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B.C., like many 'leftys' is quite willing to spend OTHER PEOPLE'S money
wastefully to supposedly serve a few individuals. The problem is that
common sense might well tell us that there are more effective (and
cheaper)
ways to accomplish more for the very people they purport to serve.
Example (based on my wife's life-long career in special education having
been in private facilities, public schools, and even a stint at
administration). The current trend of throwing all students into the same
classrooms where teachers are often faced with a mixture of bright,
normal,
slow, learning-disabled, mentally handicapped, emotionally handicapped,
and
physically handicapped students all in the same classroom is producing
chaos--both for the teachers and students. Some of these students,
especially the mentally and emotionally handicapped need much more
individual attention than can be provided in these classrooms (even with
aides and grossly misused special-ed teachers). This is especially true
of
the mentally handicapped who need a completely different curriculum than
the
regular students if they are really to become marginally self-sufficient
in
the society. Most will not, but still need much more in terms of daily
living skills than to be sitting in a pre-algebra class.
The situation above, and the one Michael outlines are why, IMO, we can
point
to the lawyers and psychologists as having royally screwed up our
society.!
;-