Most interest, attention and concern is geared toward educating the retarded and/or disabled, while neglecting to recognize the equally important needs of our gifted and talented students. ... These intellectual qualities often assist the student academically. ... In recent decades, there has been ground-breaking legislation passed to protect the rights of the disabled or retarded child, ensuring equality in educational opportunity for them and the availability of appropriate services. ... I feel that it is profoundly disturbing that our special educational system caters to the ...

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There are many problems when it comes down to determining and labeling a student as disabled or whether the student has other issues such as learning the English language. ... LPP provides students with two teachers Mrs. ... Cohen, the teacher that mostly helps students with any subject they do not understand, works around the students disabilities and alters her teaching styles to accommodate the students needs. ... With the name of the student blocked off, I was able to read that one student had difficulty with language and was called LCD. ... Giving a student an IEP is a cheaper way for th...

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For example, teachers wonder if the autistic child will disrupt the class to the point where it's very hard for them to teach the other students. ... This means that the person with autism is likely to be disabled for life. ... They would most likely disrupt the class a lot and make it hard for the other students to concentrate. ... So if they were to go to a school just for other disabled children it would harm them more then help them, because autistic children pick up habits very easily, whether they"re good habits or bad ones. ... They are so intelligent it would be a disaster if ...

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Many people are discriminated due to the fact they are disabled. ... People who have been affected with being disabled face society in cruel way. ... Disabled people try to obtain a job although they have a disability. ... In the U.S. some students who have Down syndrome graduate from high school, and some go on to attend post-secondary education" (The Global Down Syndrome Foundation). ... Everybody has rights and so should Down syndrome or any other disabled person. ...

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Affirmative action was created to not only help Black-Americans, but to help "many groups beyond women and minorities including the disabled, veterans, economically disadvantaged and others."... With contracting,, "affirmative action helps firms owned by women and minorities, or firms that can show a disadvantage"(Lemann, 110) Affirmative action in education also reaches out to disabled students, women, minorities, economically disadvantaged students, veterans, etc. It helps them in many ways like: " early outreach programs, recruitment and retention programs, efforts in admissions ...

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American students compare poorly academically against students in many foreign countries. ... The better, more expensive schools and hagwons which students attend, the more respect and social prominence is given to the student and their parents. ... Having a master's degree better equips teachers to deal with all types of children, from the socially disadvantaged to the learning disabled. ... The United States has a much more diverse student population from that of Finland, but better trained teachers could only benefit these students, as well as the rest of the student population. ... ...

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Andrew (names changed for privacy) is a student in Mrs. ... Pope tries to engage every student in the different lessons, but not every student fully understands why Andrew always asks about animals. ... Some students wrote very negatively about having ASD and felt that they had a 'bad brain', were mentally disabled, or retarded. ... These students have a negative analysis of who they are and the difference that they have from other students. ... Parents and teachers would argue the importance of students being around other students with normal brain functioning. ...

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Student Jinsong Hu was being accused of sending sexual harassment emails to his ex-girlfriend. ... They symptoms produced by such words usually leave the victim momentarily disabled and speechless. ... Since many incoming students decided to reside in the school dormitories to maximize their college experience, this automatically makes dorm life a second home to these students. ... In Matsuda's argument, a student shouldn't have to be face to face with a hate speech symbol or come across hate speech on campus since this would interfere with a student's ability to learn. ... The ...

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He was Morrie's last student that he taught, but through Mitch's writing Morrie actually has many more students, the readers of the novel. ... He taught for years and was the favorite for almost all his student. ... The students don't know that they are learning. ... As Morrie's disease progresses and makes Morrie more disabled and dependent on others, Morrie's mind and heart continue to grow. ... a paper about the last class Morrie taught, which was held every Tuesday and with only one student, Mitch; his thesis was called Tuesdays with Morrie. ...

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When a teacher starts to teach a class she teaches one way, but as she gets to know more about the students she then learns that some students may have difficulty grasping the idea or some might be excelling over the rest of the students. ... Whether the student is gifted, average or in need of extra help each student is still an individual and unique. ... Most people with regular needs are similar but what about other people who are disabled. ... Rousseau only talks about what he thinks a perfect student should be like but he doesn't talk about any other type of students. ... So ho...

