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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What did you think when you heard "the school values all kind of learners"?   Is that code for kids with learning disabilities are welcomed? Is it your first year at the school.  What are the other advanced kids doing?[/quote]

It's fun piling on OP here, but it's quite possible for a school to welcome all kinds of learners and still not have the issue OP is concerned about.  It sounds to me is that DC's issue is not so much with helping out the kids who need help, as it is with the lack of individualized instruction.  Our school is also welcoming to all kinds of learners, but at the same time there is a ton of individualized instruction so that different kids can move along at the pace that is right for them.  The groupings are fluid, they vary from subject to subject, and socially the kids all remain bonded.

So, OP, give yourself a break, I don't think you are lacking compassion so much as just wanting more individualized instruction.  And, btw, as for beating yourself up for not being a "typical inclusive liberal" on the inside, I wouldn't do that either.  I have a number of friends, who shall remain nameless, who exhibit a wide disconnect between the ideals they espouse in theory and the life choices they make in practice.  A lot of people are all for helping out the less fortunate as long as it can be done invisibly and without any effect on them, but that's not how life works.  Can't remember who it was who said, only partially in jest, "I love humanity, it's people I can't stand."  Connecting ideals to daily practice is an ongoing challenge in life, and is one reason why I don't assign a whole lot of credit to how people talk theoretically, but rather to how they act.   [/quote]

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