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B.C. mom says EA shortage means her son can only go to school 2 days a week (globalnews.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I wanted to be an EA here in BC and looked into it thoroughly because I have lots of experience hanging out with kids with disabities and find it fulfilling. I went to schools and talked with teachers and students, I have friends who already do this so I asked them about it too. As a man I'd almost certainly be assigned the violent kids. Restraining violence and wrestling 10 year olds is not the work I want by a very large margin.

[–] stickmanmeyhem 2 points 2 months ago

Unfortunately, that's accurate. My wife's a 5'4" 110lb EA and even she's had to either restrain or get away from violent kids.