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These programs should be integrated into mandatory curriculum for all high school students. ... The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome states, "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is widely misdiagnosed and under diagnosed, less than ten percent of medical schools require students to complete a course on the proper diagnosis and referral of individuals with alcoholism and other drug related addictions." ... These children also show behavior problems, but they can't control their own behavior because they don't receive the proper care and may get more disabled in life. ...

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This will encourage students into these professions because they have a reward - a good paying job. ... However, the disabled would get money from their state allowing them to live comfortably. ... High school students wouldn't have to be at school until 9:00am and Middle school students at 9:30am. Elementary school students would start at 10am. This would give students the opportunity to focus better in their first class. ...

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When speaking of the harsh word, "hate", one speaks of how we hate different things others do such as what religion one practices, what race another is, the sexual preferences another likes, if one is disabled in any way, or just the way another looks. ... One of the most recent hate crimes was against a young homosexual college student at the University of Wyoming. He was tied to a post and pistol whipped to death by other students from the school, just because he was gay (Dallas Morning News Oct. 14,1998). After that happened, students from all over the country came together condemning the ...

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There are many things that come with being a student. ... With going to school students have to carry a lot on their backs. ... I also have to work to pay off the fees the school requires students to pay. ... Also I am a student athlete meaning I have to fit football and practice into my busy schedule. ... Rebecca works a full time job, and also must come home to cook and clean after 8 children and a disabled mother. ...

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The court decided that the act doesn't violate the First Amendment because any individual may request that the filter be disabled at any time. ... Perhaps a student is doing research on the reproductive process of humans; I can guarantee that the student will not be able to find a single resource while the software is filtering out sexual and supposed pornographic content. If the student were to do a project on drugs, hate crimes, death rates, or anything else even semi-controversial the filtering software would take precedence and shut down the browser. As a matter of fact the computers...

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His failure to become fluent in German until the age of nine even led some teachers to believe he was disabled. ... The Institute allowed Einstein to meet many other students that shared his curiosity, and It was here that his studies turned mainly to Physics. ... A group of students that he tutored quickly transformed into a social club that shared a love of nature, music, and of course, science. ...

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You might ask, sure, there are those out there for profit, but what about the college student who was just doing it for fun? ... Unfortunately, inept use of the network can leave the firewall inactive or disabled, and once a hacker gets past, he can create hidden ways for himself to access again even if the firewall is restored. ...

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Some teachers were convinced that he was actually disabled because he was unable to become fluent in German until he was 9 years old. ... Attending the Institute gave Albert the opportunity to meet other students that shared his curiosity. ...

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According to a recent report issued by the Department of Education, over 6,000 students were expelled in 1996-1997 for bringing guns to their public schools A 1995 survey conducted by the Center for Disease Control found that two in 25 high school students reported having carried a gun in the last 30 days. ... According to estimates, firearm attacks injured another 70,000 victims, some of whom were left permanently disabled. ...

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The editorial "Does God Care About Who Wins Football Games" published by the Student News Daily, tells the story of a football player named Tim Tebow who stands up for his faith through the game of football in the NFL. ... I thought about the millions of aborted babies killed only because they were disabled, or had autism, or maybe even major medical issues. ...

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The secondary character, Miranda is the captive; she is a young student of Slade Art School and living a blissful life in London with no real worries to speak of. ... Since Clegg isn't disabled by these disorders, this would lead one to believe that a personality disorder would better diagnose his behavior. ...

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Students must graduate from a qualified educational program and "pass a national examination given by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy"[Occ13]. Biology, psychology, anthropology, and anatomy are routes that students can go in order to fulfill their accomplishments in becoming an occupational therapist, but the ultimate goal is to get a master's degree [Occ132]. ... An occupational therapist should be in good shape in regards to being able to move around with their outpatient, or they may have to lift an individual or equipment for a physically disabl...

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