Klarinet Archive - Posting 001100.txt from 2004/03

From: "Christy Erickson" <perickso@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] not just the music department
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:50:01 -0500

Bill, Unfortunately, those were the days when learning disabled kids, =
ED
kids and those with cognitive disabilities, etc... were all lumped into =
the
same classroom. Everyone forgot about them and assumed they were happy =
all
being stuck in a corner where no one could see or hear them. They were
destined to bagging groceries at the corner supermarket or painting =
ceramic
figures at the local sheltered workshop. Many of these kids had fairly =
high
IQ's and were capable of SO much more and many of them went on to become
very successful despite their rotten education. It's time we even the =
score
and yes, they do need a larger percentage of the funding at the moment =
to
bring the programs that were so neglected for them all those years up to
speed. It's just my opinion but it seems that the "accelerated" =
students
have historically gotten far more of the resources and attention than =
the
disabled. Just as it took the civil rights movement to end racial
discrimination, it will take another small revolution of sorts for the
rights of the disabled to be recognized. Things are not as "unbalanced" =
as
they seem to those of you who think the disabled are getting the =
majority of
the resources. There is still an incredible amount of discrimination =
and
bias out there as evidenced by the tone of your note here. =20

Christy

Ironically, this is probably the WORST thing they can do. It GUARANTEES =

that the less gifted will continue to fall farther behind, and the most=20
gifted will be held back. Back when I was in high school (a parochial=20
school), there were three "tracks." "A" track was strictly a college =
prep=20
curriculum, "B" track was somewhat more general (MANY went on to college =

also), and "C" track had the shop/home ec/business courses to prepare =
for a=20
non-college future. Everybody got what was best for THEIR particular=20
needs. The slower students were not in direct competition with the=20
brighter ones, and also did not hold the brighter ones back. Of course, =

this would be considered discriminatory today. Everybody, in the spirit =
of=20
equality, would have to take the "B" curriculum, regardless of how poor =
a=20
choice that would be for 2/3 of the students! By the way, band was open =
to=20
ALL.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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