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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 690861" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Not to say that learning disabled kids don't need help, or that autistic kids and other types of Special Education kids don't actually need help...please don't anyone think I'm saying that....but...</p><p></p><p>20, 30, 40 years ago, we didn't have all this special accommodation for kids. Not that I want kids to suffer if they don't need to...but kids who now would be considered ADHD weren't given medications and special classes, they were paddled and sent to the principle for disrupting class and forced to do the work. Kids who couldn't do school work due to learning disabilities may have been labeled as "slow" or something...but they didn't end up on the streets necessarily - they somehow overcame their problems. We didn't end up with generations of traumatized, useless people after all. I mean, I guess I'm just thinking...are we actually doing the right thing with kids these days? Are all the accommodations making it better or worse?</p><p></p><p>That sounds terrible when I read it. Of course if a kid is learning disabled they should be helped.</p><p></p><p>Maybe we're just doing it <em>wrong</em>?</p><p></p><p>But, are there that many MORE kids with problems now? Or does everyone just know about it now thanks to instant contact throughout the world?</p><p></p><p>More importantly, there has to be some happy medium, right? We have to be able to help everyone live up to their potential without being so lenient with all kids that we allow everyone to get the 1st place trophy so the kid that came in dead last doesn't get his feelings hurt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 690861, member: 17309"] Not to say that learning disabled kids don't need help, or that autistic kids and other types of Special Education kids don't actually need help...please don't anyone think I'm saying that....but... 20, 30, 40 years ago, we didn't have all this special accommodation for kids. Not that I want kids to suffer if they don't need to...but kids who now would be considered ADHD weren't given medications and special classes, they were paddled and sent to the principle for disrupting class and forced to do the work. Kids who couldn't do school work due to learning disabilities may have been labeled as "slow" or something...but they didn't end up on the streets necessarily - they somehow overcame their problems. We didn't end up with generations of traumatized, useless people after all. I mean, I guess I'm just thinking...are we actually doing the right thing with kids these days? Are all the accommodations making it better or worse? That sounds terrible when I read it. Of course if a kid is learning disabled they should be helped. Maybe we're just doing it [I]wrong[/I]? But, are there that many MORE kids with problems now? Or does everyone just know about it now thanks to instant contact throughout the world? More importantly, there has to be some happy medium, right? We have to be able to help everyone live up to their potential without being so lenient with all kids that we allow everyone to get the 1st place trophy so the kid that came in dead last doesn't get his feelings hurt. [/QUOTE]
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