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Should Special Needs Kids Go To A Specific School Dedicated To Them

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I'm a Junior in High School. 17 years old. I've always been a nice person, smart, and never get in trouble. At school, special needs kids are able to go to classes with normal students, but they have to have a teacher by them. Over the years, this has been making me very annoyed. Back in 7th grade, there were 2 special need kids in my science class. 1 cried non stop, and sat right behind me. The other one was fine, except for his random words he'd say very loudly. In 8th grade, a special needs kid (that isn't even special IMO), had a teacher that was a dick. Every time I said something to someone, she'd yell at me, and send me to the principals office. She got me suspended once because I told her she is here to help the special needs children, not people like me. Now I know that's a dick move, but when I'm annoyed I'm a bit of a douche. In 9th grade, I was in u.s. History and we were told that we could pick partners for the huge project. I am against working with partners though since I tend to do everything. So I decided to work alone, then, a special needs kid walks to me and says if I'd be his partner. I respectfully said, "Sorry, I want to work alone." For about 2 weeks people thought I was a jerk for saying that, until it faded away. This year, there's a huge increase in special needs kids. In the hall, there's a kid who will just shove everyone out of the way and shout at everyone next to him. He shoved 7 people into the wall today (I see him about twice a day shoving people in the hall). Another kid, that is in 2 of my classes, steps on my shoes constantly. I always take care of my stuff, my shoes are $325, and got them 2 weeks ago. He stepped on them with his steel toe boots and ruined them (no joke, they're dirty as -blam!-, and some of the strings are torn). I told him to knock that off but he still does it. Today in my foods class, the teacher paired me up with a special needs kids. We had to pull the recipe up on the website, the special needs teacher (that was there to assist the kid) told me to do it on my laptop. Everybody in the school gets a Google chrome laptop ($200). I bought a computer to do software programming while at school. My computer is $1176.99. And I never let anybody touch it. I said to her if he could do it. But apparently my computer is the only computer on the world and she said to use mine. His worked fine by the way and had 60% battery life. So we use mine, and I said to them, don't touch it, don't put a drink by it, you can only read it. The special Ed kid thought I was joking and put his hands all over it. I told him to stop, and the teacher freaked out at me. She told me to go in the hall with her. So I did, and she said to me, that's just because he's different doesn't mean he can't touch your laptop. I kindly told her that I didn't want it to be touched because of fingerprint marks and the fact that others don't care because they didn't pay for it. We went back in and my computer wasn't on the desk where I had it, but instead by the -blam!-ing sink. I went to go get it and of course, there's water on it and all around it because he was doing dishes and splashed water up there. I noticed some of my keys dont work on my laptop, and that my touch screen was not very responsive. I told him, when I take this to geeks squad, and if they can't fix this. You're buying me a new laptop. The teacher told me that it's my fault for bringing the laptop in the first place. And that he doesn't owe me anything. I went to geek squad, and they told me that it will cost $327 to get it all fixed and it will take about 2 months. Are you kidding me? I now am done with special Ed kids and their gay teachers. Some special Ed kids are fine, but as far as the teachers, I haven't met one good one. They act as if they're better than everyone in the room, even the main teacher. I think special needs kids need to go to a separate school. Not a high school with thousands of other kids. Now I know that sounds rude, but I honestly think it'd be better. Some kids bully special Ed kids. And some special Ed kids are a big distraction in class. What do you think? Edit: just bought a new Nike Air Max 2015 for $218, hopefully those don't get ruined xD
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  • It would be more productive for them to go to a separate special ed school where they can receive additional support and not impact others' education.

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  • In my school special needs kids have their own class and busses. They share our lunch and they really arent a problem. That edit was very dickish OP

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    • Edited by Viking Friday: 3/26/2015 5:25:33 AM
      Lol

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        • In my opinion it's a case by case basis. I have a couple of friends that are technically special Ed, but they function fine in society and do good in school, and will be able to contribute to society, get a job, etc. Then you have special Ed kids that can't function properly in society and can't contribute or maintain a job and hinder others. While we should treat them respectfully and nicely, I believe it's those special Ed kids that should be in their own school, or at the very least be in their own class.

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          • Edited by Cool Pretzel: 3/26/2015 4:13:28 AM
            Sounds bad. That teacher should not be acting in that way. Edit: did you get the laptop fixed?

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            • Look, I am widely known in my grade and even my family as an asshole, and my opinions on special Ed kids are going to further prove this. I believe that all mentally disabled kids should be disposed of as soon as their disability is confirmed. I think this because 99% of them cannot make a significant contribution to society, and are only alive to waddle around and drain resources. Don't bother responding, I won't.

