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To: Rambi who wrote (276761)10/26/2008 12:34:21 PM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (1) of 793926
 
Get back to educating the educable.

I recommended your post because it makes sense. When our kids were in public schools it was fashionable to mainstream those who were not educable. They gobbled up teacher time and attention for little positive result, and the rest suffered.

As a consequence, our daughter was denied taking the subjects that would have interested her because she lacked the 'prerequisites.' The classes she wanted were a couple of grades above her age, but the school would have none of it.

The school administrators told her "If you hate school so much, why don't you just drop out?"

We refused to let that happen unless she could first get a GED. She was too young for that so we had to petition the State Superintendent of Education for a release. She passed her GED and later got a BS in Education.

She taught in public schools until it became apparent that they were out of control. A math teacher taught kids about the difference between right angles and left angles, for example. Another taught PE from a chair because she was too heavy to do it on foot.

She finally switched to teaching at a charter private school for Russian Immigrants, and it was heart warming indeed to see those children saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

Now she tutors part time, and her last assignment was an autistic kid. His parents took him off his meds and he became impossible, so she is now inactive.

She plans to adopt now, and says her kids will never set foot in a public school.
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