What part of the term "Special Education" don't people understand?

Question

I have come to this category several times, and I have found questions about everything from where to find kiddy porn to what is a good college in India, but I never see anything on the actual category of special education. Isn't there anyone on Yahoo answers who is concerned about real special needs problems?

Answer 1

There are three kinds of off-topic questions (and answers), especially in Special Education.

First of all, for the zillionth time, for those reading this who aren't aware... Special Education refers to the education (and parenting) of people with learning differences (disabilities, gifted), especially children.

The first kind of off-topic questions are from juvenile mentalities who enjoy discussing bodily functions, and do it anywhere they can since this forum is essentially anonymous. It's like being surrounded by 2-year-olds jumping up and down and yelling "poopie" at the top of their lungs, except here it's mostly "sex." Sigh. It is essentially electronic graffitti.

The second kind appears to be from people who are in too much of a rush to pay attention to where they're categorizing their questions... therefore the religious, relationship, etc. questions posted under the wrong category. Many of these appear to be serious, which is too bad because they'd get better answers if they categorized their questions right.

There's also the occasionally very high or drunk person, who is a sad mix of the first two above, with a long ramble attached, usually.

Finally (and this is the ONLY one I can really forgive), there are non-English speakers from around the globe who do not understand the idiom. "Special Education" IS an idiom... and oblique reference to what is really meant. The questions from these people usually refer to what could be thought of as "specialized education" ... specific to a particular field, such as technology. Many of these also appear to be serious, which is too bad because they'd get better answers if they categorized their questions right.

Wrong answers seem to fall into three categories....

Wild guesses that end up providing rather lousy information to serious questioners... and could hurt the people asking the questions if they take those answers seriously. These are really people trying to build their points, rather than coming here to share with other people with the same interests.

Personal or insulting comments, a-la the graffitti questions.

Non-answers... e.g. "2-points!" or letter jumbles, just to get the 2-point "award." VERY SILLY, since Y!A points have NO real value whatsoever. Can't trade them for anything, don't earn any extra priviliges except for being able to answer and ask more questions each day, etc.


The ONLY thing we as Y!A serious users can do is RAMO... Report And Move On. In the "Report Abuse" link by the person's question/answer, there is a drop-down box with a list of infractions, including "Miscategorized," "Not a Question or Answer," etc. all the way through more serious infractions involving adult content, personal insults, threats, and exploitation of minors.

It is sad that one can spend infinitely more time RAMOing than answering serious, correctly - categorized questions, especially knowing that the Y!A staff is too small to handle the volumes of infractions committed daily.

Answer 2

I think spedusource said it best... very clever catagorizations. Yes, I have wondered this myself... I am a special education teacher, and came to this section to see if I could learn anything new of help someone with a specific question on special education, but those are few and far between. You have to sort through so many disorganized or just plain idiotic questions to find serious ones, that it gets discouraging. Keep looking... the questions are out there.

Answer 3

actually, I just answered a question on that yesterday and got 10 pts. I know most are not really special education questions but some ARE.

I'm not sure why people insist on posting questins in the "special ed" category when the question has nothing to do with "special ed"

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