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              • That reminds me of a personal experience. As some of you know, I do have autism. When I was in junior high, my parents thought it would be a fantastic idea to send me to a camp that specializes in "special needs" people. So I'm shipped off to a place called Talisman Camp in North Carolina. On the first day there, the counselors started going over the rules. One of the dumbest rules had to do with the meals. There was a table with food at the back of the cafeteria where we would line up and some of the counselors would serve it to us. If they had something you didn't like or something that you were allergic to, you weren't allowed to refuse it. You could only say "no thank you" and they would give a "no thank you helping", which is a tiny bit of whatever food they had. For example, I hated lima beans and one time they had lima beans, so as a "no thank you helping", they gave me a single lima bean. Their logic was to reduce waste, which really didn't make sense since I wasn't going to eat it. But they acted like I might change my mind. In hindsight, I suspect they were trying to convince us that perhaps we weren't sure about our food, which was a big problem with this camp, they treated us all like children. I remember the condescending tone the counselors used in order to talk to me, as if I didn't know any better. Meanwhile, there were the other autistic kids to deal with. I could barely handle my own problems much less the problems of other aspies. There was one autistic kid who kept kicking my bed (I was on the top bunk) no matter how many times the counselor asked him to stop. There was another aspie who would not shut the -blam!- about trains and synthesizers. Every time a song came on the radio that had synthesized audio, he would literally shout "SYNTHESIZER!!!!!" . Every time he saw a train, or even a picture of a train, he would shout "TRAIN!" It got really annoying. Well anyway, we went on a huge mountain hike. And when I say mountain hike, I mean an actual mountain hike. We had mountain packs and everything, including scat bags. Now it would have been a pleasant experience if I didn't have to deal with the condescending attitude from the counselors and the autism from my other cabin mates. One of them kept screaming for no reason. Not out of anger or sadness or pain, but just because he could. When we got back from our camping trip, I thought I had lost my mind due to the constant bellowing of rampant retardation. The one kid who kicked my bed pissed me off and on the very last day, I told him that he made me want to punch a baby. That was a big mistake because somehow he heard it as "I am going to punch you in the face." and told one of the counselors, a Hispanic chick who called herself "Jenny". She told me to apologize to this guy and when I tried to explain he misheard me, she would have none of it. She told me that I either apologize to him or I would not be allowed to go home. I had a plane to catch later that day so if I missed it, I would have been really stressed out. I wanted nothing more than to get the hell out of there. So begrudgingly, I apologized to him even though I did nothing wrong. In hindsight, I should have called her bluff. If they had held me there, there probably would have been a successful lawsuit. (my parents are very good with the law, they've gone against the IRS and won.) I told my parents about what happened and they submitted a complaint to the admins of the camp. They acted like they would investigate the case, but they never responded, even after being pressed for more information. But yeah, I understand your pain working with special needs kids.

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                • They're kind of a distraction in class when they randomly scream and yell

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                • Sounds like someone is a bit of a bítch

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                • How the hell do you have $1200 to buy an expensive computer if you're a -blam!-ing Junior in High school?

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                  • This is a long AF post, you seriously have an issue with this. Maybe write a letter to your state representatives because I doubt people here can do anything for you.

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                    • I just know I hated it when the special needs kids got easier work and got to go outside in the middle of class.

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                      • I live in a very white town. And there are only a couple black kids in our grade. We have a special needs kid who is convinced that they are made out of chocolate. He will chase them around trying to eat them... It's -blam!-ing hilarious

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                        • Idk I think they should meet a requirement before getting sent to a reg school the poop throwing loonies should be sent to retard school

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                        • No down syndrome is Funny. But i find autism scary

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                        • Im Special ED but don't have problems in school im kinda of a badass i never back down from a fight

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                        • They already do =_= I have one right down the road. "The school for extraordinary children" (That's to make them feel better, but it's a school for mentally disabled children)

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                        • Protip: stop buying expensive fuçking shoes dammit all!

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                          • Here's the thing: Special Ed kids can properly function in society. In general, teachers pick me to work with people who need help because I've got patience and understand them. So, in foods class last year I had to work with them too. It's not a burden at all. If they're misbehaving and destroying your property, you have every right to be upset. [b]However,[/b] just because your school isn't giving them proper care doesn't mean that they should all go to one school. I live 15 miles away from my school since I live in rural wisconsin. Could you imagine special kids having to travel an hour just to get to fricking school? How about on a snow day, when the roads are horribly slippery? People nowadays treat special Ed kids like they're a different breed and it makes me really pissed. I was on prom committee, and pretty much everyone decided that we wanted to vote a girl with Down syndrome as our prom queen. So, we get the papers to vote for our prom court, and they tell us not to circle her name. Why? Because they're making her our "honorary" Queen. Someone found out that a bunch of people were voting for her, and decided that since she had Down syndrome and didn't know the difference, that we should just have two queens, so a "normal" girl could still get her crown. My school seems to be the opposite of yours, actually. In your school, special Ed kids are given a lot of freedom. In mine, they're not given any. I quit prom committee because tbh they just ruined it by doing that(although I have to go bc I already had bought my dress and was having it tailored). A few weeks later, two girls on prom committee were laughing at her and making fun of her. Screw them.

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                              I got angry just reading that. Special Ed teachers can be -blam!- ing idiots who are obsessed with their precious snobs who do things just because. I hope your laptop gets fixed, and that that SPED kid is punished severely. ( and I recently got steel-toed boots, and if anything I'd have my friend step on the toe just for fun, not to demolish other people's personal property. I think they should be punished for ruining any personal property.) including shoes, laptops, etc.

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                              • Edited by jj1042: 3/25/2015 7:49:20 PM
                                I've meet a special needs kid, who tried to drown me because he got excited, and he's fine for the most part... He has Down's syndrome. However, I do think they at least need their own classes so stuff like [u]THIS[/u] that you had put in the OP doesn't happen or hinder other students.

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                                  I just hope they start treating them like equal people for once. In my school, the special Ed kids got PARTIES for doing their homework. I did my homework! And all I got was good grades. To be honest, they baby those kids.

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                                  • Comment if you HAVE a special Ed sibling

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                                  • Yes, SPED kids can be crazy dangerous. When I was a kid I saw one rip a metal mailbox off its post then crush it long ways like a freakin accordion because his ball went down the storm drain.

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                                  • We need to purify the gene pool.

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