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where the requirements and expectations are (unofficially) lowered, if that is possible, from today’s norm.
Now, college teachers will tell you that many of their unhandicapped freshmen (freshpersons?) come to them from high school functionally illiterate and in need of remedial courses.
God only knows what’s happening to the poor souls in “special ed.” How, I wonder, does my critic think Helen Keller would have done in today’s “special ed” classes?
And what about those unfortunate students with low intelligence (Is it politically correct to admit that they exist?): Surely their learning problems are not “behavioral?”
Must they simply work harder or fail a grade (how undemocratic), or can they get into the special ed class, too?
And do they have a “right” to graduate, and then maybe become an airline pilot or brain surgeon, provided only that they spend enough time in class and put forth a sincere effort? To what extent must the system go to protect an individual’s self
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