my professor was wonderful and really supportive. The mentors I have been able to work with have been really great!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been my dream since middle school to work with children with disabilities like me. So far, the classes I have taken have been around Special Education and Early Childhood Education with Professor Lori Myer. This summer and next fall I plan to add courses around both Special Education and Communication Disorders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to help from Professor Sarah Curran and Professor Lori Myer my path is clear, and I know what I want to do. It has been great being at UVM. It is my dream to be here, and I hope to continue my educational journey! Thanks to Professor Myer, Bryan Dague, and my mentors; Alison, Jordan, Maddie, Samantha, and Charlotte. Think College is a wonderful program. Go Cats Go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"916\" data-id=\"3959\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5001.jpg 569w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5001-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Professor Lori Myers and I<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"838\" height=\"628\" data-id=\"3958\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5003.jpg 838w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5003-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bowling with my classmate Oliver and my mentor Samantha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"895\" data-id=\"3960\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5002.jpg 671w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/files\/2024\/04\/IMG_5002-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thad and Professor Lori Myers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, my name is Thad Dutil. It has been a good first year at Think College. It was a rough start as I use Facilitated Communication. My classmates were not always kind, but my professor was wonderful and really supportive. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/2024\/04\/22\/thad-reflects-on-his-semester\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":744,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/744"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3962,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3961\/revisions\/3962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thinkcol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}