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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ultimately only activism and changing the laws for the 99% of
the children who can behave in classroom is needed.

The reality is it doesn't matter how "gifted" a child is.  If 
the child does not know right from wrong, truly a basic
learned skill, and the child assaults children and throws
chairs 3 times a week in the classroom the child should
be removed from the classroom indefinitely until the
child learns behavior skills.

The removal of common sense in our classrooms in which
one child with behavior issues is allowed to disrupt a 
classroom on a daily and weekly basis so that all
of the behaved children have their routines disrupted
and are required to sit in the hallway is ridiculous.

This is a major reason US students test below students
in China, Japan, Europe and Nordic countries.

Children should have behavior skills mastered in order
to be in an "average" classroom mu chless a "gifted" 
classroom.

Child who is throwing chairs has 0 repercussions.
Child does not seem to be disciplined.  What happens
to this child in the work force?

Signed, someone who fully believes in inclusion for
those with disability
but child should have mastered basic behavior
skills and no right from wrong and what is
acceptable behavior in a classroom.[/quote]

Well put.  
signed, the former teacher who wrote an earlier post saying the child did not belong in that classroom.

I don't care how gifted the kid is, when he is disrupting the class as often as OP says, he needs to be removed and sent to a different placement.  His disruption is outweighing the education of others in the class.  Period.

I have experience with this from many years ago.   One year, I taught  kid who was autistic and would start screaming and howling.  Fortunately, he did not throw things, but he certainly disrupted the class.  He needed to be in a special program.

I also taught another child who was more like the girl described above.  She also could be violent and belonged in a class for Emotionally Disturbed.  She had been abused and was a very sad case, but she could destroy a classroom in five minutes.  How did I handle it?  I kept her within three or four feet of me at all times.  It was tough, but it kept the other kids safe.  It certainly affected the education in my classroom that year.

"Balance," people.  And, common sense.[/quote]

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