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2006-12-29 03:32:26 · 40 answers · asked by paris l 1 in Education & Reference Financial Aid

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Of course, although their curriculum should be adapted to prepare them for the special demands of life.
The idea of no schooling is astounding. Should sick people be admitted to hospital?

2006-12-29 03:39:12 · answer #1 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 2 0

Yes, They do go to school. Special ed is a awesome program. Every kid that begins to show the inability to keep up with the average student. If parents are concerned they should go to school and have their child evaluated. There are excellent approaches and test to determine if a child is in need I believe each kid is entitled to all resources everyone else is in a public education. There are resources to accommodate many students or there are many other program available. My point is to have a kid in the day to day experience as their peers is more beneficial over all

2006-12-29 03:43:46 · answer #2 · answered by rossislx 2 · 1 0

First of all they are not retarded the are mentally challenged. Everyone who is anyone should be able to get the education they want. Just because the are slower doesnt mean the shouldnt get to learn and do the same things we do or did while we were in school.

2006-12-29 03:42:05 · answer #3 · answered by phatilious2002 1 · 1 0

of course. Just because someone has a mental deficiency of some sort doesnt mean they cant or shouldnr learn. perhaps if they are severly impaired they cant ever learn advanced physics or something but theres no reason they cant learn something. Lwrning and the environment of learning is important and everyone should be exposed to it in a way thats appropriate with thier ability.

2006-12-29 03:41:22 · answer #4 · answered by Audra V 2 · 1 0

Interesting question. Let me give you some background info. My brother was profoundly retarded his whole life, and would have gained nothing in a traditional setting. That being said...

Several of my wife's friends are teachers, and at their school, kids with Down's and other mild retardations are put into regular classrooms. Their experience has been that they have to spend so much time with those kids that they have very little time to spend with the others. So, I would say no.

2006-12-29 03:35:58 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0 1

yes i do.
i am not a fan of 'mainstreaming' mentally handicapped children into regular classrooms but i do think the handicapped kids should attend school.
i do not believe the mentally handicapped should be in the same classrooms as the average students, unfortunately where we live the government decided several years ago the handicapped kids should be in regular classes. my belief is this is unfair to all involved. the handicapped child, through no fault of their own, requires special attention. this either comes in the shape of an aide being in class with the student, [and this option is not always available due to government cutbacks], or the class teacher having to take time away from the other students to attend to the special needs of this one child. sometimes it takes the aide and the teacher to attend to this child. many handicapped kids find it almost impossible to sit quietly or to sit still, thus interrupting the class. the other children lose valuable class time because of this situation. and kids are kids, many of them snicker, point, make jokes and are just plain mean to the handicapped kids, so now the teacher has to deal with this behavior as well.
putting the 'retarded' kids, [as you call them], into regular classes has not helped anyone. it has cost the teacher valuable teaching for his/her other students and the average student is coming away from class with less knowledge than ever before.
the mentally handicapped children used to have their own classes where they were more at ease, they had special needs teachers for their specialized classes. there was nothing wrong with the setup, it worked fine until political correctness took over and someone decided these children should be mainstreamed into a regular class.
many of the older mentally handicapped kids, after they 'graduated' from school attended 'workshops', where they put their training to work and earned a paycheck. their jobs were fairly simple jobs, ie repetive tasks, but they worked diligently at their tasks and did very well. it gave them a great sense of accomplishment, of dignity and pride in themselves. the government has closed many of these shops.
of course, this is the same government, who in our area, closed down the mental clinics and hospitals, forcing mentally ill patients out into the street, giving them their medication and advising them to take it on time. these are people who are incapable of caring for themselves and in fact often hurt themselves or others. many have no where to live, have no where to live and they roam our streets.
we voted out that government and in fact their party is no longer in existence, however, no government since then has made any effort to correct this situation.
eventually i suppose political correctness will wane but the damage in this field is already done and no one seems to even consider repairing it.
thank you for asking the question, even though i suspect you aren't getting the answers you wanted.

2006-12-29 04:10:40 · answer #6 · answered by tess 4 · 0 0

Of course everyone is entitled to an education, if not no one would know how to use spell check and they would spell the word retarded wrong.
Think of what you asked then check your spelling. Do you have a right to go to school?

2006-12-29 03:36:34 · answer #7 · answered by eyral 2 · 0 0

Flame retardant people? Sure....great to have around if fire breaks out, like a nice pair of jammies.


However, it's 'retarded'. Depends on how much they're affected by it and if they can function in a school setting.

2006-12-29 03:37:35 · answer #8 · answered by ??? LadyBoyd ??? 3 · 0 0

Yes, many of them can still learn to read and write on a basic level and do simple math, and therefore can be trained to do certain jobs requiring those basic skills. There's special education that's available so they can recieve an education that's suitable to their limited abilities.

2006-12-29 03:35:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

first of all, there are different degrees of retardation. Why would you not want to expand the brain capacity of someone? Even if they are there only to play games and socialize, don't they have the right to an education?

by the way you spelled retarded wrong

2006-12-29 03:35:50 · answer #10 · answered by ridinghipshot 2 · 2 0

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