As if Teaching Weren't Difficult Enough

Wow.  Check out this article about Holly Winter, a Colorado teacher who suffers from "visual amnesia."  (http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/medical/2010-11-15-visual-amnesia_N.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28News+-+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=Google+Reader)   Holly was in a car accident 21 years ago and suffered permanent brain damage.  She has no visual memory -- sort of like the main character in the movie, "Memento."  She teaches 6th grade and keeps track of her students with a list of their physical characteristics and has photos of the students around the classroom and on their journals and has devised a system to deal with daily life.   Holly considers herself to be a good example to others as to how to live with a permanent disability and does not allow her students to make excuses for their physical ailments.  I cannot imagine how difficult it would be to get through a teaching day (let alone any day) with that type of disability.  I would love to have cameras follow her in the classroom for a day.  I'm sure that any teacher and any human being would find inspiration in her story.