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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do people say it’s offensive to talk about special ed but so easily feel like they can tell the parent of a gift child “they’ll be fine”? It’s so clearly a double standard. Public tax dollars should support both. [/quote]

I don't say gift kids will be "fine". I do think they need services. I take offense at the implication that kids with disabilities in self contained classrooms some kind of affront to your gifted child or a sign your kid is being treated unfairly.[/quote]

Well you're getting triggered by things that aren't being said, so good luck with that[/quote]

Here is what was said:
"We pay for special ed teachers to run tiny sheltered classes for the disabled. Why can’t we pay gifted teachers to run tiny sheltered classes (magnets!) for the highly able students?"

The answer to the question is because the special ed students need smaller classes and most of them do not get them. Calling them "sheltered" is offensive beyond belief.

Do you get there are different levels of need? That a special education student that qualifies for a self contained classroom most likely has higher needs than a child that is gifted (of course there are exceptions)? Can we stop pretending that if "those" kids get something then that means your kid should get the same thing?[/quote]

Self-contained classrooms are necessary and important and you cannot compare the two situations.  Any parent who has a child in a self contained classroom would much prefer that child in a regular or gifted classroom but to get them to the point they can be, they need extra help.

The magnets help very few kids many of whom have opportunities at their home schools, if they go to a W or richer school so really, there is no need for them given the argements here.
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You keep repeating this line that magnets are just children from the W schools. That doesn't make it true. There are plenty of children attending magnets schools who don't have these opportunities at their home schools. You love to repeat the same thing over and over again, as if by repetition that's going to make it true. You're being dishonest, and you're probably a troll.[/quote]

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