im a high school student and on my way to school 2 day i was listing to the radio and they were talking about special ed students in some school having to go to the regular classes with the other kids and then after roll was took they are lined up and marched through the halls, the other kids are calling it the march of the dumbies, but they have to do this every single hour!! i really dont think its right! this school is in either in oklahoma or arkansaw
2006-10-10 03:16:23 · 7 answers · asked by cheater 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Special Education
Actually, it's probably illegal.
Special needs students are entitled to get the services they need, and they have to be provided in a private, secure way, as much as possible, so as to not draw attention to the fact that a student is receiving them.
It sounds like this school is breaking the law.
2006-10-10 03:19:13 · answer #1 · answered by matt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My 7 year old daughter is autistic and in special ed classes for some subjects and in a mainstream classroom for most others. She too must walk down the hall to her special ed class, though not as a group. She did get teased a little last year (first grade) but is now helping the kid who teased her with her math. My daughter carries a 3.8 grade point average and loves to help the other kids and get help from them when she needs it.
Kids can be cruel with their teasing, but if they weren't teasing them for "the march", they'd tease them for being short, wearing last year's popular sneakers, or some other nonsense.
I don't think the problem is in that the kids have to walk down the hall, I think its that the teasers feel like its OK to tease.
Maybe subjecting the students to the' Blue eye, brown eye' experiment would be beneficial to all involved. If you haven't heard of it, back in the 50's a teacher told all her blue eyed students that they were better than the brown eyed ones. They were allowed special privileges and treated better than the brown eyed students for a day. The next day, the teacher said she was mistaken, and that the brown eyed students were better and roles were reversed. It was really controversial at the time.
Even though the students knew that it was just an experiment they still had very strong reactions like crying, getting angry and rebelling. I think it really opened their minds to the idea of what it must be like to be someone else.
I'd be curious to see a similar experiment done today, especially at that school.
2006-10-10 03:43:50 · answer #2 · answered by michaelsmaniacal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that isn't right. As a special ed student, you have a right to privacy and confidentiality. A school cannot disclose your status to just anyone. I am surprised that these schools are doing this. If this happens to you, speak up to the special ed teacher, the school psychologist, the principal and your parents.
Don't listen to shizzlechit. Special education children have a right to be educated in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). It's the law! Sometimes the LRE is the general education class. There is no reason to segregate students based solely on the fact that some have disabilities. The real world isn't segregated. Good luck to you!
2006-10-10 14:55:13 · answer #3 · answered by Margie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am curenntly in university taking a course as an educational assistant, and that is working with children with disabilities (in canada).
This course is all about integration, accepting all children no matter what their disabilities.
What the children at that school are doing is called harrassment and discrimination, and just plain old rude!
If the school has in fact integrated the students (integrated means to combine the students to allow those with the learning disability with those without disabilities) then this "march" should not be taking place. If the children are integrated then they would not seperate or make them stand out by making them line up between classes, that is NOT integration! If it were, then the child would not be seen as different from the rest, they would be included with the other students.
2006-10-10 03:25:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why the heck are they marching thru the halls? Special ed children, I feel, should not be in the same classes and it can take away instruction time from the other students who don't require special ed services. Not being mean, just a point taken.
2006-10-10 04:23:56 · answer #5 · answered by shizzlechit 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
That makes absolutely no sense to me why they are forced to march through the school. The "march of the dummies" shows that this is backfiring if they are doing this to prove a point.
2006-10-10 03:19:18 · answer #6 · answered by Searcher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds hilarious !
2006-10-10 03:23:57 · answer #7 · answered by Jotun 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