Young Man with Down Syndrome Gets His Driver's License - John Marrs

I've posted a few times about John Marrs, via updates from his mom, Jenny, over the years. John has recently graduated highschool and is now going to a local college. This is the most recent update which his mom shared:

John went into the DMV and took his driver's test yesterday. In IL a student starts driver's training as a 15 year old. You must pass the written portion of the IL test before you get your permit to drive with an adult, which John did. Then, if the driver's ed teacher sees fit, the student is given a license following his 16th birthday. Our teacher was not our best friend. So, John had to wait until after he was 18 to test at the DMV. We finally got around to taking him in yesterday for his driver's test. When he returned from his drive, I was told, "he is amazing!" John is now a licensed driver!

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John Marrs Update

I got an email from Jenny the other day with an update on John Marrs and his website. His website link had changed over the years and she just found out that it had to be updated.

http://myplace.frontier.com/~ezlopin/johnmarrs/index.html

I had updated about John Marrs last year here. Below is Jenny's newest update:

John is a senior now. He just took part in the National Honor Society inducting the juniors. He will get to wear his honors sash one last time when he graduates in May.  He took Geometry this year. I was worried a little about that, but he has done himself proud. I talked with his teacher recently because they were going to do a unit on trigonometry. His teacher said that he hadn't had to modify anything for him all year, and he was wracking his brain trying to figure out how to get through trig, which he thought would be hard. John came home one day with a few problems done. I asked him how he did them, and he actually taught me how. He sailed through the unit.... 

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John Marrs inducted into the National Honor Society!

Breaking the blogging-hiatus for a moment here :).

Jenny Marrs, who I have shared articles from before, wrote me the beginning of March and said the following:

   "We found out yesterday that John will be inducted into the National Honor Society in a ceremony on Monday night.  This is one of the highest honors for a child in High school to acheive, so I thought it was worth sharing."

I asked her for a picture so I could share on the blog and she sent me one. Here it is!

 

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