Do you think "special needs children" should have been allowed into regular classrooms?

Question

I remember normal school. Special needs kids had their own class, and if they were handicapped enough, they had their own institution.

Today, it seems like we're following the liberal ideal: "If one person has to suffer, then we should make everyone suffer to that everyone is equal" by putting these disruptive and sometimes dangerous kids in normal classes.

The poor teachers can't get their job done properly and every child suffers.

Mandy is the typical liberal - "everyone has the exact same rights in all areas all the time".

Not.

Do blind people have the right to be bus drivers or airline pilots?

It is OK to "discriminate" based on ability.

Prison is for those without the ability to tell right from wrong. It's for the prisoners' good and society's.

Mental institutions are for those without the ability of normal mental function. It's for the patients' good and society's.

Answer 1

I agree with you. I taught at a private school last year, and there was a child in my class that was a 'special needs' child. He was not necessarily 'off', but did need special attention. On the days that he was out, we could complete our lesson for the day in about two hours. Normally, it was double that. It was decided that he would go to public school this year, because we as a small private school did not have the extra teachers and classrooms to teach children who had special needs.

I believe that it's in everyones best interest. The special needs children have an opportunity to learn on their level and the regular classes are not held back because of a select few that can't learn as quickly as the others.

And to comment on Mandys post above (and others similar), every kid does deserve the right to the same education, but they may need to get in a different way. Sometimes, if you stick special needs kids in regular classes, then you are robbing them of the ability to get the same education. Teachers sometimes have to use a different approach with them...

Anyway, thanks for the question. Have a blessed day =)

Answer 2

If the "special needs child" has the mental ability to do regular class work, they should be admitted. But if not, the parents would be doing their child better service by putting them into the correct special needs class, as the class is structured to teaching them on their level. There is a law that any child with a special need will be taught based on that need, whether they need to take the child across town or a special class is set up at the nearest public school. Parents should not try to force their special needs child to attend a regular class if the child does not have the ability to do the work. How frustrating that has to be for the child.

Answer 3

Every child is entitled to the same education to the best of the child's abilities.

By mainstreaming children with special needs that can maintain in the mainstream classrooms, that provides them with the coping skills and experience to deal with the real world.

Otherwise the next generaton will not have the skills needed for surviving in society. And then we lose our society as it is.....

Answer 4

That's sad they need 2 learn 2 U know.Yes back in the old days they had their own class but teachers don't get paid that much anymore so they need 2 have these students in their classes.Make friends with them get 2 know them these kids aren't that bad maybe it's the so called normal student who isn't being normal in this situation get a grip on things

Answer 5

no because they might need more attention than the other kids my brother is in a special class and he is doing better than ever it has axually helped him to learn somehting he has all a's and he is happy with himself for the first time in a along time

Answer 6

They are only 'special needs' because the schools use a one size-type fits all curriculum despite that FACT that everyone is different.

Answer 7

every kid deserves the right to have the same education as the next!!