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Wife often gets kids who need to be in special Ed. Takes a few weeks or more. Basically most of her time is spent dealing with the one kid. Or the aftermath.

Wife often gets kids who need to be in special Ed. Takes a few weeks or more. Basically most of her time is spent dealing with the one kid. Or the aftermath. Not fun calling parents telling them that Susan is bleeding from a thrown chair. Of John was assaulted in the bathroom. Lots of time spent chasing kid when he runs away. Never mind her own wounds. These are kindergartners. This year She’s currently has 2 full time aids for basically 2 kids. She only got the aids because she threatened to quit on the spot. She deals with other 22 kids. Pay is crap.

notch656a 4y ago
That and the special ed kids get a high allotment of cash vs regular student. In effect, the normal kid is robbed by the special ed kid who gets disproportional budget per capita. A lot of time and talk gets spent about equity between poor and rich kids, or white and black kids, but you rarely see talk of normalizing the spending differential between special and gen pop.
- Cupertino95014 4y ago
  Somehow, in the US government it's only "benefits" that are considered. "Cost" never is. As I said elsewhere, I defy anyone to claim that Finland doesn't care about kids' special needs. They have the best education in the world. What percent do they spend on it?
  - poopypoopington 4y ago
    Why don't you find out and share with us rather than just asking questions and having others do the work for you. If Finland is really significant to this debate then share some data.
    - Cupertino95014 4y ago
      > Why don't you find out and share with us because it's hard to get, poopy. Even for the US. I can find their total spending & their general policies on special ed (which I did share), but not that. On the other hand, we do have some Finnish people on HN, so maybe they know. > If Finland is really significant to this debate If? They have what's generally considered the best education in the world.

notch656a 4y ago

That and the special ed kids get a high allotment of cash vs regular student. In effect, the normal kid is robbed by the special ed kid who gets disproportional budget per capita. A lot of time and talk gets spent about equity between poor and rich kids, or white and black kids, but you rarely see talk of normalizing the spending differential between special and gen pop.

Cupertino95014 4y ago
Somehow, in the US government it's only "benefits" that are considered. "Cost" never is. As I said elsewhere, I defy anyone to claim that Finland doesn't care about kids' special needs. They have the best education in the world. What percent do they spend on it?
- poopypoopington 4y ago
  Why don't you find out and share with us rather than just asking questions and having others do the work for you. If Finland is really significant to this debate then share some data.
  - Cupertino95014 4y ago
    > Why don't you find out and share with us because it's hard to get, poopy. Even for the US. I can find their total spending & their general policies on special ed (which I did share), but not that. On the other hand, we do have some Finnish people on HN, so maybe they know. > If Finland is really significant to this debate If? They have what's generally considered the best education in the world.