Today is your every first day for kindergarten. As you walk into the classroom with your brand new Curious George lunchbox clutched tightly in your hand you notice the alphabet tacked to the wall on colorful note cards. You still don't know all the letters no matter how many times your mother reads you those Dr. Seuss books, or you sing that cute little song, but it's okay. You muddle your way thought and one year later your teacher promotes you to the first grade hoping you'll finally "get it" next year. Far to often these days students are being pushed along with the rest of the herd and learning disabilities that could be easily corrected at a young age are being over looked until it's to late to do anything about them. Students that are being force ahead are not receiving a fair education and are not having their needs met, but these tribulations that are so carelessly disregarded effect people's lives well beyond their schooling.
90% of the nation's schools children attend public schools, while only 10% of them are enrolled in special education programs; they make up 30 to 50% of those who are incarcerated at any given time. A 1993 study pointed out the association between low levels of education during early to late adolescence and criminal behavior. School performance was found to be the best and most stable predictor of adult offending. School performance and weak bond to school will increase the probability of misbehavior in school that, in turn, provokes disciplinary action. This escalates through elementary and secondary school, leading to a higher level of criminal behavior in adolescents .A study of the probation records of 353 juveniles showed that 95% of those charged had more than average learning difficulties at the time of their offence. A normal reaction of spirited children to repeated failure may be to distract attention from their disabilities, and, in an attempt to gain peer group respect, exhibit disruptive behavior and truancy.