on a lighter note, a lot of normal kids do stupid stuff in school as well.
When I was in high school, the teacher (Sister John) left the classroom for a short time and several of us started playing tag around the table that had a Bunsen burner left on. Needless to say, we knocked it over and a fire started. We rushed to the sink at the back of the room to get water, and a couple of girls just scooped out of the fish tank. With smoke and dripping water and sadly a couple of live fish all over the place we all rushed for our chairs and sat there studiously reading as the teacher returned.
However, I do believe that mainstreaming special needs children shortchanges both them, because they need a lot more one on one than can be provided in a class with thirty other children and the extra time it takes to help these children does not leave enough time for a teacher to help all the kids in the class. As sad as it is, there are times when mainstreaming is impractical. However, if it were my child and she/he were being pushed into a continuation school that was not appropriate, I would certainly see the school district in court. I know many parents have successfully challenged the school district when inadequate solutions are being foisted on them.
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