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Originally Posted by The Batlord
I was never in an institution, but from 3rd to the first half of 8th grade I got chucked into the "Emotionally Disturbed" class at my schools. Sounds far more ominous than it really was, as it was just a name so vague that the schools could justify stuffing all the problem kids in with the retards -- who the class was really designed around -- in what was essentially a forgotten dungeon of rejects they could ignore. So for almost six years I was taught at least two levels below my grade.
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I know the ED classrooms well. Lots of coloring, board games, and card games. No funding for computers or the internet. Algebra was the highest attainable math course offered within the system. NO trig, pre-calc, or calc. Science ended after Earth Science. No biology, chemistry, or physics. And you could forget about arts/music/humanities courses.
For a few years, we were short-bussed to an elementary school where we'd receive rudimentary art or music instruction... but these were 3rd grade teachers. It was an embarrassment.