Comments on: MainStream education, how far?

By: James Scholes

James Scholes — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:07:24 +0000

Serrebi wrote: it’s kind of hard for a yung child to know
what’s best for them at least until they hit the 14-older range.
That is so true. I was in education for the blind up until I was 12, and I felt a bit nervous about going into MainStream education as it was all new to me, but now, I know its the best thing that has happened to me. Sure I was impressed at the level of equipment and services available to the students when I visited a blind college, but its just not for me.

By: serrebi

serrebi — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:44:44 +0000

It’s true, but it ultimately comes back to the parents for the most part, and to a small degree the child, but it’s kind of hard for a yung child to know what’s best for them at least until they hit the 14-older range.

By: Orhan Deniz

Orhan Deniz — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:31:26 +0000

I agree with you serrebi. How ever, It’s the ignorence of the school as well. they just push their students in to some cramped room with nothing to do. When parents say some thing, they say “health and safety and all that shit”! I’m not sure about Canada but this is the case in the UK.and not to mix with the sighted. If a student can’t mix with the sighted, then how are they going to get used to the real world?
Mostly, sighted people are curious I guess about the blind so that is fine IMHO.
How ever, the distressing fact about mainstream schools not letting the blind mixing is due to the lack of the significance of the DDA (disability discrimination act) in place. Plus,who gives a fuck about it anyway? I’m not saying that the disability discrimination act should be so important, but I’m saying that it should be relivant.

Anyway I’ll just shut up and stop ranting. lol :D:d:d:d:d:d

By: serrebi

serrebi — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:07:15 +0000

I think what sickens me is parents of blind people being as ignorant as possible. I know a lot of blind people are not exposed to sighted people really in public school. They let ignorant idiotic teachers dictate where there child stays in school, and since they are stuck in a room somewhere, they don’t really hang out with sighted kids. I’ve seen this with people with learning disabilities more then anything, but I”ve heard about friends of mine ahving a similar experience. If your readin this and your a parent of a blind child please, for the love of god, take an interest in what the school is doing with your child. Don’t let them dictate waht they can do if normal, sighted people can do these things. As for schooling for the blind, I’m so not a fan of it. I’m sorry, but I’ve seen so many antisocial blind people because of them not having any sighted friends, or the social skills they need to make those connections. It has nothing to do with not having the sight to do it, it just sickens me. At the colledge level I think it’s fine because all your development fundamentally anyways is started. ANyways, this comment is a mess, but I hope it sort of kind of makes sence.