The warm and fuzzy Scott opines:
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I will agree with the statement "in rare instances." For the most part,
most
"disabled" children can be successfully mainstreamed, in combination
with
additional special education. This is true because the profoundly
disabled,
who are the likely "pecker pullers" comprise only a small component of
the
disabled student population. The vast majority of students with
disabilities
both need and can benefit from mainstreaming. In those rare instances
where
it simply doesn't work out, some other plan is needed.
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We agree.

This sub-thread started however, with the tale of two sisters, one of
whom was what you characterized as a "worst-case" scenario. The
subsequent discussion revolved around the hypocrisy of the parents,
leaving the "worst-case" scenario in the public school, for
less-wealthy pupils do deal with, while they took their brighter
daughter out of that environment and into a private school.

frtzw906

A Usenet persona calling itself BCITORGB wrote:

The warm and fuzzy Scott opines:
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I will agree with the statement "in rare instances." For the most part,
most
"disabled" children can be successfully mainstreamed, in combination
with
additional special education. This is true because the profoundly
disabled,
who are the likely "pecker pullers" comprise only a small component of
the
disabled student population. The vast majority of students with
disabilities
both need and can benefit from mainstreaming. In those rare instances
where
it simply doesn't work out, some other plan is needed.
============

We agree.

This sub-thread started however, with the tale of two sisters, one of
whom was what you characterized as a "worst-case" scenario. The
subsequent discussion revolved around the hypocrisy of the parents,
leaving the "worst-case" scenario in the public school, for
less-wealthy pupils do deal with, while they took their brighter
daughter out of that environment and into a private school.

No, you've been trying to limit the scope of the discussion, and I've not
been allowing it. An anecdote in this context serves only as an
illustration, not a determinative example.

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