My Politically Incorrect Thought of the Day

[dyir]

If over 1/3rd of a school's classrooms are designated "Special Education" how many more do you need before you can stop declaring them to be "Special" and have to call out the not-Special classrooms as exceptions? I'm just saying...that's alot of Special Ed. classrooms.

Comments

[deledrius]

The idea that there is a single "standard" education in the first place is the keystone. All other errors tend to branch out from there.

[silver_rabbit]

I agree. Maybe if we gave them a decent education in the first place right from the beginning (like pre-school, or at least kindergarten), we wouldn't need so many special ed classes. And maybe if we'd educated their parents better, they'd be happier and more willing to learn.

[dyir]

Well this school *is* the pre-school/kingergarten, so there's that. But this is a poor urban school, so i suspect that the higher proportion of Special Ed classes might have something to do with drug abuse by parents. Just a hunch, I have no tangible evidence for it.

[mndwrm]

Not sure how it works out there, but out here Music and Art are considered "extras," and exist only when there is money in the budget for them. As for special ed., there is often a small amount of money coming in for each student in said classes, so it's possible that even those who are borderline "fuckin' tards," to quote your wife, are nudged into those classrooms.

There are many problems with the "give them a proper education" argument, including getting the kids to school, making the kids want to be at school, making the kids want to learn at school, making the kids realize that college is available after school, plus any problems carried over from their families or backgrounds, such as parental drug use, families with poor education, and parents who perceive that education isn't important.

[anonymous]

fuckin' tards.

(from, your charming wife)