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in article , Scott Weiser at
wrote on 4/5/05 5:28 PM:

A Usenet persona calling itself BCITORGB wrote:

Scott:
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That falsely presumes that merely because a particular person is
intellectually limited, that this constitutes an actionable "hindrance"
of
the advancement of other students.
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I made no such presumption. The context was a student (and many more
like her), who repeatedly interrupted classroom activities with violent
vocal and physical outbursts.

That's a hindrance!

Nope. It's an opportunity likely combined with a cry for help.

I agree with Scott.

The person is screaming "Why am I in this classroom with a curriculum that
has no relevance or consideration for my needs, where I am being humiliated
on a daily basis in front of the other kids who see that I am lost and full
of anxiety and I don't have one friend and only thing worse than this is
going to be when school is over for me and I haven't learned what I need to
learn to participate in the community and I will be alone in the basement of
my parent's house waiting to die for 50 years which is even worse than
sitting here and being humiliated."