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He would impulsively jump, dance, and move differently from his peers throughout class. I thought he was being a nuisance. Initially, I did not recognize that I was creating an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">obstacle<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to his learning when I simply showed my frustration, lacking compassionate understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is embarrassing to write as I too cannot control my body. I have Tourette\u2019s Syndrome, a neurological disorder which causes involuntary tics. Although mine are manageable now, they were an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">obstacle<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for my teachers as well when I was my student\u2019s age. Imagine the stumbling block created when tics or impulses are viewed as a disruptive call for attention.\u00a0 Imagine the frustration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Isaiah commands (57:14): \u201cBuild up, build up<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a <\/span><\/i><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">highway<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, remove <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">michshol<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, any obstacle, from before My people!\u201d In its only appearance in the Torah, the word <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">michshol<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is not connected to harming a person with a disability (Lev 19:14), thus how I read Isaiah\u2019s message. I\u2019ve learned that it can be difficult to <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">build up that highway<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, without first understanding the individual\u2019s <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">obstacles<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I began dismantling my student\u2019s <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">michshol<\/span><\/em><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">following an eye-opening conversation with a mentor. Exodus describes the sacrificial altar as having steps (20:23) to which a concerned Rashi there responds that one should not build an altar without a ramp. My mentor helped me build that ramp. It was at that moment when the steps to the altar began to slope, as frustration turned into compassion. It was then when my student\u2019s learning dramatically improved as I began to better understand the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">highway <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to his soul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would bet that Rashi knew a person who could not ascend those steps. He saw them and dismantled a <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">michshol<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Torah text. 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