~Anastasia~
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- Dec 1, 2013
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I almost didn't reply, as this thread has gone on, and more in its intended direction. But the truth is, I think sometimes a great deal of money is spent, in cases where one student may have a specialist teacher assigned only to them, all day every day, along with other professionals working on their behalf. Sometimes much more than is needed is spent (but I'm not really in a position to judge, as I have no more than a few days' contact with the students, though I do have a background in psychology and child development). And sometimes serious needs are not well met. It's not all bad. Sometimes they get it right as well, but those cases where there is great disparity stand out. And I see no real cause - it does not run along socioeconomic or district or racial lines. I suspect it probably has to do with the person in charge at each location and the budget allocated - that makes the most sense anyway.A male student of a woman teacher I know had some significant problems. She tried on several occasions to get him adequate help by appealing to her district, but they didn't return with any kind of real response, and so the student slipped through the system. He murdered his girlfriend and will spend his life in a maximum security prison, and a young woman is no more. There doesn't seem to be the resources needed at the public school level to police all the evils of a broken down social mechanism.
But I only meant t reply out of politeness. I don't mean to derail the thread on this very minor point.
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