> There's got to be some way to get them to understand their there and they're in less time than is usually taken. You can learn this in any course which invol

> There's got to be some way to get them to understand their there and they're in less time than is usually taken. You can learn this in any course which involves writing. It doesn't need to be the focus to be present. > Agreed, but in my HS the wood-shop was where all the special folks went, it seemed to keep them busy. This is something else again. 'Mainstreaming', as it's currently known, is probably better than just warehousing the less able, but the whole notion of everyone being in the same stream in the first place is damaging to everyone, because people typically have different aptitudes and will be at different levels in different subjects. For example, I'd progressed beyond secondary-education-level English classes before I'd actually begun secondary education, but my math skills were sub-par and didn't really catch up until college. Therefore, I was coasting through AP English and struggling with math courses, indicating wasted time in both endeavors. I know it isn't economically feasible to remove the lockstep entirely, but allowing people to pass or repeat subjects rather than grades would be an improvement.