A long teaching career in mathematics brought Manabu Sannohe, a 49-year-old teacher born with cerebral palsy affecting his limbs, into contact with more than a thousand students in Japan's Akita Prefecture.Only in 2024, however, after 25 years in education, did he step into the homeroom role he had long sought.For Sannohe, the milestone marked both professional fulfilment and personal vindication in a system where he had long worked as a subject teacher without being assigned homeroom duties.In spring 2001, after passing his teacher certification exam on his third attempt, he began teaching…READ FULL ARTICLE
