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Re: Inclusion research
Posted:
Feb 20, 1997 3:17 AM
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> This debate has touched on all the reasons my son now attends a
> parochial school. The damage done by special education cannot and will
> not be undone.
This is truly a sad statement. When I first returned to teaching in 1965,
it wasba special education teacher. I found myself absolutely unsuited for
the task. Special education requires more patience and understanding on a
minute by minute basis than I have. The special education teachers at my
current site are outstanding. Their students produce a very good quality of
work - and on a regular basis.
I know this first hand because, as department chair, I routinely check in
on other teachers' rooms to see how things are going. I am in the special
ed classes at least twice a month - without prior notice. On many days, if
I didn't know better, I would think that I was in a regular classroom.
>The practice of inclusion to effect a homogeneous society has nothing to
do with education. >Rather, it has everything to do with social
engineering.
This I absolutely agree with - don't get me started on what I think of
making tapioca pudding out of our children. :)
>I support public education 100% simply because when my son enters the job
market he will have >precious little competition.
You may be in for a few suprises here - more than you think but less than I
would hope.
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