Does Special Ed really help?

Question

I'm just curious. But after my Mom and step-dad married and moved me to a different town when I was in 1st grade, I just went down hill. I had a great 1st grade teacher. Then, I got a real bitchy teacher in 2nd grade. She made my life miserable. Then, after being put into Special Ed, I had another teacher that I hated. In many ways I felt held back by her. I just wanted to be in a normal class. I just wanted someone to pay attention to me so that I could be normal. I just felt like I couldn't do anything right. Just because a kid is in Special ED should they not be taught to the same standards as other kids? Especially in high school. Although I was gifted with being really good at Math, I sucked at English. And, every year the teacher would teach just the basics year after year. So I was getting a little bored! Of course in I was allowed to be in a normal class in my Senior year. But, the damage had already been done. I wanted to go to college, but was scarred. Is that silly?

Answer 1

i honestly think so.... You can get the one on one teaching that you need.

Answer 2

When it is done correctly, special ed really does help.  The way you describe it, it sounds like you did not have the benefit of having it done right.

Parents and school districts are supposed to work together to provide each child with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) that has specific goals and objectives for the student's best development.  If you had had such a plan, it would have allowed for you to go to "regular" math classes, while still getting the help that you needed in other subjects.

If there is any failure in the special ed system, it is a failure in communicating all of these things to parents; the ones who need it the most.  Schools are full of caring people who want to do the right things.  They are often hampered, though, by having too many kids to deal with and not enough money to deal with them properly.

So, to answer your final question, no, it's not silly.  Your educational experience sounds like a bad one.  The good news is that it's never too late.  Go to college now if you want to further your education.  If a four-year program is too intimidating to tackle, then try a community college and see what you can get done in a two-year program.  It's never to late to get an education.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Please call with any problem, Anytime:

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Answer 4

Special ed WOULD help IF it was done LEGALLY and CORRECTLY.

Public schools in USA do NOT do special ed legally. Most of them get out of doing all they can to help children.

You can google many reports about this, especially wall street journal.

Most people dont' know that special ed in schools is corrupt and the poeple that always gives me a thumbs down probably have had no dealings with special ed for their own children.