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Originally Posted by flip
So I have a coworker who has a daughter aged 10 or so. So she's in about grade 4. She goes to a Catholic elementary school.
Here's the issue:
There is a retarted kid in her class (sorry but I'm not PC enough to use mentally challenged all the time) and he is quite disruptive and requires a lot of time from the teacher which should be spent on the other kids. My coworker's daughter has been complaining to her mom that it is very difficult to be in this class because the retarted kid is a constant disruption who requires attn.
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If you want a serious decision and credibility, you need to quit being self-centered and catch up with the times where the proper term for these individuals is mentally challanged. I know many people that have assocation with mentally challenged people and the term is
very offensive. It's on par with using certain words for race, gender, religion etc. If it's offensive to them, then it's not something that I'll use personally. It's a respect thing where no one should be treated differently because they're different.
Back on topic, growing up I had a few classes with mentally challenged students but each had their own teaching aide. Some subjects they'd participate while others they'd breakout into their own group of two (student and aide). I never had an issue on my end.