"Special Needs", My Ass

Brace yourself, I'm going to reveal a bit of prejudice of my own, but not for the reasons I imagine you're thinking. I imagine alot of people are pretty angry reading this right now but let me explain before you reply.

When I was a kid, it was school policy that most classes had one child that was "special needs". That one child would usually be quiet and non-disruptive. But then there were those children that needed to be in their own classes and away from the rest of us because they would disrupt our ability to learn, but for some reason, parents and teachers thought it would be more advantageous to this ONE student to disrupt every other students ability to learn by screaming and banging their heads or hands, by throwing things (like their desks), and more.

One boy in particular comes to mind. Frankly, he made me scared of the "special needs" kids for the rest of my life. And not just kids. These are people that don't know their own strength.

So let me explain...

We all have recess in school. Its part of the normal day of a child.

That day it was cold and rainy out and I didn't want to go outside so I snuck back in when the teachers weren't looking. Just to hang out just inside the doors out of the rain (I've never been an outdoor type person). And HE was standing there.

I didn't say anything to him. I barely glanced at him. But he came up to me, grabbed my head by the hair, pushed me to the ground, and started beating my head into the floor. Good thing one of the teachers heard me screaming. It took three grown teachers to pull him off me.

And who got blamed for it? Me. Even though I didn't do anything, they wanted to calm him down and kiss his butt, despite the fact that he nearly hospitalized me. They felt that I should be understanding and tolerant just because he was mentally undeveloped. They said they thought that I must have done something to provoke him. If standing in the corner, looking out the window and ignoring him is provocation, then he shouldn't have been there.

Here's the thing, I never have nor will I ever be, understanding of it. Their genes are a danger to society, and its become more prevalent as time goes on.

Many of these times, these children aren't "developmentally disabled". No, their parents simply let them behave in ways that are not acceptable because they are more concerned with being their kids friends than with making them grow up as useful people. Instead, they drug them, or make excuses for them because "their child doesn't understand".

Here's a hint, if you stopped kissing their butt, they'd learn to understand. If they simply can't understand, then they should be in a special school (or even a special class) created for your child's type instead of forcibly subjecting other kids to your child's behavior.

This has got to stop. There isn't nearly as "developmentally disabled" children as many people would like us to believe. If thats the case, then everyone is "developmentally disabled". The difference is that everyone else's parents MADE their children behave themselves, and stop being lazy spoiled brats. We ALL have to learn to deal with life, kissing your kids butts or drugging them just because they aren't behaving the way you'd prefer isn't the answer.

Incidentally, that boy should never have been in my school with me. He had a history of violence towards others, including him own family. I'm lucky he didn't kill me. I'd have probably been dead if not for those teachers, or at the very least permanently brain damaged.

YOU are to blame for your child's behavior in school, so stop making excuses just so you can be a bad or lazy parent.

I am not supporting destroying all people that are like that, I'm saying that parents need to start taking more responsibility for their own kids behavior and start showing these kids consequences for their behavior.

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