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To: The Philosopher who wrote (41722)	6/24/1999 12:30:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

That is an extremely difficult problem- I have both gifted children and a special needs child. I will tell you that from a pure efficiency point of view- it initially appears that it makes more sense to spend the money on the brightest kids first and whatever is left over on the other kids (assuming you really CAN identify the "brightest" kids- not merely the most "gifted" but the brightest in terms of actual potential to benefit society). However, from another perspective it is probably EXTREMELY important to educate the special needs children- because so many people in prison have learning problems of one sort or another- learning problems that might not have been diagnosed and treated. IF those problems had been caught and they had been fitted to be able to obtain meaningful jobs- society would be benefiting from their labor instead of spending a fortune to incarcerate them and paying an untold human and peripheral economic tole (i.e. loss of security for the general population, property damage, higher insurance rates, more police etc etc etc) as a result of thier crimes So if really pressed I think we need to try for a baseline for everyone- even the special needs students who will suck up more funds to achieve this baseline. And from what I have seen most really bright kids can self educate to some extent. I know this is not a perfect solution- but there are no perfect solutions (imo) when one is dealing with limited funds.