Student with Down Syndrome becomes first to join fraternity: ‘The joy and light that we were missing’

Student with Down Syndrome becomes first to join fraternity: ‘The joy and light that we were missing’

Charlie McGee wanted the full college experience — and he wasn’t going to let living with Down Syndrome get in his way This fall, the Clemson University junior accepted his bid to Phi Kappa Alpha, becoming one of the first students with intellectual disabilities to enlist in Greek life at the school. McGee, pictured, was … Read more

I’m a one-eyed teacher — my students love my $170K fake eye collection

I’m a one-eyed teacher — my students love my 0K fake eye collection

Her pupils love these pupils. A special education teacher who lost her left eye in an accident says her students adore her $170,000 collection of glass peepers. Sunshine Jones, now 27, was left with impaired vision after a piece of wood pierced her left eyeball when she was five years old, causing it to deflate. … Read more