I don't know I got plenty of opportunities at my high school in the
fifties. I was footbal and track manager and was part of the "jock" clique
in a Texas high school. You don't get much higher than that LOL. I was
ragged a lot by the jocks, but I thought it was part of the dues. Paid for
it later those because the teachers were afraid to give us bad grades. I
had to learn the basics in algebra and trig in college.

Bobby



>Cindy, you are right.  Which is why I like the idea of "reverse
>inclusion," that is, taking "normal" children out of schools and putting
>them in special education schools first.  Once the children make friends
>with those in special education, I think mainstreaming would be
>facilitaqted with much less pain on the CWD's part.  That, after all, is
>one of our goals; to make mainstreaming into society as seamless and
>painless as possible for pwd's,
>Mike
>
>Cindy C Curtis wrote:
>>
>> When I was in school I want a cheerleader, I was the Student Body
>> President, I was on the yearbook staff, and I was on the newspaper staff.
>>  This was at the SP ED school.  Do you think disabled kids will get those
>> same opportunities at a regular school?  It would be easy to paint a
>> beautiful picture, as they often do, but the sad reality of it is they
>> wouldn't.
>>
>> I believe that kids with disabilities and without need to socialize
>> together.  There must be other ways of doing that.
>>
>> There, I've said my peace.
>>
>> Cindy