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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So sorry if my response to you're blanket statement that "all parents of academic high achievers are the most asinine arrogant people in the world" seemed obnoxious to you.  But talk about people in glass houses throwing stones. Here are some facts:

1.  My DC DID spend second grade reading the childhood classics while the teacher taught the other kids stuff he already knew. It's what happens when you put a highly gifted kid who is several years advanced in math and English in a Gen Ed classroom, which is how you think things should be  Sorry if his reading seems obnoxious- but what did you want him to do, exactly?  His teacher kept saying it would get better in 3rd with AAP. It did. And while it may seem like a Humblebrag to you, for us it was a miserable year with a bored kid who was constantly in trouble  (and yes, I know, I should have quit my job and home schooled, we've covered that).

2. Like ESL kids and kids on the spectrum, kids with intellectual disabilities (IQs of 70-80, generally known as IQs In the borderline intellectual functioning-- not my term, take it up with DSM IV) are being mainstreamed through IAs and push in services (one again-- NOT MY TERM) in Gen Ed classes.  This is apparently the new alternative to pull outs.   Kids with Intellectual Disabilities ARE SPECIAL ED KIDS and qualify for special Ed services. That's not insulting or inflammatory, it's a fact (and really, do you want to argue that kids with BIF don't or shouldn't qualify for special ed)?  Special Ed is a broad term.  But it's not inflammatory to note that some special Ed kids in mainstream classrooms have low IQ-- because, IRL, some do. some do. Some also have high IQs w/LDs (2e), are on the spectrum, are average IQs with LDs-- the term special Ed is a big umbrella in FCPS.  Expecting one teacher to deal with all of these different needs at the same time is unrealistic and unfair.  Calling me (the parent of kid who is 2e and therefore  is also classed a sped) an ass because I point this out does not make my comment inflammatory.

And I certainly never said or implied anything negative (OR ANYTHING AT ALL) about the IQ of your dyslexic kid.

You are looking so hard for an insult (and going out of your way to make assumptions about and insult others). But NO ONE has insulted you.

So, once again, short and sweet: [b]lots of kids qualify as special Ed.[/b] So of these have low IQs.
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Not the PP, but just wanted to respond to the bolded:  sure, "lots of kids qualify as Special Ed."  However, the kids in AAP who are actually "special ed," or who have LDs, are a tiny minority.  Providing centers for otherwise NT kids who should be in General Ed classes is outrageous.  And that's what this thread is about, not how to best educate kids with an ACTUAL NEED for Special Ed.  No one has even suggested doing away with special ed services.  It's AAP which needs some serious paring down, and centers which need to be eliminated in favor of community schools with better enrichment.  For ALL, by the way.  [/quote]

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