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Tien1985

(920 posts)

1. I feel their pain

Reply to Smarmie Doofus (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 07:54 PM

Mar 2013

I work with a 12 yr old child who has mental abilities of a toddler. We work on using the toilet, keeping clothing on, and using words to ask for things. The state demanded we test this child with a standardized math test that asked him to measure things. Using a ruler... It's like they WANT someone to get hurt.

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I feel their pain Tien1985 Mar 2013 #1

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I don't think Danielson even knew this population existed. Smarmie Doofus Mar 2013 #3